Switch 2 Modding Demo Puts Mario Kart World on Apple Devices, but Code Remains Private

Mario Kart World has been demonstrated running on macOS and an iPhone 18 Pro, according to an October 28 report from Wccftech. The demonstrations offer a glimpse of experimental Nintendo Switch 2 work, although the developer reportedly has no plans to release the project’s code.

Wccftech attributes the footage to emulator developer Will Faust and describes the macOS implementation as an nxnative fork with additional modifications. Its report connects the work to a Switch 2 jailbreak that it says surfaced the previous week.

Visible progress, with substantial caveats

According to Wccftech’s description of footage shared on X, the macOS demonstration has visual glitches and missing geometry. The outlet nevertheless describes the game as running well enough to complete a race. It supplies no measured frame rates or broader compatibility results.

The report also says Faust demonstrated the game on an iPhone 18 Pro. For that implementation, it credits userspace file-backed memory with limiting physical memory usage. Those details describe the reported demonstration; they do not establish how other Switch 2 games would behave on either platform.

No public release to try

For people following Switch 2 modding and homebrew, access is the immediate limitation. Wccftech says Faust confirmed that the code will not be released, leaving this particular work unavailable for public testing or a community Windows port.

The article separately cites Centro Leaks as claiming that Splatoon Raiders and Donkey Kong Bananza are booting on PC. That remains an attributed claim, and booting alone does not establish playability.

The practical distinction is between a developer demonstration and software readers can obtain and evaluate. These reports suggest experimentation is progressing, but provide no basis for promising a public emulator release or dependable game compatibility.