The development of the Yuzu Emulator's multi-core support started in February 2020, which means that the Prometheus update for Yuzu was created within three months. Not bad given the age of the Switch console. If this rate of improvement continues, the Yuzu Emulator could deliver PC gamers an experience that's akin to a Switch Pro 4K system.

A patch for the Yuzu emulator is in the works which is set to address these performance issues.Īnother recent update for the Yuzu emulator has significantly reduced the Yuzu emulator's memory footprint, highlighting the rapid pace of innovation for the Yuzu emulator. The only exception in this regard is The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, which currently runs worse.

Over at BSOD Gaming, Yuzu's multi-core update has been shown to offer performance gains of 2x or more in some Switch titles, reduce loading times in others and increase framerate stability in most Switch games. This has enabled significant performance boosts on modern gaming PCs, though high-levels or single-threaded performance are still preferred for emulation purposes. Now, thanks to the emulator's Prometheus update, the Yuzu emulator now supports multi-threaded processors, allowing the software to take advantage of modern processors. It's unlikely that any previously-emulated titles will be affected by the new technology, but also worth noting that Nintendo has been cracking down on the practice significantly in recent years.The Yuzu Nintendo Switch Emulator has gone through a lot of evolution since the emulator's launch in 2018, so much so that the emulator can now run most of the console's most popular games with similar, or higher, performance levels than real Switch hardware. Traditionally, there's been far more protection available for PC titles, although emulation of Nintendo's games is a long-running practice. While Denuvo hasn't explained the tech in detail, it says that it will 'integrate seamlessly into the build' of the game, where it 'then allows for the insertion of checks into the code, which blocks gameplay on emulators.'ĭenuvo points out that even if the PC version of a game is protected using more traditional anti-piracy software, the Switch port can be emulated from day one, entirely bypassing any PC protection.

In a press release (opens in new tab) earlier today, Denuvo announced 'the industry's first Nintendo Switch emulator protection.' The new technology, as the game suggests, attempts to block 'unauthorized emulations' of Nintendo Switch games on PC.

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