Nintendo 3DS / Switch Emulators Tier List for Android: Best and Worst Ranked

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  • Опубликовано: 26 янв 2025

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  • @AlexwpiGame
    @AlexwpiGame  4 месяца назад +6

    Thanks to channel patreons / youtube members:
    • Paolo • Cecilia • martinez3010 • Kesnei • MunzMadeThis • thethnikkaman • Francesco Brodini

    • @mue3nul
      @mue3nul 4 месяца назад

      Hey bro whats the best emu for re5 and re6? I face crashes sometimes

    • @thelastofitskind3034
      @thelastofitskind3034 3 месяца назад

      What emulator is best to play skyrim I been trying to look for one that can play skyrim and so far I can't find one that won't crash or has flickering issues or magic won't work properly or show the magic effect suyu came close but it got flickering and it constantly crashes you can't play no more than 2 minutes without it crashing

  • @edoardoferrari1638
    @edoardoferrari1638 4 месяца назад +6

    Wow, I just discovered your channel and it looks really cool. It is an excellent source of information that is always up to date, keep it up 👍

    • @AlexwpiGame
      @AlexwpiGame  4 месяца назад

      Welcome and thank you for your kind words!

  • @JohnGamer03
    @JohnGamer03 4 месяца назад +2

    Alex: You're a very generous ranker. No doubt you made a small group of people very happy. What are your plans, SS & SSS tier moving forward? All kidding aside, great job on the Unplayable tier list. All that hype on Skyline, this is probably the first time a content creator tell it like it is - A switch emulator should at least have add-ons for game updates, dlcs, and firmware updates.
    Someone mentioned a tier for Strato and Mikage emulator on reddit awhile back ago, calling it Unicorn tier. My thought was this is such a fitting tier name. I am proposing that you add this to the tier. I could be wrong, but I am almost positive Strato will move to a different tier soon.
    For everyone: Let's talk about performance. The easiest way to gauge performance is to split the type of games in two tiers: competitive gaming and all the rest. On competitive games, high frame rate is a must. All the rest types of games, high frame rate is not as important. As for other performance metric, frame pace applies to both tiers. Competitive gaming are always multiplayer games (player against player). Now gaming on consoles like Switch, Playstation, and XBox generally falls under "all the rest" types of games and the emulation of those consoles as well. People who play competitive games generally play on PCs. Now frame rates do not appear to match when running multiple performance monitoring apps on switch emulation on android. It is more of a distraction. I think for gamers, it is best to avoid the fps counters and just eyeball the performance. If you are happy with what you are seeing without the distraction, that is what matters.
    To rank an emulator is equivalent to ranking their compatibility list. "Compatibility list is the emulator's crown jewel." Yuzu's compatibilty list is around C, Yuzu Android at best C-, more likely lower. For Yuzu forks to even move to C+ or B would require a crazy amount of "real testers" to participate like hundreds of thousands of testers plus a big group of developers and contributors to work on it (Send them all here on Alexwpi Channel & subscribe, let's talk). Yuzu Android forks are C- at best, probably lower. Why do you think this is the case for Yuzu and Yuzu forks? Ryujinx looks to be more of a B and have the potential to move to A unlike Yuzu.
    Testing game(s) are really difficult for a game that runs well on the emulator. For example: BOTW for Ryujinx on Windows for a status-ingame (minor glitch(es)) takes more than 193 hours. Just take a look at howlongtobeat under completionist. Real testers will have to spend more hours than a completionist if you really want to know. That is more than 8 days straight and more than 24 days if you test 8 hours a day. That game is almost perfect on Ryujinx on Windows. You should take note that status-game on Ryujinx are often more perfect than perfect on Yuzu. Just like emulators that likes to inflate their compatibility list (Skyline). Skyline later reduced their compatiblity list dramatically after development stop. Only now some or many of you are finding out Skyline are Unplayable.
    Why don't we form a independent testers clubs for games and knowledge base? Maybe call it "United Federation of Gamers or The Republic of Gamers" (taken by ASUS I believe, so what?).

  • @merryzzbss
    @merryzzbss 4 месяца назад +4

    Estava esperando esse vídeo faz um tempinho kkkk, tá mto bom mn. Continue pfv

    • @AlexwpiGame
      @AlexwpiGame  4 месяца назад +3

      Opa obrigado pelo feedback, vou continuar sim, esse vídeo teve o esforço de ficar editando até 5 horas da manhã para poder acontecer, mas ta ai

  • @xXxLuismaxXx
    @xXxLuismaxXx 4 месяца назад +4

    So sudachi is better than uzuy except for the antutu trick right?

  • @GeorgePerakis
    @GeorgePerakis 4 месяца назад +2

    Amazing channel, great analysis, subscribed and sharing these videos.
    I've been looking for good advice for Android emulation for a while but google is useless. Any advice for PS2? Is the now defunct AetherSX2 still the best option?

    • @AlexwpiGame
      @AlexwpiGame  4 месяца назад

      NetherSX2 is the continuation of AetherSX2. It has some significant improvements and has seen substantial performance gains in its versions 1.8 and 1.9. Unfortunately, these emulators are hard to find, as they require a patch application that demands advanced computer skills. But check out this video. ruclips.net/video/Mo1bfeYGorA/видео.html / ruclips.net/video/JPEcUrliL3w/видео.html

    • @GeorgePerakis
      @GeorgePerakis 4 месяца назад +1

      @@AlexwpiGame I am far from a PC novice so that will not be a problem for me but I do hope newer versions see superior accessibility. Many thanks for the recommendation and links!

    • @AlexwpiGame
      @AlexwpiGame  4 месяца назад

      The process of getting codes or patches and turning them into an APK is still too much for me, so I usually get it precompiled from someone I trust and share the links for those who struggle like I do. I remember the last time I compiled something myself, Super Mario 64, it was a terrible experience.

  • @Banana_Got_Banned
    @Banana_Got_Banned 2 месяца назад

    i dont favor any emulator either, I appreciate each Emulator and all the people behind the creation of Emulators.
    You all are amazing developers, Thank you.

  • @ABlair260
    @ABlair260 2 месяца назад +1

    Regarding 3ds emulators. I've tried every emulator listed. Mandarine is the best to use. Lime, is a close second.

  • @jpikachu-111
    @jpikachu-111 4 месяца назад +1

    Could you please make a tear list for 3ds on pc (don’t forget to look at the milestones on lime3ds)

  • @goomy6502
    @goomy6502 4 месяца назад +2

    Can you make a video about the new cemu update?

    • @AlexwpiGame
      @AlexwpiGame  4 месяца назад +1

      CEMU 2.1 for Windows ruclips.net/video/Mv7UkJjjyEk/видео.html
      New CEMU for android - I will prepare the video this weekend and post it on Tuesday.

    • @goomy6502
      @goomy6502 4 месяца назад

      @@AlexwpiGame ok appreciate it

  • @abedabed7009
    @abedabed7009 4 месяца назад +2

    Bro did you really get almost 120 fps on kirby with uzuy? How? Im using a mod for 60fps without NPCs and can barely get 50fps on a s23 ultra undocked. Also great video

    • @studyday4128
      @studyday4128 4 месяца назад

      Please tell me bestest switch emulator in which all Kirby games run 😢?
      Yuzu can’t run Kirby 😢😢😢

    • @AlexwpiGame
      @AlexwpiGame  4 месяца назад +3

      No man, Yuzu messes up the FPS display rate on the ROG Phone with the screen refresh rate. The actual FPS I was getting was 30FPS @1080p with almost 90% GPU usage.

    • @AlexwpiGame
      @AlexwpiGame  4 месяца назад +1

      @studyday4128 Try usuy or sudachi

    • @studyday4128
      @studyday4128 4 месяца назад

      @@AlexwpiGame any best emulator suggestion

    • @abedabed7009
      @abedabed7009 4 месяца назад +1

      Thanks for clarifying ​@@AlexwpiGame

  • @dreyb1801
    @dreyb1801 3 месяца назад

    Please which FPS game was that at 2:55?

    • @AlexwpiGame
      @AlexwpiGame  3 месяца назад +1

      IronFall: Invasion

    • @dreyb1801
      @dreyb1801 3 месяца назад

      @@AlexwpiGame Thank you. And that's a 3DS game? B'cos I've never ever heard of it before.

    • @AlexwpiGame
      @AlexwpiGame  3 месяца назад +1

      @dreyb1801 Yes, it's a 3DS exclusive game that I found on a "hidden gems of the 3DS" list. I didn’t get to play it because I only downloaded a demo, but the game seems really good.

  • @peekaboo9438
    @peekaboo9438 4 месяца назад

    This the information I wanted, at last... 😊

  • @-AmirulNaim
    @-AmirulNaim 4 месяца назад +1

    THANK YOU YOU'RE AMAZING

  • @alexanderellwood8952
    @alexanderellwood8952 4 месяца назад

    I was hoping mikage would be further along by now. Cant wait to see where it belongs on this list

  • @__Ryder__
    @__Ryder__ 4 месяца назад +2

    So uzuy is really the best? It has improvements/optimizations?

    • @AlexwpiGame
      @AlexwpiGame  4 месяца назад +4

      Yes, there are quite a few performance hacks, and the accuracy is okay, but make sure to use Mesa drivers instead of the custom drivers provided by Uzuy.

    • @__Ryder__
      @__Ryder__ 4 месяца назад

      @@AlexwpiGame I haven't even seen drivers provided by uzuy. I always use the ones from K11MCH1.
      One question. Open gl has any sense? Can be useful? Maybe when using qualcomm driver

    • @__Ryder__
      @__Ryder__ 4 месяца назад

      @@AlexwpiGame are you sure it has any difference or improvement? Some says those added options do practically nothing, some of them are only for open gl, dev is crazy and does not fix games etc. I don't know who to trust with these emulators...

    • @MyZimeCharts
      @MyZimeCharts 4 месяца назад +4

      ​@@__Ryder__I already test a Lot of Games with it and I can confirm there is a Bit of Performance Boost compared to other Emulators and also shader compiling is a Bit better. However i dont See any Memory improvements. Games that Crashes because of too less Memory will Always crash. Turning on graphic-Debugging Mode will make some of these Games playable that Crashes on start but then it will have graphical issues.

    • @__Ryder__
      @__Ryder__ 4 месяца назад

      @@MyZimeCharts thanks. So you're using only uzuy now?

  • @Dbstarwastaken
    @Dbstarwastaken 4 месяца назад +2

    Best emulation content

  • @sudoo6987
    @sudoo6987 4 месяца назад

    Great video, did you make or planning to make a video on vita3k android? If you are can you put trails of cold steel1 in your gaming testing list? I know the compatibility sheet cant be trusted since some -ingame status games work flawlessly, but cold steel has a playable status, and it is playable but the fps is shit on certain instances like the first 20sec of the opening and any other wierd anime cutscene or few sec on the menu. They are not shader compil lag as far as i can tell, its a wierd performance issue i think since ive seen people run that game on lower spec devices too, my specs are 8gen2 and device is odin2mini
    But obviously you dont have to go that extensively and also no point if you already made a vita3k video

    • @AlexwpiGame
      @AlexwpiGame  4 месяца назад

      Unfortunately, when I tested the Vita3k v12, it didn’t run well on my device, and most people with SD8G1, SD8G2, and SD8G3 said they had performance issues. However, on some Mali phones, the performance was good. I just checked GitHub, and they’re only releasing artifacts for Windows, Linux, and Mac, so I need to wait for a new official version to test it again.

    • @sudoo6987
      @sudoo6987 4 месяца назад +1

      @@AlexwpiGame that is true and super wierd I was a mali gpu user till my 8gen2 arrived around August and it vita3k was definitely more painless in that device , thanks for responding you are awesome!!

    • @ИванИванов-н3д1у
      @ИванИванов-н3д1у 4 месяца назад

      ​@@sudoo6987well,i think its problem in drivers,im using 7+ gen 2 phone with kimchi drivers and it works well,except gravity rush and uncharted

    • @sudoo6987
      @sudoo6987 4 месяца назад

      @@ИванИванов-н3д1у with zero issues and fps slowdown on cold steel? btw which driver are you using can you tell me specifically which one please?

    • @ИванИванов-н3д1у
      @ИванИванов-н3д1у 4 месяца назад

      @@sudoo6987 i playing now persona 4 golden and i don't have fps issue,but sometimes some graphics glitches,but not so far,so im using r5 from kimchi ,because with default drivers fps often drops below 25,my phone is realme gt neo 5 se

  • @sanzid2244
    @sanzid2244 4 месяца назад +1

    Citra MMJ Is The Best For 3ds Even In My Low End Device ❤

  • @Eletrico1
    @Eletrico1 4 месяца назад

    What is the best for exynos ?

  • @ds_m00n
    @ds_m00n 4 месяца назад

    Eu tenho um galaxy a34 com um dimensity midiatek 1080 e 6 de ram, qual emulador de 3ds e switch vc acha que rodaria bem no meu celular ?

    • @AlexwpiGame
      @AlexwpiGame  4 месяца назад

      Vai de Lime3DS se quiser recursos novos e hacks de velocidade, caso queira uma experiência com mais precisão vai de PabloMK7, praticamente não há diferença visual entre os dois, mas de desempenho, com certeza o Lime3DS performa melhor

    • @ds_m00n
      @ds_m00n 4 месяца назад

      @@AlexwpiGame obg

  • @AlexIndiex
    @AlexIndiex 4 месяца назад

    Even if torzu is from dark git, it is still better than sudachi and latest yuzu, considering both at this point are abandoned, uzuy is also on the same boat with torzu but at least both deliver performance improvements, also seems like everyone forgot about sudachi taking code from torzu when princess peach released and from ryujinx when the new paper Mario game came out, this also shows in the performance and compatibility tests, nothing changes from normal yuzu and changes are so minium it falls in the same boat with suyu, disappointing developer/s, who also trying to illegally paywalling citra iOS port when it was still active

  • @AmineDiva
    @AmineDiva 4 месяца назад +16

    The only hope, which we have, is strato emulator.

    • @AlexwpiGame
      @AlexwpiGame  4 месяца назад +14

      As a content creator, I don't believe we'll see a decent version of Strato for at least another year. They've shown some progress in isolated channels, but until they provide something solid for us to rely on or test, they're just another Skyline or Pine.

    • @Przemo24
      @Przemo24 4 месяца назад +3

      strato is just a myth like portal 3

  • @sth10
    @sth10 4 месяца назад

    Cómo puedo usar el Circle Pad Pro o C Stick en mgs3? He estado buscando durante horas, ¿alguien puede ayudarme?
    Cuando lo habilito desde la configuración, el emulador
    se congela

    • @IgnacioCalvo87
      @IgnacioCalvo87 4 месяца назад

      @@sth10 el Metal Gear Solid 3 era compatible con los controles de la New 3DS?

    • @sth10
      @sth10 4 месяца назад

      @@IgnacioCalvo87 no, pero en la configuración del juego puedes seleccionar Circle Pad Pro. Cuando lo selecciono, el juego se congela. Lo busqué y está, y se supone que te mueve a una ventana fuera del juego para configurar el C Stick en nuevos 3ds o almohadilla circular pro acsseri

  • @eskitvturkiye774
    @eskitvturkiye774 4 месяца назад

    best switch emulator ? suyu vs torzu vs sudachi? my system recoments rx 6600 16 gb ram

  • @speedclips_858
    @speedclips_858 3 месяца назад

    Lime3DS is alive?

    • @AlexwpiGame
      @AlexwpiGame  3 месяца назад

      Yes, it's very much alive and has been receiving important updates. I believe it’s currently the successor to Citra.

  • @Pekkuツ
    @Pekkuツ 2 месяца назад

    How about Nyushu??

  • @haziee3108
    @haziee3108 4 месяца назад +2

    Why no suyu?

    • @AlexwpiGame
      @AlexwpiGame  4 месяца назад

      suyu is dead

    • @thelastofitskind3034
      @thelastofitskind3034 3 месяца назад

      ​@AlexwpiGame suyu is one of the best most of the games I play are 2d games and they play flawless with no crashes

  • @ramdanrivanto8855
    @ramdanrivanto8855 4 месяца назад +1

    I can confirm i hate eggns but some game we should accept that run better on my rog 6 than other emulater, such as bayonetta 3 in eggns run flawlessly compare with yuzu, sudachi, uzuy or whatever still no improvement. Yuzu is dead, the rest i dont know i tried them all but still the 0.0 fps bug still there, uzuy come up with frame interpolation that still not working but some claim its working. Strato probably dead too, the only hope that ryujinx want to port the emulator to android but i doubt that very much. The best way to enjoy switch emulator is with pc or handheld with ryujinx, thats it.

  • @allanliquornik7680
    @allanliquornik7680 4 месяца назад

    Is there a way to get uzuy for pc?

    • @AlexwpiGame
      @AlexwpiGame  4 месяца назад

      They have a version planned for Windows, but for now, there's nothing available yet.

  • @parasmahajan55
    @parasmahajan55 4 месяца назад

    Wwe all stars is still not playable on android on 3ds 😢

    • @IgnacioCalvo87
      @IgnacioCalvo87 4 месяца назад

      In the Windows version it doesn't work well either, although in Windows we have 100% functional PS3 version which is along with the x360 version the best of all

    • @IgnacioCalvo87
      @IgnacioCalvo87 4 месяца назад

      You can always play the PSP version, which is the easiest version to emulate, but it does not include any fighters from the DLCs for the major consoles

    • @parasmahajan55
      @parasmahajan55 4 месяца назад

      @@IgnacioCalvo87 that's why I want to play on 3ds it has all dlc

  • @0american049
    @0american049 4 месяца назад

    suyuは何処のランクになりますか?

    • @AlexwpiGame
      @AlexwpiGame  4 месяца назад

      Suyu would definitely be in Tier A. It has slightly less accuracy than Sudachi, but its performance is slightly better due to hacks. It could have been a promising project if it hadn't been poorly managed and discontinued.

    • @0american049
      @0american049 4 месяца назад +1

      ありがとう!​@@AlexwpiGame

  • @terry_glory_to_ukraine394
    @terry_glory_to_ukraine394 4 месяца назад

    How about other emulator consoles for Android

    • @AlexwpiGame
      @AlexwpiGame  4 месяца назад +1

      I still need to gather several emulators and run the necessary tests.

    • @terry_glory_to_ukraine394
      @terry_glory_to_ukraine394 4 месяца назад

      @@AlexwpiGame No problem 👌🏻

  • @evatron798
    @evatron798 4 месяца назад

    Haz un video de la última versión no oficial de Touchhle no oficial ahora muchos juegos

  • @IgnacioCalvo87
    @IgnacioCalvo87 4 месяца назад +1

    I'm surprised you say Citra MMJ has better performance than Lime and Mandarine, in my case it's the opposite, even in adventure mode (SSB for 3DS) with Citra MMJ I only reached about 30 FPS, but with Lime3DS and Mandarine I get a constant 60 FPS using the Vulkan API

    • @__Ryder__
      @__Ryder__ 4 месяца назад

      Citra mmj could be better just in some cases, with some games maybe, but the other 3ds emulators should be better since they have vulkan support which uses the full power of the gpu. Citra mmj has only open gl which is old and not the best for high demanding gaming. Vulkan should give higher performance

  • @Vasodopheus
    @Vasodopheus 4 месяца назад

    Faltou o nyushu esse é meu favorito😮

  • @محمدعبدللهعثمان
    @محمدعبدللهعثمان 4 месяца назад

    Is suyu Emulator still recieving updates?

  • @thelastofitskind3034
    @thelastofitskind3034 3 месяца назад

    Suyu is still better for some reason

    • @AlexwpiGame
      @AlexwpiGame  3 месяца назад

      There were some speed hacks in Suyu that made things run better without significantly compromising accuracy.

  • @nogardemllac
    @nogardemllac 4 месяца назад +3

    I see no reason to emulate nintendo switch on android phone

    • @TeIetubbies
      @TeIetubbies 4 месяца назад

      Well it's the closest to a switch in terms of portability, for performance that's another story. For 2d games it's actually playable like blasphemous run on midrange devices

    • @HalaMadridyNadaMasVN
      @HalaMadridyNadaMasVN 4 месяца назад

      ​@@TeIetubbies I think it will make more sense in the future when Nintendo no longer sells the Switch. Or when smartphones are powerful enough to play Switch games with upscale. But for now, it doesn't.

    • @اصلاعادي-ه6ص
      @اصلاعادي-ه6ص 4 месяца назад

      The most braindead statement ever

    • @syanreeze253
      @syanreeze253 4 месяца назад

      Why tho? I play most switch game on my android phone...but yeah you would need a flagship to have a decent experience

    • @zaflame3755
      @zaflame3755 4 месяца назад +1

      I agree, but you gotta remember a lot of people don't have pcs and only have a flagship phone.

  • @HUSSAINxIQ
    @HUSSAINxIQ 11 дней назад

    is uzuy good for SD8 GEN1+ ?