Swap emulator Eden is now on the Play Retailer (Replace: Confirmed)

Replace, September 13, 2025 (12:10 PM ET): This text beforehand referred to Eden as the primary Swap emulator on the Play Retailer, however the unique Yuzu emulator was out there on the Play Retailer shortly earlier than it was shut down in 2024. Numerous different copycat variations had been additionally uploaded to the Play Retailer, which was the supply of our confusion. We apologize for the error.

As for the validity of this emulator, the Eden crew has now confirmed on Discord that the Play Retailer itemizing is “reliable, and totally owned and revealed by us.” Nonetheless, it comprises an older model of the app, with the newest v0.0.3 replace from final Friday awaiting approval from Google.

Authentic article, September 12, 2025 (4:04 PM ET): On the finish of final week, Nintendo Swap emulator Eden acquired a main replace that noticed the official secure launch of model 0.0.3. This replace mounted quite a lot of bugs, supplied some efficiency boosts, built-in EmuReady, and introduced assist for the not too long ago launched Hole Knight: Silksong. Whereas this replace was massive information, the crew behind Eden has been teasing an excellent larger shock. That shock has now been revealed.

In the event you head over to the Google Play Retailer, you’ll now discover a itemizing for the Eden Emulator, full with screenshots, particulars in regards to the software program, information security info, and every little thing else you’d discover in a standard app itemizing. That’s proper, it seems Eden is now out there on the Play Retailer for gadgets operating on Android 11 or later. It is a vital flip of occasions because it marks the primary time ever {that a} Swap emulator has been on {the marketplace}.

For these unfamiliar with Eden, it’s a fork of Yuzu, some of the profitable and notorious Swap emulators ever. It permits customers to play Nintendo Swap video games on different working techniques by emulating the system. After Nintendo took Yuzu down, its code remained out there because of it being open-source. Eden was created after quite a lot of builders who had been engaged on a special fork, Citron, left the challenge and shaped their very own group.

Though Eden remains to be in its early days, it’s thought-about some of the thrilling Swap emulation tasks for Android. And this information solely serves to stoke that pleasure, as having an inventory on the Play Retailer will significantly increase its visibility. Nonetheless, that is additionally a little bit of a double-edged sword since extra visibility means there’s increased threat that it’ll catch Nintendo’s ever-watchful eye.