Homebrewers have discovered an NES emulator hidden within the Nintendo Switch’s firmware, according to a recent update to the group’s wiki. SwitchBrew is a wiki resource for Nintendo Switch homebrewers, and as of June 28 it updated to include the emulator system application. According to the update, the emulator is referenced as “flog” in the firmware and is currently completely unused by the Nintendo Switch or any of its games.

The NES emulator is technically included on every single retail Nintendo Switch and has likely been there since the console launched. The NES Classic that so many were disappointed was discontinued could be hidden within the Nintendo Switch, if Nintendo so chose.

In all seriousness, an NES emulator isn’t a particularly robust system application. Nintendo could very well have included “flog” on the Switch simply because it could. It’s difficult to draw any meaningful conclusions from it being on the console.

Posted: Jul 08, 2017 8:06 am
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