The new Ocarina of Time for Switch 2 already runs on PC thanks to the Lichii emulator

Nintendo released the The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake on Switch 2 on November 5, 2026, and the emulation scene did not wait: according to Retro Replay, Link can already run through Kokiri Forest on a PC in Lichii. This C++ Switch and Switch 2 emulator is described as "very experimental": it descends from Eglantine, itself derived from Eden, yuzu and Sudachi.

The start is encouraging but far from playable everywhere. On a Ryzen 7 9800X3D with an RTX 4080, one clip shows roughly 20 to 30 frames per second with flicker, another 30 to 60 with visual glitches. Community screenshots report 28 fps in Kokiri Forest and 51 fps inside the Great Deku Tree. These are not controlled benchmarks, and an fps counter hides the stutter caused by shader compilation.

Fixes keep coming

Builds are moving fast. Build 75 fixed an early crash and let about 80 previously rejected shaders translate, which removed a white screen. Build 125 fixes flickering water, missing geometry, cutscenes and a texture-cache crash, and adds shader precompilation. Washed-out scenes, a HUD drawn over a black 3D world and fog artifacts remain. The same build also improves the water in Mario Kart World.

If you want to try it, the project has no official website: download only from the GitHub releases page, and read the project repository for build and setup notes. Lichii ships no games, keys or firmware: use only files you legally obtained from your own console. Information checked on 11/11/2026; it changes daily.

Source: Retro Replay