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Folks, I love me some video games, but as I get older I get pickier and pickier about the experience. Nowadays I need it both be my genre and be good quality. So when a game like Pokopia comes out that's a mine craft style city builder just like Dragon Quest Builders 2, and it gets really good reviews despite being a Pokemon game, well I just can't stop thinking about it.

My main issue is that I don't have a Switch 2, and holy shit I am not made of money so I'm probably never going to get one when the steam machine will offer a similar device with access to a full steam library. Pretty mad that my dusty old Switch can't play this thing even though it can handle DQB2 somewhat decently... ok fine it overheats and slows down as your builds get more advanced after the story ending but still. Pokopia even has a limited game share option with the original switch! There's no way Pokopia wouldn't be able to play on this thing considering how detailed DQB2 was and how much room they gave you to build. I put hundreds of hours into that absolute delight of a game that makes the big bold creative choice of never letting you skip the 50 hour story, so I would know.

So I'm just wondering what the best way to emulate Switch 2 games would be: Either a PC program or jail breaking one of my old Switches into playing Switch 2 games, if that's even possible. I used to pirate games like crazy, but I'm getting older and am a bit rusty nowadays. How would one go about it?

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[–] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

It's not possible. There isn't even homebrew on it yet to dump anything.

I think pc will be the way to go over backporting them to switch 1 though

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 3 points 4 days ago

Yeah if memory serves it was about 2-3 years into the Switch’s lifecycle that the PC emulators got good enough to run most Switch games.

[–] PurrLure@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago

I guess I'll wait for programmers to work their magic. It's a shame Nintendo is so picky about releasing things on PC. catgirl-cry

[–] RondoRevolution@hexbear.net 1 points 4 days ago

I don't think there's a way to emulate Switch 2 currently, it's too early in the console's lifecycle to have an emulator capable of running games. You also can't run Switch 2 games on the Switch because the hardware is different. Unfortunately for now the only way is to buy a Switch 2 or to know someone that has one. It will probably also take at least a few years before we see an emulator for the Switch 2 actually running games.