Eden and Switch 2: Splatoon Raiders, Bananza, Pokopia
By Tgames · · 2 min read
Splatoon Raiders, Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza and Pokopia boot on PC through a modified Eden build. Nothing is playable yet.
The first Switch 2 games outside the console
A week after the first Switch 2 game dumps, games exclusive to the console are starting to boot elsewhere. This is not a new emulator, but modified, private versions of Switch 1 emulators, to which their authors add what is missing: above all NVN2, the Switch 2's graphics library.
Splatoon Raiders, the furthest along
On October 28, MakoCW showed a video of Splatoon Raiders reaching the character select screen. According to the specialist press (GBAtemp, Logic-Sunrise), it is a modified version ofEden, the Switch 1 emulator. Mako warns that with everything not yet implemented, "the game lags terribly", and vertical sync does not work.
Donkey Kong Bananza and Pokopia
The same day, the CentroLeaks account posted a single photo of Donkey Kong Bananza "also running on PC", with no video or detail about the method: there is no way to tell how far the game gets.
For Pokémon Pokopia, an X user claimed on October 27 to have tested "patches to the Eden emulator" with their own dump: the game would boot as far as the intro. That post can no longer be viewed, and we could not verify it.
Mario Kart World, on iPhone and on Eden
Mario Kart World first ran elsewhere: Will Faust ran it on Mac on October 27, then on iPhone 18 Pro on the 28th, with a private version of nxnative, which runs the game's code natively instead of emulating it. Faust was clear: the code will not be released "anywhere". The game also boots on Eden: a 40-second video, posted on X on October 29 and shared by several accounts, shows the title screen and then the main menu in an Eden build labelled "nx2", at around 33 frames per second. No race is shown, and the original author has not been identified.
Nothing to download
Sources: MakoCW's video (X) · CentroLeaks (X) · Will Faust's video (X) · Logic-Sunrise · Mario Kart World on Eden video (X)
The first Switch 2 games outside the console
A week after the first Switch 2 game dumps, games exclusive to the console are starting to boot elsewhere. This is not a new emulator, but modified, private versions of Switch 1 emulators, to which their authors add what is missing: above all NVN2, the Switch 2's graphics library.
Splatoon Raiders, the furthest along
On October 28, MakoCW showed a video of Splatoon Raiders reaching the character select screen. According to the specialist press (GBAtemp, Logic-Sunrise), it is a modified version ofEden, the Switch 1 emulator. Mako warns that with everything not yet implemented, "the game lags terribly", and vertical sync does not work.
Donkey Kong Bananza and Pokopia
The same day, the CentroLeaks account posted a single photo of Donkey Kong Bananza "also running on PC", with no video or detail about the method: there is no way to tell how far the game gets.
For Pokémon Pokopia, an X user claimed on October 27 to have tested "patches to the Eden emulator" with their own dump: the game would boot as far as the intro. That post can no longer be viewed, and we could not verify it.
Mario Kart World, on iPhone and on Eden
Mario Kart World first ran elsewhere: Will Faust ran it on Mac on October 27, then on iPhone 18 Pro on the 28th, with a private version of nxnative, which runs the game's code natively instead of emulating it. Faust was clear: the code will not be released "anywhere". The game also boots on Eden: a 40-second video, posted on X on October 29 and shared by several accounts, shows the title screen and then the main menu in an Eden build labelled "nx2", at around 33 frames per second. No race is shown, and the original author has not been identified.
Nothing to download
- The official Eden does not support the Switch 2: its repository contains no changes to that effect as of October 29.
- None of these versions is public. Any "Switch 2 emulator" offered for download is therefore fake, like the ones we flagged on GitHub.
- Booting is not playing: none of these games has been shown playable in decent conditions.
Sources: MakoCW's video (X) · CentroLeaks (X) · Will Faust's video (X) · Logic-Sunrise · Mario Kart World on Eden video (X)
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