One day post-launch, the developers of Switch emulator Yuzu announce that Tears of the Kingdom is playable 'full speed on most hardware' with 'no hacks needed'

The developers of Switch emulator Yuzu were quick on the draw, getting Tears of the Kingdom performing better than original hardware in just a day.

for dumping Switch game decryption keys for use in emulators. The developers of an in-progress Switch emulator for Android, Skyline, abandoned work on their project for fear of legal repercussions, and curious sorts who wanted to dip into TotK and potential mods early via piracy were met with a minefield of malware.

All of that unpleasantness aside, you can now legally dump your own copy of Tears of the Kingdom to play on PC with equal or greater performance to the original Switch on a wide range of hardware⁠—on, I'm seeing users report rock-solid framerates beyond 1080p resolution on 30-series graphics cards. The other major Switch emulation project, Ryujinx, is likely not far behind Yuzu, even with a smaller team and less funding.

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