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AI-built TVPort brings two Nintendo Switch games to Apple TV 4K
A Reddit user has made two Nintendo Switch games run on Apple TV 4K using an open-source project called TVPort.
The project uses a Mac to recompile games for Apple’s set-top box, with AI tools used in its development.
Super Mario Odyssey runs at 60 frames per second, while Animal Crossing: New Horizons runs at 30.
Users must provide their own game files from their cartridges, and other titles have not been tested.
Some demanding games may be limited by overheating, and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has not yet run properly.
The project could face Nintendo’s opposition: the company previously sued the Yuzu emulator team, which later settled for $2.4 million and shut down.
A new Apple TV 4K is due to launch November 13, and it may handle games that the current model cannot.
TVPort, an open-source project built with AI, has enabled two Nintendo Switch games to run natively on Apple TV 4K.
The project’s creator, Reddit user FloatingFalafel, says Super Mario Odyssey runs at 60 frames per second and Animal Crossing: New Horizons at 30.
TVPort is a fork of the nxnative toolkit and uses a Mac to recompile Switch and Switch 2 games for Apple TV.
Users must supply their own game files from their cartridges; the project does not include game files.
The creator says The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has faced thermal throttling on the third-generation Apple TV 4K.
- Who
- Reddit user FloatingFalafel created TVPort.
- What
- The project enables Nintendo Switch games to run natively on Apple TV 4K.
- When
- The project was reported on November 4, 2026.
- Where
- On Apple TV 4K, using a Mac to recompile games.
- Why
- The project was built to bring Switch and Switch 2 games to Apple TV.
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Nintendo sued the Yuzu emulator team; the lawsuit led to a $2.4 million settlement and the emulator shutting down.
MacRumors and Engadget reported that TVPort could run two Switch games on Apple TV 4K.
The fourth-generation Apple TV 4K is scheduled to launch.
- Project
- TVPort, an open-source fork of nxnative
- Creator
- Reddit user FloatingFalafel
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Reported to run at 60 fps
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Reported to run at 30 fps
- Development tool
- Claude Opus 5.5
- Future hardware
- Fourth-generation Apple TV 4K scheduled for November 13, 2026
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What people are saying
Most games run essentially the same on the Switch, but some load textures into memory differently and need to be diagnosed and fixed before the game will run properly
In order to get games like TOTK running, there are serious diagnostics and even partial rewrites of the game's engine as a patch in the program.
Heavier games like TOTK might never run on the Apple TV 4K 3rd-gen.