The team behind the open source Nintendo Switch emulator, Yuzu, has released a brand new version of it. This new version of Yuzu comes with some significant performance improvements in a number of games. As such, PC gamers can finally enjoy Super Mario Odyssey with constant 60fps.
These latest performance improvements are the result of a new asynchronous GPU emulation. As such, the latest version of Yuzu Canary can run faster pretty much all games. Not only that, but The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening can also boot now.
https://twitter.com/yuzuemu/status/1174851444714946561
Now unfortunately, this emulator has a long way until it can run a wide range of Nintendo Switch games. Bayonetta 2 and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, for instance, are still unplayable. Thankfully, though, PC gamers can use the Nintendo WiiU emulator, CEMU, in order to play these two games.
Yuzu can currently run a few games. PC gamers can already enjoy games like Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Super Mario Maker 2. ONE PIECE: Unlimited World Red Deluxe Edition also runs with 60fps.
Enjoy the following video that shows Super Mario Odyssey running with 60fps on an Intel i7 8700k with an NVIDIA GTX1080Ti!
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Can you run these emulated games at a good framerate on a GTX970?
Asking for a friend.
If paired with a decent CPU and maybe also a GPU overclock then it’ll probably be okay-ish to run Super Mario Odyssey using the latest Yuzu canary build. A locked 60fps is unlikely throughout but should be possible for much of the game. Possibly try the 2x resolution mod and No AA mod too albeit I’m guessing that VRAM might be an issue for a GTX970.
Emulator tends to need good CPU and RAM, my aging PC (i5, GTX960) won’t be able to run this smoothly.
You should state the minimum specs for 60 fps in a decent setting (resolution, graphics etc)
After feeling burned on the Gamecube, Wii, Wii U… I just don’t buy nintendo systems anymore for their 1 or 2 games I wanted to play. Mario Odyssey is the only game I wanted to play on switch and now I can. WOOOO HOOO!!!! Stoked for this!!
What about visual artifacts?
Last time I saw a clip of Yuzu running Odysey it had a lot graphical issues that were very distracting.
The true successor to super mario 64
A blast to play 🙂
You mean the emulator that is so a*s backwards that it requires you to risk your switch by needing to dump info from it just to use the emulator. hard pass until they remove that unnecessary step, only reason that it works like that is that they want to keep nintendo at bay, so this makes it a little more legitimate, just in their heads though cause it doesn’t reflect reality.
I use Yuzu just fine and don’t own a Switch.
No need to even dump your own games. 😉