So major improvements to Lakka have been made these past few weeks, this includes audio now working through the Switch speakers and the new GPU driver having Vulkan support + increased RAM clock speeds. Naturally, a bunch of games have benefited from this. Here's a video of someone playing Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory through Dolphin's Wii emulator, it's basically perfect.
Here's some Twilight Princess too! Although this could definitely use more work. (click the image to watch)
As far as GameCube games are concerned, TimeSplitters 2 runs PERFECTLY. Here's me playing it.
Other GameCube games that run great and can be completed from start to finish are
Basically all Dreamcast games run perfectly thanks to the Reicast team porting it over to the Switch. Playing something like Skies of Arcadia, Shenmue, Marvel vs Capcom 2 or Soul Calibur on a Switch feels surreal. This video below illustrates how well they perform.
Melee runs at full speed most of the time, there's some slowdown here and there though.
Sunshine runs but the performance is a bit inconsistent with some areas at full speed and others like Delfino Plaza sitting at under 20 fps with major audio issues although I'd imagine it'll be in a much better state a few months down the line.
Between all of this and most N64 games being playable at full speed, the Switch homebrew community is on a godlike streak. What do you think, Era?
Here's some Twilight Princess too! Although this could definitely use more work. (click the image to watch)
As far as GameCube games are concerned, TimeSplitters 2 runs PERFECTLY. Here's me playing it.
Other GameCube games that run great and can be completed from start to finish are
- Animal Crossing
- Killer7
- Rayman 3
- Budokai 2
- Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness.
Basically all Dreamcast games run perfectly thanks to the Reicast team porting it over to the Switch. Playing something like Skies of Arcadia, Shenmue, Marvel vs Capcom 2 or Soul Calibur on a Switch feels surreal. This video below illustrates how well they perform.
Melee runs at full speed most of the time, there's some slowdown here and there though.
Sunshine runs but the performance is a bit inconsistent with some areas at full speed and others like Delfino Plaza sitting at under 20 fps with major audio issues although I'd imagine it'll be in a much better state a few months down the line.
Between all of this and most N64 games being playable at full speed, the Switch homebrew community is on a godlike streak. What do you think, Era?
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