Lichii Emulator Runs Star Fox Remake on PC
A new fork of the Eglantine Switch 2 emulator adds support for Star Fox Remake, which runs at a constant 30 FPS on test hardware.
Updated on Nov. 4, 2026 in Semiconductors
Developer Zortos293 has released Lichii, a new fork of the Eglantine Nintendo Switch 2 emulator. It is the first Eglantine fork that runs Star Fox Remake, which renders instead of showing a black screen.
Why it matters
The release expands the range of Switch 2 software that can run on personal computers through emulation. Its changes to graphics handling and input support show how community forks continue to build on existing emulator projects.
Lichii holds Star Fox Remake at a constant 30 FPS on an AMD Ryzen 5 9600X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 test system, with DLSS routed through a de-jitter stand-in and support added for the ULDC.U16 and BRA.U instructions. Performance on other hardware has not been reported.
The players
Zortos293
Zortos293 is the developer who released Lichii, a community fork of the Eglantine Nintendo Switch 2 emulator.
Eglantine
Eglantine is a Nintendo Switch 2 emulator project from which Lichii is forked.
The details
The fork updates how the GPU displays video frames and how the emulator handles the end of a video, and it adds controller input through HID command 300. Developers also changed threading so the emulator no longer waits for the GPU thread before each pushbuffer entry, with front-side buffer flushes moved to the back thread.
Timeline
Two days before publication: Eglantine was reported running Mario Kart World at 60 FPS.
November 4, 2026: Zortos293 released Lichii.
The Tech Race
Lichii extends the Eglantine Nintendo Switch 2 emulator project by adding Star Fox Remake support, DLSS through NVIDIA Streamline, and updated H.264 video handling. The fork follows the community pattern of building compatibility gains on top of Eglantine's earlier work.
Players who want to run Star Fox Remake on a PC can now try Lichii, which the developer reports reaches a constant 30 FPS on a Ryzen 5 9600X and RTX 3070 system. Results on other hardware have not been published, so performance will vary by machine.
The takeaway
Compatibility gains in emulators often come from community forks that build on earlier projects, so watch for further releases that extend support to more Switch 2 titles.
Further reading
Explore more on Semiconductors for context on the hardware behind emulation performance.
Source note: This article includes information reported by DSOGaming.
