It’s written in C++, has official releases for both Windows and Linux, with the macOS version being unofficial right now, after Apple dropped support for OpenGL, subsequently causing the dev team to abandon that version however, after the experimental Vulkan version of Yuzu was made, it’s possible to make a macOS version, since it’s a free, open-source program. Nintendo’s successor to the portable, handheld consoles, the hybrid, half-portable Nintendo Switch is no exception – the Yuzu emulator has joined the fray.Ī younger brother of Citra, the Nintendo 3DS emulator, coming from the same developer team, Yuzu was born in 2018, being significantly younger than his sister. Emulation has really grown big in the past decade – more and more consoles are getting emulated onto PCs and Android smartphones as well, lately as a matter of fact, just about every console, ranging from the old school arcade machines, that we used to barely be able to reach standing on our tiptoes, all the way to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox, has at least one emulator for PC.

Yuzu game