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Adam Hales

Xbox gamers may soon get access to a Switch emulator — Nintendo lawyers won’t be happy to see "Ryujinx" on Series X|S

Mario facing off with the Xbox Logo.

If you weren’t already aware, Xbox consoles, particularly the Xbox Series X|S, are surprisingly capable emulation machines. Through Xbox Dev Mode, they can already emulate platforms such as the Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 1, and PSP.

That capability exists largely thanks to work from Xbox Emulation Hub. The group focuses on porting popular emulators to UWP, Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform. UWP allows developers to build apps that run across Windows 10, Windows 11, and Xbox, making it possible for these emulators to function on console hardware at all.

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