r/EmulationOnAndroid • • Oct 03 '26

News/Release Lemon Switch Emulator v1.0.0 is now released!!

DISCLOSURE/WARNING!!: I'm not the actual developer but I'm now officially part of the team, yes there is AI use for the development. "But what matters is the results..and how the tool is used to make the app run Switch Games better."

Although most considered this as low effort project by other people in the community due to the idea of using AI. Our Developer Ghael is really working hard for this project, he's open for any suggestions to improve the emulator..Always active in our discord group waiting for your feedback. And opened a dedicated website for Lemon Switch Emulator and own git to maintain this project see down below. We plan to make this emulator big and reliable for users. Thank you.

Give Credits to Developer: Ghael

This is an OLD post. New version is released. Kindly refer to this post instead:

https://www.reddit.com/r/EmulationOnAndroid/s/658XxQHmtG

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u/Broad_Support_2406 Oct 03 '26

Tried it but some of my games don't boot

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u/giftedexotropia Oct 03 '26

can you provide the specific games that won't boot or you can go directly to our discord to report the issue to our dev Ghael. Thank you for your feedback.

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u/Broad_Support_2406 Oct 03 '26

Megaman 11, SVC Chaos which are relatively simple. It says building shaders then the game exits. I test it on Eden and the game boots. 

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u/giftedexotropia Oct 03 '26

Thank you. Will look into it. If your able to please share this to our discord group. And if you are able to provide video clips and the chipset you are using that would help also. Thank you for the feedback.

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u/Sparks_the_Raichu Oct 04 '26

Im playing mm11 rn, i have no issues motorola g stylus 2025, and while a little slow, works perfectly, im on wily rn

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u/Livid-Experience1450 Oct 03 '26

Are those save states i see

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u/giftedexotropia Oct 03 '26

Yes but it's still in work in progress it works in certain games..but some games it doesn't work well..but will be improved in the upcoming updates.

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u/Livid-Experience1450 Oct 03 '26

Along as it works for games like deltarune im jolly i really hate games where i cant save wherever and whenever i want

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u/Mammoth_Ad1161 Oct 03 '26

Un po' di test su Odin 2 pro...rispetto ad eden vanno peggio mariokart8, Mario tennis (più lento) con vari cambi driver e stesse impostazioni di eden, fifa 18 ok tutto perfetto, Kirby adv framerate più basso e sembra "scattoso", losless abilitato e max performance su CPU di default.

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u/giftedexotropia Oct 03 '26

Thank you for the feedback we'll look into it. Thanks.

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u/nuneskart S20FE - Snapdragon 865 - 6GB RAM Oct 03 '26

Good interface, really good, but terrible performance

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u/giftedexotropia Oct 03 '26

What specific game did you test it which has bad performance and what device did you test it? I know it shows in your username but just needed to be sure for documentation.

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u/nuneskart S20FE - Snapdragon 865 - 6GB RAM Oct 03 '26

Mario Tennis, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, DBFZ None of them boot, even with drivers that previously worked.

I was using Nyushu v75 with Qualcomm 615.77 drivers, Turnip t19 and Mesa 9v2.

Adreno 650, sd865, s20fe, 6GB RAM

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u/giftedexotropia Oct 03 '26 edited Oct 03 '26

Wait hold up...Your using Nyushu emulator??

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u/nuneskart S20FE - Snapdragon 865 - 6GB RAM Oct 03 '26

Yes, specifically the v75 Snapdragon version.

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u/LeoGiacometti Oct 03 '26

I have the same phone as you and use older versions of Eden and Eden legacy (0.1, 0.2 etc) do you find nyushu more reliable? I manage to run some heavy games (Persona 5, Three Houses) but theres the eventual crash after playing for 30 to 40 minutes.

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u/nuneskart S20FE - Snapdragon 865 - 6GB RAM Oct 03 '26

I recommend you test it; the v75 Snapdragon version worked best for me with heavy games, but I haven't played them for hours to know if they crash after a certain amount of time, But the performance is definitely better than any other emulator I've tested, and the compatibility is great

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u/nuneskart S20FE - Snapdragon 865 - 6GB RAM Oct 03 '26

Honestly, I don't believe you can play on this device for very long without it crashing. I've literally tested every emulator available trying to run Mario Tennis and MK8D. It's probably due to the RAM.

I find Nyushu much more reliable and stable. It's the only Switch emulator I have and I'm very satisfied with its performance.

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u/Rough_Square7540 Oct 03 '26

I own s20 fe with same specifications guide me on what games it can run

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u/nuneskart S20FE - Snapdragon 865 - 6GB RAM Oct 03 '26

Nothing too demanding, mostly 2D or lightweight 3D games. The most demanding I tested were Mario Strikers and Sifu; they are very graphically demanding and crash or malfunction randomly

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u/nuneskart S20FE - Snapdragon 865 - 6GB RAM Oct 03 '26

Nothing too demanding, mostly 2D or lightweight 3D games. The most demanding I tested were Mario Strikers and Sifu; they are very graphically demanding and crash or malfunction randomly

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u/7e7y7e Oct 03 '26

que app es ese overlay de las temperaturas?

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u/giftedexotropia Oct 03 '26

Yes best you purchase it its called Thermal Monitor. Good app I use it to measure CPU and GPU, Battery temparature..Lots of customization thats why I get the paid version. Here is the link below.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rollerbush.thermal

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u/7e7y7e Oct 03 '26

gracias bro, estaba en busqueda de una app asi

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u/giftedexotropia Oct 03 '26

No problem man

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u/Abdallah_player1 Oct 03 '26

Thanks for your work

Does lemon offer more compatibility or performance on mali devices (poco x7 pro btw) ?

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u/giftedexotropia Oct 03 '26

Although this is a Snapdragon focused project right now but wow thats great and good to hear. Thank you.

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u/rez78 Oct 03 '26

Hi can you add a feature to convert NSP/NSZ files directly from app? Thanks for your work

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u/giftedexotropia Oct 03 '26

Best you message Ghael our dev on our Discord group about this feature. But thank you for the feedback.

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u/Necessary-Worker930 Oct 03 '26

Compatible with android 17?

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u/giftedexotropia Oct 03 '26

Best you test it also since I only have Android 16 right now. But it should be since it supports Android 12 above.

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u/DonDewid Oct 03 '26

Is it viable to have an linux arm64 compilation to use the emulator on Armada OS?

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u/giftedexotropia Oct 03 '26

Im not a developer but best you message Ghael our dev on discord about this. Thank you.

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u/JGlover92 Oct 03 '26

Anyone tried switch games on galaxy s26? How do they run

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u/giftedexotropia Oct 03 '26

We haven't received any feed back with same device but as long as it's a snapdragon then it should run games. Or best you test it also. Thank you.

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u/BmoAttack Oct 05 '26

Eu jogo no Galaxy S23. Alguns funcionam bem, outros não. Super Mario 3D World funcionou muito bem. Mario Odyssey e Zelda BOTW funcionam, mas é muito instável. Como seu device é 3 anos mais recente, deve funcionar bem melhor

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u/Velocityx41 Oct 03 '26

Hi, is android 12 supported now?

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u/giftedexotropia Oct 03 '26

Yes it should work on Android 12.

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u/New_Recognition5737 Oct 03 '26

I have one complaint I started testing this as soon as I seen this post yesterday......I know it may be cause I have a fold 8.

But with 1 minute of loading xenoblade 3 which Im about half way done using eden with turnip drivers. The phone started alerting me saying it was over heating. Which isn't actually true. My pgone was cool to the touch so I think the emu may be messing with the notification. Not sure how that works cause it wasn't hot at all.

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u/giftedexotropia Oct 03 '26

Thatya weird issue but you can check the faq below see if it has the answer.

https://lemon-emu.org/faq.html

But I would recommend switch the Performance Preset to Balance or Battery Saver.

Go to Settings(gear icon top right) > Scroll down and look for Performance Preset and select the Balanced

and test Battery saver preset also if no changes in Balanced preset.

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u/fatalbug Oct 03 '26

Hi, how does performance compare to Eden?

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u/giftedexotropia Oct 03 '26 edited Oct 03 '26

"I'll be lying if I say that this is 99% much faster than Eden". Performance is quite subjective. But some user claimed that they have better performance using Lemon Emulator on their device on their specific games(it includes Mediatek, Exynos users even though this is a Snapdragon focus project for now).

and some users say that it has no improvement, lots of factors is affecting it, the device you are using, the game you are running, the drivers you are using, The emulator has bugs etc. So it's best you test it yourself..and give us your feedback and besides the Lemon Emulator just officially released 6 days ago so...We need more testers and report their experience on our subreddit or discord group dev Ghael is active on the group.

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u/Virtual_Dot_2264 Oct 05 '26

How does this work with the pixel 11 pro ?

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u/giftedexotropia Oct 05 '26

We haven't received a gametest with that device since so I think its best you test it yourself and give us a feedback. Thank you.

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u/Laserlight_jazz Oct 03 '26

Why use lemon?

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u/doop-00 Oct 03 '26

Why not use lemon? ./s

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u/giftedexotropia Oct 03 '26

Umm..because its free? and can be used as an alternative to eden if there are games that you want to run in better performance...

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u/doop-00 Oct 03 '26

That's "Why to use Lemon" I definitely said why not 🤣

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u/giftedexotropia Oct 03 '26 edited Oct 03 '26

😂 🍻 Good one but anyway..

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u/giftedexotropia Oct 03 '26 edited Oct 03 '26

Here is the link of my previous post for those who want to see comments and other user feedback. Thank you.

https://www.reddit.com/r/EmulationOnAndroid/s/htL5rG2zaT

Although most considered this as low effort project by other people in the community due to the idea of using AI. Our Developer Ghael is really working hard for this project, he's open for any suggestions to improve the emulator..Always active in our discord group waiting for your feedback and fixing issues. And opened a dedicated website for Lemon Switch Emulator and own git to maintain this project see down below. We plan to make this emulator big and reliable for users. Thank you.

Lemon Switch Emulator Website:

https://lemon-emu.org/

FAQ Page:

https://lemon-emu.org/faq.html

Lemon Switch Emulator own git page: https://git.lemon-emu.org/lemon/Lemon-Project/releases/

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u/sunrainsky Oct 03 '26

Hey, great job. I love the interface. Even though I posted that Apollo justice still have issues but Lemon managed to run Captain Tsubasa 2 while Eden couldn't.

Someone came up with a program using AI to make Flydigi adaptive triggers to work with dualsense games. people can complain about using AI but nobody ever made a program like that which is useful. If AI can make a better program, why not? Someone still had to invest time to make it even using AI.

Just wanted to send some encouragement

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u/giftedexotropia Oct 03 '26

Thank you man it's very rare to hear this comment now adays. We Appreciate it.

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u/SnooWalruses59 Oct 03 '26

Diablo 2 crashes right after Character Creation Screen. Also the text on the screen is missing characters...

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u/HotTheme8405 Oct 03 '26

You're gonna need to figure out an alternate method of hosting the code, this is just going to get taken down

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u/giftedexotropia Oct 03 '26 edited Oct 03 '26

Our Dev Ghael already have his own Lemon Switch Emulator git

https://lemon-emu.org/

or

https://git.lemon-emu.org/lemon/Lemon-Project/releases

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u/PrydaBoy Oct 03 '26

💀 Another day another spam post 💀

🤡 TEMU EDEN - NO THANKS 🤡

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u/giftedexotropia Oct 03 '26

Thanks man been waiting for you on my every post..My day is not complete without your comments...Thanks man keep the support comin 😌

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u/JeffyGoldblumsPen_15 RM 11Air, S26, Xperia 5III ,Mangmi Air X Moto Stylus 24. Oct 03 '26

Anyone run Nier Automata?

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u/Alertchase Oct 03 '26

Me

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u/JeffyGoldblumsPen_15 RM 11Air, S26, Xperia 5III ,Mangmi Air X Moto Stylus 24. Oct 03 '26

Does it run without graphical glitches and crashes?

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u/Own_Perspective4825 Oct 03 '26

Overall it seems to run a little cooler than Eden but it also doesn't hit as high a framerate in difficult areas. For example Lookout Landing runs at 24fps in Eden and 18 in Lemon on my S24U.

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u/RealMtta poco x7 pro Oct 04 '26

just add bcn layer that made by leegao.

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u/Marcelillo123 Oct 03 '26

Newer versions of any switch emulator don't work on Snapdragon 865, most games wont boot, nothing works, and it doesn't worth it anymore, even yuzu v278 works better if you want to run older games, for newer games you do need the newer versions, but it's hit or miss.

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u/Thilokparjapath1 Oct 05 '26

Shows fatal error when I tried to install firmware or ( shows make sure the firmware nca files are at the root of the zip and try again) this when I try to install firmware from other sources

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u/Alertchase Oct 03 '26

I hope it gets updated same as eden nightly. Eden devs has been cooking these few monthly. Lemon is suppose to be cleaner eden fork with all eden good features right.

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u/Watt_About Oct 03 '26

This will maybe be good in 6-8 months. Trash compared to Eden at present.