Switch 2 user space has been jailbroken so any game can be dumped. But not the other way, so the Switch 2 can't run pirated Switch 1/2 games yet.

There are now Switch 2 emulators that can run any dumped game on PC/Mac etc. https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Nintendo_Switch...

Most Switch 2 games are getting dumped, including the just released Ocarina of Time Remake https://imagepaste.org/i/kx5c925r.png

As I mentioned in my comment there is a native Switch code compiler for Mac, so not emulation https://github.com/seedds/nxnative

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I don't think Switch 2 recompilation efforts portend the death of x86. It's not a very high performance watermark.

If anything, nxnative is a good example of the limitations of Apple's ARM architecture. Switch 1 emulators had native passthrough to Nvidia GPUs for features like Physx and DLSS. This repo seems to fudge it with software acceleration and lower-quality upscaling solutions.

Whereas the original Switch 1 emulators could run the game accurately, this is more of an HLE effort like Bleem! was.

Thanks! I tried nxnative just now, performance is great. Appreciate the info.

I remember reading somewhere that Switch 2 can run pirated Switch 1 games through some kind of Switch 1 flashcart, but this will get you banned on Nintendo servers.