Creating a Switch 2 Emulator Will Take About 10 Years

Creating a Switch 2 Emulator Will Take About 10 Years

0 Источник: Nintendo
11 Nov 2025 11:26

Unlike the original Nintendo Switch, for which the Yuzu and Ryujinx emulators appeared about a year after release, similar solutions for the Switch 2 are not to be expected. Only if piracy on the Switch 2 develops very quickly, which seems unlikely now.

Two Switch 2 emulators in development, Oboromi and Pound, have updated their pages on GitHub, noting that the work is far from complete. The description for Pound, called an "early stage emulator," reads: "the project will take at least ten years!"

The creator of Oboromi states that "the foundation of the Switch 2 emulator is being developed," but nothing can be said yet about running console ROMs. A decade may be an exaggeration, but given how Nintendo fought the original Switch emulators, it is not surprising that pirates have not yet made serious progress in creating a Switch 2 version.

As a result, there is still no Switch 2 emulator, and it is not worth expecting its appearance in the near future.

Dmitry Krivov
11 Nov 2025 11:26
Sources: TheGamer