I’m just wondering what the chances are for a Dolphin conversion for the Nintendo Switch!
Surely the holy grail of emulator development would be to emulate Nintendo games on a different Nintendo console (imagine if GameCube could be hacked to run Wii games) well in andvance of Nintendo themselves, in spite of early reports that GameCube games would be made available for Switch via Virtual Console.
Well, now that any hopes of GameCube being featured on VC on Switch have been well and truly nipped in the bud by Nintendo themselves, it looks like there’s a huge gap in the market for retro-hungry Nintendo fans. I feel like this would be a great thing to attempt for a few reasons:
- It looks like Switch has enough grunt to run an emulator from a few generations ago
- There is already an Android version of Dolphin, so why not a Switch version?
- Dolphin already runs on nVidia Shield, which is both an Android device and the basis for the Switch in the first place
- Switch is one single hardware architecture, and aside from any major revisions at the silicone level, it would be simple to maintain for all devices;
- Native hardware support for all Switch peripherals, including JoyCon (for waggle support)
- Large potential user base
- Infinite fame and fortune
I would love for this to happen, and I’d even buy a second console to use as my hack machine so that I don’t risk my 150+ hour Breath of the Wild game save. Please make it so.
Surely the holy grail of emulator development would be to emulate Nintendo games on a different Nintendo console (imagine if GameCube could be hacked to run Wii games) well in andvance of Nintendo themselves, in spite of early reports that GameCube games would be made available for Switch via Virtual Console.
Well, now that any hopes of GameCube being featured on VC on Switch have been well and truly nipped in the bud by Nintendo themselves, it looks like there’s a huge gap in the market for retro-hungry Nintendo fans. I feel like this would be a great thing to attempt for a few reasons:
- It looks like Switch has enough grunt to run an emulator from a few generations ago
- There is already an Android version of Dolphin, so why not a Switch version?
- Dolphin already runs on nVidia Shield, which is both an Android device and the basis for the Switch in the first place
- Switch is one single hardware architecture, and aside from any major revisions at the silicone level, it would be simple to maintain for all devices;
- Native hardware support for all Switch peripherals, including JoyCon (for waggle support)
- Large potential user base
- Infinite fame and fortune
I would love for this to happen, and I’d even buy a second console to use as my hack machine so that I don’t risk my 150+ hour Breath of the Wild game save. Please make it so.