Yuzu has inspired many other Switch emulators into existence it seems due to its popularity and what the developers wanted to achieve, hence why there are now many alternative emulators available that you can pick and choose from.
As Yuzu no longer exits anymore due to being taken down, a fork of the original project from GitHub was created and called “Suyu” which sounds like saying “Sue-You”. This was done on March 5, 2024. The Suyu team is hosting their own GitLab repository now as their original one was taken down due to a DMCA request.
What you need to remember is that the codebase (All source code files) of Suyu was copied from Yuzu. Hence why you will see most of the points in the point below being almost identical in what they have to offer.
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Yuzu vs Suyu
The below table shows the different features each emulator offers and what sets them apart from each other!
| Yuzu | Suyu |
| Yuzu is fully open source. The code was available to the public to review and check on GitHub. | Suyu is also fully open-source and is built with the source code of Yuzu and is basically a fork project. |
| Supports more than 4000 Switch games out of which around 90% and above work without any issues and errors. | Supports the same number of Switch games as Yuzu due to being built on the same codebase. |
| Saving your progress is automatic and you can also manually trigger a game save whenever you are in a game. | This is also the same in Yuzu, saving your Switch game progress is automatic and a manual save game can also be triggered. |
| Yuzu allows you to play multiplayer in games, this works locally but not over the public internet. This is achieved using a piece of software called “Boxcat”. | You can also play multiplayer mode in Switch games locally with Suyu emulator. |
| Yuzu works on all 3 major platforms including Android, Windows and Linux. It does not support macOS. | Resolution scaling is certainly also available in Suyu and is a 1/1 clone feature of Yuzu. |
| Yuzu is not hard on system requirements. It works with almost all AMD and Nvidia graphics cards. All you need is the appropriate GPU driver installed. | Suyu has the same system requirements needed to emulate Switch games as Yuzu. Again, this is primarily because the underlying codebase is the same. |
| Get setup and going within minutes of downloading Yuzu Emulator. You don’t need to do any complex configuration to play Switch games on your platform. | The configuration and setup screens are very similar again. However, there are only some minor differences we observed in the color and button placement. |
| You can transfer your game files from the hardware you own to other platforms such as PC or smartphone. | Suyu also allows you to transfer your game files from the hardware owned by you to other platforms including PC and smartphone. |
| If you are at a certain point/level on a game and want to continue on another platform you can do so with the help of exporting game saves, this is a feature exclusive to Yuzu. | Exporting game save state files is the same in Suyu too, you can take the game save state file and import it onto another platform and continue without losing any progress. |
| Yuzu also has the ability to upscale the visuals of any Switch game you are emulating, this is possible due to the “Resolution Rescaler” feature. | Resolution scaling is certainly also available in Suyu and is 1/1 clone feature of Yuzu. |
| Yuzu also supports third-party controllers that you can connect with your PC or smartphone to play. Controllers such as the Switch Pro, Sony DualSense and Xbox One can all be used and are fully compatible. | Suyu doesn’t confirm any direct support for controllers but as Yuzu supports it we can assume that they are supported and work the same way on Suyu. |
| You can modify games in Yuzu as well. Game modding is supported due to a special framework. The files needed to be added into special directories to work. | Modifying games in Suyu is a very simple process and the same as Yuzu, you have to put the game files in specific folders. |
| You can emulate controller inputs with a high accuracy in Yuzu as it supports Tool Assisted Speedrun scripts. | TAS scripts have been a little broken lately but they work and are available on Suyu. |
| Back in May 2020, Yuzu announced support for multi-core emulation and was the first-ever emulator to do so. | Suyu does also support multi-core CPU emulation it isn’t enabled by default. You have to enable it by going into the “General” tab. |
Also, check out the comparison of Yuzu and Ryujinx.
Conclusion
Honesty is the best policy here, so we are gonna say it straight! As Suyu is built using the same source code as Yuzu it is around 95% similar in what it offers on the table. Having said that, we can’t comment on how any new functionality will behave and be stable.
Suyu still looks to be an active project and their website is also live and so far they haven’t looked to be sued or asked to take the emulator down. This is a good sign as to the hopes for the overall emulation community around the Switch console.