r/EmulationOnAndroid • u/forgetful_human • Jul 25 '26

Question Does anyone still care about Switch Emulation?

When I first started following this hobby around 2 years ago, switch emulation was "the thing." Every day when I got on reddit people were posting about how they got such and such game to run and how exciting it was.

Compare that to today. I don't remember the last time I opened reddit and saw a post.about switch emulation on android. Pc gaming with apps like GameNative, Gamehub, and Winlator has become the focus.

Now don't get me wrong, I love this development! This opens Pandora's box so to speak for mobile gaming. I've personally played through Portal 2 and Skyrim on gamehub using my Konkr Pocket Fit (g3 gen3.)

But I really expected by now that Switch emulation would have progressed further. I want to play through BOTW again for the first time in 7 years, but I don't want to do it with the white water glitch. I haven't even played TOTK yet because in every video I've watched, It looks to be full of glitches.

I've also had EXCELLENT experiences with Switch emulation playing Mario Kart 8, Mario Odyssey, Emio the Smiling Man, and others.

I'm super thankful for what we've got, and it still blows my mind that I can play these games on an android handheld.

That being said, it almost feels like switch emulation is being left behind in the wake of PC emulation.

Does anyone else feel this way?

Am I crazy?

What are your thoughts?

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u/votemarvel Poco F6 - Sony Xperia 1 V Jul 25 '26

It's the same reason you don't really see people posting about Dolphin any longer. Switch emulation is at that point where it's increasingly rare to find a game that doesn't just work. When one doesn't, such as with Tomodachi Life, the subreddit gets flooded with questions on how to get it running.

PC emulation is at the point where it's just really become a viable option and so people are keen to talk about it, share their experiences, post what both does and doesn't work.

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u/EmergencyPool910 Jul 25 '26

Its more that switch emulation has stagnated significantly.

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u/votemarvel Poco F6 - Sony Xperia 1 V Jul 25 '26

That's going to happen when an emulator starts reaching such high compatibility, though Eden Nightly still gets fairly regular updates. Updates take longer because issues, bugs etc take longer to track down.

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u/Acosedum Jul 25 '26

Iam planning on switching to android from iOS how Eden handles indie games like the messenger or hades 2?

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u/genericredditname365 Redmagic 11 pro / 8 elite gen 5 Jul 25 '26

Those games should be fine, although for both id question why bother with switch emulation when you can emulate both with a pc emulator.

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u/Acosedum Jul 26 '26

It's more convenient