Messages 466 Trophies 0 Age 33 XP 549 Country. The UI is similar to that of the Game Pass / My Games & Apps section of Xbox for a familiar feel. RetroPass Retro Pass is a simple frontend for RetroArch running on Xbox. 3DS, Wii U, Switch, etc are currently not possible on Xbox. Thread starter Weltenfeind666 Start date Views 10,421 Replies 6 Weltenfeind666 Member. Windows 95 (C) OSR 2. RetroArch is a multi-emulator front-end including consoles up to PS2 and Wii. Ofc this is a very surface level thinking as the matter is probably much more complex, but I still believe good 3DS emulation can happen on Switch even tough the option I suggested isnt exactly emulation. ROM Hack Question Retroarch for Switch - How to get cover artworks, thumbnails etc for all ROMs. Click to expand.The Wii U's CPU and GPU were specifically designed so that they include any features needed to play Wii and by extension GCN games, so no that wasnt emulation, its also one of the reasons why the console ended up expensive to make and underpowered compared to the competition.Īs for all the other consoles that the Wii U emulated, the Switch is currently capable of running them or alternatives through homebrew or Ubuntu/Android, most of the time or probably always better than the Wii U did since the Switch has a better CPU.Ībout 3DS emulation on Switch, I think that doing an approach similar to what vita2hos is trying to do would be the best way as the 3DS's CPU features the ARMv6 Instruction Set which the Switch can run natively through its A57's Aarch32 mode.įor the GPU and OS functions, its possible to also do what vita2hos is striving to do by intercepting any function calls and instead calling the equivalent that the Switch has access to. In the core downloader, if you hit retropad-select on a core, it'll pop up a description that includes information to help you decide which core is best for your usecase, since, as u/Silver-Serve-4135 said, your individual hardware and what you're trying to do makes a big difference in which cores are best.

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