Zelda: Skyward Sword HD Hackers Are Playing It In 4K 60 FPS On PC

Zelda: Skyward Sword HD Updates: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD was recently published on Nintendo Switch, and seasoned emulation fans have successfully ported the game to PC. Furthermore, they can run the game at a stunning 4K 60 FPS. Those hackers have given themselves a significant boost over the native 1080p 60 FPS on a docked Switch.

The original Skyward Sword was released in 2011 for the Wii, and players discovered how to run it on a PC using the emulator Dolphin. Dolphin, too, later added support for upscaling Wii games to higher resolutions and improving framerates. Since then, WiiU emulation has taken years to perfect, and one would think that the Switch’s modernity would make perfecting its emulation easier.

Skyward Sword HD—which was published for Nintendo Switch on July 16th—is emulated with twice the resolution that would be available when played normally, according to the YouTube video link below by NoBigDeal La. The emulator utilized in the movie is known as Ryujinx, although Wccftech says that another emulator known as Yuzu can also run Skyward Sword HD. To get the game to operate smoothly, you’ll need some high-end PC hardware. no big deal La’s CPU is an Intel i9 11900K, and their graphics card is an Nvidia RTX 3080.

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While the Switch re-release of Skyward Sword improves on the original (which operated at a paltry 480p 30 FPS), PC emulation stretches the improvement envelope even farther. However, be aware that the YouTube video’s comments indicate that results may vary.

Some people attempting to make it work for themselves have reported being unable to use in-game items, having trouble connecting their Joy-Con, and not being able to reach the claimed 60 frames per second framerate.

Looking at some of the criteria for mimicking games on PC using Yuzu, it appears that getting a game like Skyward Sword HD to run requires both a Switch console and a copy of the game. To run homebrew applications on this version of emulation, the Switch must be hacked.

Nintendo does not recommend this, and it also necessitates a lengthy installation process that may not be worth the effort. However, no big deal La’s video proves that running Skyward Sword HD at a blisteringly high resolution is achievable.

All of the emulation attempts point to one thing. Nintendo players want their games to have a higher level of appearance, and they’re prepared to put in the effort to obtain it. For some, the HD recreation on Switch hardware isn’t enough.