Scene news — Émulation
Homebrew, modding and emulation news: firmware updates, new exploits, tool and emulator releases, and forum news. Every story lists its sources and can be commented on.
- EmulationVenture: Meta Quest games on PC VR headsets
- EmulationMetroid Prime 2 Echoes native on PC and Android
- EmulationFake PS5 emulators on GitHub: beware of malware
- EmulationZelda Tears of the Kingdom recompiled natively for PC
- EmulationEden and Switch 2: Splatoon Raiders, Bananza, Pokopia
- EmulationNFS Most Wanted running natively on Android and PS Vita
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- Friday 30 October 2026
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Venture: Meta Quest games on PC VR headsets
Venture runs the Meta Quest games you own on a PC, under Windows and Linux, with a PC VR headset. Its authors report 25 games working out of 25.
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Metroid Prime 2 Echoes native on PC and Android
Echoes Unbound ports the GameCube's Metroid Prime 2 natively to Windows, Linux, Mac and Android, with widescreen, gyro aiming and mods.
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Fake PS5 emulators on GitHub: beware of malware
Fake GitHub repositories imitate the PS5 emulators AnyPS5 and KytyPS5 to install software that steals passwords and personal data.
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Zelda Tears of the Kingdom recompiled natively for PC
Two projects turn Tears of the Kingdom into a native Windows program, with no emulator: TotK Recomp, up to 144 fps, and UltraTears, in beta.
- Thursday 29 October 2026
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Eden and Switch 2: Splatoon Raiders, Bananza, Pokopia
Splatoon Raiders, Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza and Pokopia boot on PC through a modified Eden build. Nothing is playable yet.
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NFS Most Wanted running natively on Android and PS Vita
Need for Speed Most Wanted, the 2005 classic, runs natively on Android at 60 frames per second, and another port is coming to the PS Vita.
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Smash Bros. Brawl recompiled natively on PC
Super Smash Bros. Brawl becomes a native Windows and Linux program, up to 4K, with Project+ and online play between players of the project.
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Smash Bros. Ultimate runs natively on PC, no emulator
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate becomes a native Windows program, built from your own Switch copy, with online play and support for eight controllers.
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Zelda Link's Awakening runs natively on PC, Mac and Linux
The Switch remake of Zelda Link's Awakening runs natively on PC, Mac, Linux and Steam Deck thanks to LAS Recomp, with a full built-in randomizer.
- Wednesday 28 October 2026
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nxnative: Switch games running natively on iPhone and Mac
nxnative runs your own Switch games natively on iPhone, iPad and Mac, with no emulator. And a spin-off already launches Mario Kart World, from the Switch 2.
- Sunday 25 October 2026
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Switch 2 emulator: where things stand after the jailbreak
The ns2jb jailbreak has opened the Switch 2 up to researchers, but no emulator runs the console's games yet: here is where the projects stand.
- Saturday 24 October 2026
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Kirikae: Switch games recompiled into native PC programs
Kirikae, a recompiler written in Rust, turns a Switch game dumped from your console into a native Windows program, compiled on your PC.











