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New Project Lets Nintendo Switch Games Run Natively on Apple Silicon Macs and iPhones - TechPowerUp
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You can now run Nintendo Switch games natively on iPhones and Macs
This works because the Switch and Apple's recent devices both use Arm-based processors, meaning a game's instructions are already compatible with an iPhone's chip. PC ports like the recent AI-built Link's Awakening don't get that head start and must translate the code first, since most PCs use x86 p
A small host program effectively stands in for the Switch's operating system, while the console's graphics are translated to Apple's Metal API instead of using Nintendo's own graphics interface.
You'll need your own game files and the decryption keys extracted from your own console, along with a Mac running Xcode to execute the build script.
The finished app must then be sideloaded – that is, installed from outside the App Store – using a tool such as AltStore or Sideloadly.
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