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Spanish developer Sergi 'Xerpi" Granell has announced vita2hos (Vita to Horizon OS), a compatibility layer to execute native Playstation Vita apps (ARMv7) through the 32-bit mode of the ARMv8 SOC inside the Switch. It is not emulation, since apps would be executed natively, but more like a wrapper. Here's the technical stuff:

PlayStation Vita (ARMv7 CPU) executables can be run natively on Nintendo Switch ARMv8 CPU in 32-bit execution mode. When loading a PlayStation Vita executable, vita2hos redirects the module imports of said executable to jump to routines that implement the same behavior, by using native Horizon OS services, like the one exposed by the original PlayStation Vita OS modules.

He already did this on Vita, porting games from Android. Using the APIs from Rinnegatamante and the launcher from TheFloW, he ported Final Fantasy III and IV from Android to Vita months ago.



For now it only can run a few technical demos, but games could follow in the future.

GitHub - xerpi/vita2hos: [WIP] PlayStation Vita to Horizon OS (Nintendo Switch OS) translation layer

[WIP] PlayStation Vita to Horizon OS (Nintendo Switch OS) translation layer - xerpi/vita2hos

github.com

 

[TintoConCasera]

Uh... Muramasa on Switch? Nice! Thanks for the info OP, I'll keep an eye on this.

 

[Husky]

Freedom Wars Switch! Will it run any of these games at higher resolution, or are the games not designed to make any attempt to run higher than the Vita's 544p?

 

[IbizaPocholo]

vita2hos is a PlayStation Vita to Horizon OS (Nintendo Switch OS) translation layer. In this episode we break down how it all works and why its an exciting milestone for the Nintendo Switch homebrew scene.

 

[Dream-Knife]

Switch will finally get a mainline Persona game.

 

[ReBurn]

C&D when?

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Finally Gravity Rush in Switch.

 

[SirTerry-T]

TxK. My eyeballs are ready.

 

[CS Lurker]

Yes, please

 

[Celcius]

Uh... Muramasa on Switch? Nice! Thanks for the info OP, I'll keep an eye on this.

This was exactly the first thing that came to my mind

 

[Needlecrash]

MURAMASA REBIRTH PLEASE

 

[Needlecrash]

This was exactly the first thing that came to my mind

Same. Such a beautiful game locked to the Vita hurts so much.

 

[Redneckerz]

Killzone Mercenary on the Switch.

Sounds appealing.

 

[ReBurn]

TxK. My eyeballs are ready.

This is my favorite Vita game. I would pay full price again if it were ported to Switch as I doubt I'll ever be able to use whatever this thing is. I wish Tempest 4000 would have been this good. Technically they are the same game but Tempest 4000 lost something in the port and the power ups doesn't flow as well for some reason. On console it's definitely a step down from TxK (and Tempest 2000).

 

[BootsLoader]

Damn, MGS, Persona 4 golden, Sweeeeeeet!

 

[SF Kosmo]

TxK. My eyeballs are ready.

T4K was just announced for Switch, for what that's worth to you.

 

[Barakov]

Spanish developer Sergi 'Xerpi" Granell has announced vita2hos (Vita to Horizon OS), a compatibility layer to execute native Playstation Vita apps (ARMv7) through the 32-bit mode of the ARMv8 SOC inside the Switch. It is not emulation, since apps would be executed natively, but more like a wrapper. Here's the technical stuff:



He already did this on Vita, porting games from Android. Using the APIs from Rinnegatamante and the launcher from TheFloW, he ported Final Fantasy III and IV from Android to Vita months ago.



For now it only can run a few technical demos, but games could follow in the future.

GitHub - xerpi/vita2hos: [WIP] PlayStation Vita to Horizon OS (Nintendo Switch OS) translation layer

[WIP] PlayStation Vita to Horizon OS (Nintendo Switch OS) translation layer - xerpi/vita2hos

github.com

Sony to Vita fans : We kinda just want to focus on console hardware and its' games

Tech wizard to the Vita itself :

 

[Mufausa The 3rd]

Killzone Mercenary on the Switch.

Sounds appealing.

A person of culture I see