Every fact on this page applies to update 1.0.1, the one version tested. Other versions may behave differently.
No emulator needed: Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition runs natively on the Apple chip. How nxnative compares with emulators
Running through nxnative
How Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition runs
Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition plays on the Mac at 60 fps in its menus and battles. Tested with update 1.0.1 through the first-run questions, the title, the mode menu, Legend Mode's opening movie and the first battle, The Armies of Ruin, with its cutscenes, past 200 KOs. No iPhone app has been built yet.
How it runs
The game itself asks for 60 fps in menus and battles and 30 fps for its movies, so nxnative needs no frame-rate change. Its battles move by the time that really passed: the mission clock keeps real time, and Link covers the same ground at 30 or 60 fps.
The game's movies, including the moving background of the title screen, play.
On the Mac about 3.4 GB of memory was in use in the first battle.
Controls
The Packed app starts in the 3D touch layout, with the camera on the right stick.
Good to know
- A fresh save asks two first-run questions (Easy mode, and the control style) on every start until the game has saved.
- The project developers have not listened to the sound yet.
- A whole battle to its end and the other modes have not been tested yet.
- Tested on update 1.0.1. Other versions may behave differently.
Known issues
- No iPhone app has been built or tested yet.
- The sound has not been listened to yet.
- Only the first battle of Legend Mode has been played, not to its end; the other modes are untested.
Packing command
Run this in your nxnative folder on the Build Mac. Replace the game folder and the keys path with your own. Add --platform mac-app to get a Mac app instead of an iPhone and iPad app.
python3 scripts/build_ipa_from_nsp.py ~/Games/hyrule-warriors-definitive-edition -k ~/keys/prod.keysFAQ
Does Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition work with nxnative?
Yes. Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition is tested with nxnative on update 1.0.1.
Which iPhone, iPad or Mac do I need to play Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition?
An iPhone 15 Pro or newer (A17 Pro chip or later) or an iPad with an M1 chip or later, on iOS or iPadOS 26 or later, or a Mac with Apple silicon. iPads with the A17 Pro chip (iPad mini) have the iPhone 15 Pro's chip but are untested by nxnative. Packing needs a Mac with macOS 26.6 or later and Xcode 27.1.
Is Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition included?
No. Neither this site nor nxnative includes any game. You Pack Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition from your own copy of the game, with keys dumped from your own Switch.
Does online play work in Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition?
Online play in Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition is not confirmed to work, so do not count on it.
