A Reddit user has successfully ported Nintendo's "Super Mario Odyssey" and "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" to run natively on the Apple TV 4K. The project, called TVPort, is an open-source fork of the nxnative toolkit and was built using AI—specifically Claude Opus 5.5. "Super Mario Odyssey" runs at 60fps, while "Animal Crossing" achieves 30fps. Users must supply their own game files from modified Nintendo Switch cartridges, as game files are not included.
More demanding titles like "The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom" may face thermal throttling on the third-generation Apple TV 4K, though the upcoming fourth-generation model launching November 13 may handle them better. Given Nintendo’s history of legal action against unofficial ports—such as the $2.4 million settlement with the Yuzu emulator team—the longevity of TVPort remains uncertain.
Source: MacRumors · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing