The Switch runs on a mobile chipset from 2015, and even though Nintendo has the source code in order to create emulators, even the best community emulators have trouble running some N64 games on hardware like the Nvidia Shield TV from 2017, which I believe is similar to the Switch. I remember back then, being able to run N64 games at all was a big deal. We really should have gotten a mid-gen chipset upgrade if Nintendo wanted to do this well, as many handhelds with more recent chipsets can run N64 games pretty well. Either that or these should all be ports. It would have been awesome to get a “Rare Replay Nintendo Edition” or something. The Switch 2 should be able to handle N64 emulation better, and hopefully be able to emulate through the Wii U, with native backwards compatibility to the original Switch.
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Cool, but where's the carrier landing sequence?
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The Switch runs on a mobile chipset from 2015, and even though Nintendo has the source code in order to create emulators, even the best community emulators have trouble running some N64 games on hardware like the Nvidia Shield TV from 2017, which I believe is similar to the Switch. I remember back then, being able to run N64 games at all was a big deal. We really should have gotten a mid-gen chipset upgrade if Nintendo wanted to do this well, as many handhelds with more recent chipsets can run N64 games pretty well. Either that or these should all be ports. It would have been awesome to get a “Rare Replay Nintendo Edition” or something. The Switch 2 should be able to handle N64 emulation better, and hopefully be able to emulate through the Wii U, with native backwards compatibility to the original Switch.
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Let’s just leave Yuzu out of this, we have to quit poking the bear.