Earlier today, we shared news about Yuzu, the Nintendo Switch emulator, shutting down. But guess what? Two new emulators have popped up since then – Nuzu and Suyu. They’re built on the latest Yuzu version. Cool, right?
If you didn’t know, Yuzu used to be a Nintendo Switch emulator that anyone could use and improve since it was open-source. Now that the emulator has closed, folks can still use its code and make it even better. That is of course under a different name.
From what I know, there aren’t any teams working on them right now. In short, these are forks of the latest Early-Access version of Yuzu. As such, they can run all the games that Yuzu could. They also suffer from the same issues that Yuzu did.
It remains to be seen whether Nintendo will DMCA both of these new Nintendo Switch emulators. I don’t expect them to, but you never know. It will also be interesting to see whether they will attract any new developers to work on them. And what about Ryujinx? Will its development slow down, or will it get boosted now that it’s the only major Nintendo Switch emulator?
Some say that Yuzu’s Patreon was what forced Nintendo to hunt them down. Yuzu made a lot of money via Patreon as it kept its Early Builds behind its Patreon wall. That’s basically what modders do with their beta/early-access mods. So, if that’s the case, the rest of the Nintendo Switch emulators should be safe. After all, Nintendo will soon launch Switch 2 so it makes no sense to hunt down the remaining emulators.
Anyway, you can download Nuzu and Suyu from here and here, respectively.
Stay tuned for more!
John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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