Just a few days after Citra, the popular 3DS emulator, was officially released for Android devices, we report on new developments about the software. Yes, as the title suggests, someone has been working on getting Citra to work on the Nintendo Switch. Fellow GBAtemp member @m4xw shared his progress a couple of hours ago on Twitter showing Citra running natively with dynarec, under Horizon, on the Nintendo Switch. He does clarify that there are several issues to be fixed. For instance, he admits to the presence of many bugs and that it needs to be rebased onto the recent release. Moreover, there is a significant frame deviation that still needs looking into.

Citra running natively with dynarec, under Horizon, on Nintendo Switch!
Lot's of bugs still need to be squashed and it needs to be rebased onto the recent release.
Frame deviation still is huge, looking into that should probably give a indicatior for current performance issues. https://t.co/fhHbEdKIP8 pic.twitter.com/LIIbMT5AIk

— m4xw (@m4xwdev) May 25, 2020

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However, as you can see in the videos they uploaded, this proof-of-concept does show promise. Indeed, m4xwdev further mentioned that the videos are from the first compiled build and that "nothing big broke so far". These developments strongly suggests that it's only a matter of time before we can decently play 3DS titles on the Switch.

pic.twitter.com/eVoa6QdcUP

— m4xw (@m4xwdev) May 25, 2020

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[masagrator]

so why couldn't he or someone else do the same thing with dolphin?
they both are android how hard would it be to port dolphin to run native on horizon ?

So much ignorance overflows from your post.
Read on Wikipedia why 3DS is more feasible than Dolphin.
Protip: "ARM"

 

[Teletron1]

Omg if I could play Majora's Mask 3D on the switch I would probably have a heart attack

I’m keeping the fingers crossed for Zelda HD remaster collection for next year’s anniversary

 

[weatMod]

So much ignorance overflows from your post.
Read on Wikipedia why 3DS is more feasible than Dolphin.
Protip: "ARM"

ok no need to be rude i just asked the question i mean it runs in lakka , and in linux and in Android switch and it runs well on the shield
so why couldn't it be ported to run under horizon

 

[raxadian]

DS emulation already strains the Switch quite bad.

So who wants to melt their Switch?

 

[Stealphie]

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Just a few days after Citra, the popular 3DS emulator, was officially released for Android devices, we report on new developments about the software. Yes, as the title suggests, someone has been working on getting Citra to work on the Nintendo Switch. Fellow GBAtemp member @m4xw shared his progress a couple of hours ago on Twitter showing Citra running natively with dynarec, under Horizon, on the Nintendo Switch. He does clarify that there are several issues to be fixed. For instance, he admits to the presence of many bugs and that it needs to be rebased onto the recent release. Moreover, there is a significant frame deviation that still needs looking into.

https://twitter.com/m4xwdev/status/1264885041345318912
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However, as you can see in the videos they uploaded, this proof-of-concept does show promise. Indeed, m4xwdev further mentioned that the videos are from the first compiled build and that "nothing big broke so far". These developments strongly suggests that it's only a matter of time before we can decently play 3DS titles on the Switch.

https://twitter.com/m4xwdev/status/1264896381426323457
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I wish DS emulation on Switch was this good.
Stuff like Apollo Justice runs like crap on Desmume switch and MelonDS just doesn't boot the game

 

[Billy Acuña]

DS emulation already strains the Switch quite bad.

So who wants to melt their Switch?

Did you actually saw the videos?
Also Idk what are you talking about, melonDS is mostly fullspeed.

 

[Rahkeesh]

As I've been told the dealbreaker for Dolphin on Horizon is that Dolphin requires shaders to be compiled during runtime.

 

[masagrator]

As I've been told the dealbreaker for Dolphin on Horizon is that Dolphin requires shaders to be compiled during runtime.

I don't think issue lays just there. Most emulators are compiling shaders at runtime.

 

[Stealphie]

Omg if I could play Majora's Mask 3D on the switch I would probably have a heart attack

if it supports patches (like the MM3D restoration patch) it could be the best way to play MM portably

 

[Billy Acuña]

if it supports patches (like the MM3D restoration patch) it could be the best way to play MM portably

Yes it does

 

[Ty_]

if it supports patches (like the MM3D restoration patch) it could be the best way to play MM portably

I've been praying for a Switch port of the 3DS OoT with the quick switching of iron boots. 60fps and motion controls would be a bonus but I'd settle for just that.

 

[RedBlueGreen]

Looks like I'll be getting a second Switch after all. Once prices drop a bit of course.

 

[Maq47]

@Prans It's still not displaying...

 

[Goku1992A]

Looks good. Maybe I'm the only one who is going to say this but I rather keep my OG 3DS I'm not too sure if the 3DS is going to have 100% playability considering the Melon3DS/Retroarch DS still has some problems

Keep up the good work I hope 1 day I can play Gamecube/Wii games off the horizion than using Lakka

 

[Prans]

@Prans It's still not displaying...
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yeah I know, it has to do with the cache and apparently could take a while :/

 

[RednaxelaNnamtra]

Lakka would be better for those who don't like bans

Or don't do something stupid like pirating or installing nsp homebrew, and you also won't be banned in atmosphere.
I'm using it since shortly after it's release on two switches online, and multiple friends also use it, nobody got banned yet, since atmosphere does quite a few things to prevent bans, without the need to use emunand or blank out anything.


On topic:
Really nice, this will expand the retro capabilities of the switch even more.

 

[Blasingame]

Perhaps next they should get a Switch emulator running on the switch

 

[matias3ds]

Can't wait :-)

 

[HideoKojima]

Lakka is far more easy to prepare and use

Does it run all games well?

 

[YBLP]

3ds on the go, finally

Edit: oh wait, someone already made this joke, damn