

Even if you put your Switch in airplane mode, Nintendo can still detect what you do with the hardware once you reconnect to the Internet. If Nintendo decides to ban your account from online play due to hacking your Switch, that’s on you.


The process involves dumping several files from your Switch system (which requires hacking it) and transferring those files to your PC in order to decrypt the games.Ī couple of things we want to get out of the way before proceeding: Unfortunately, emulating Nintendo Switch games isn’t as simple as downloading the emulator and opening a game file to play it. Note: should you want to access this guide in the future, simply head over to the Tutorials and Guides page on our website, and look under the “Emulation” section. Please let me know in the comments whether this guide has helped you or not! That being said, I’m hoping this new guide will be a bit easier for people to follow. If you still want to view the old guide, it will still be around.

Both emulators have received a lot of updates and they needed to be addressed.I wanted it to be more straightforward and simplified wherever possible.I decided to update it for the following reasons: (Anyone else looking forward to playing Metroid Dread on the Deck?) While we have yet to see whether Switch games will emulate at a full 60 FPS or not on the Steam Deck, it’s certainly reasonable to conclude they’ll at least run at 30 FPS. Both emulators are open-source and available for Linux and Windows. Switch emulation is possible thanks to Yuzu and Ryujinx. Well, ever heard of emulation? It is actually possible to play your favorite Nintendo games on PC, or your Steam Deck. Some people lament the fact that, even though the Steam Deck is the Switch Pro we’ve been waiting for, they can’t play the Nintendo exclusives on it, such as the Mario, Zelda, and Metroid series. Note: some minor parts of this article have been updated or changed due to “concerns” from one of the Yuzu developers.
