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Shijima-NX
Shijima-NX
General
Author	pixelomer
Type	Overlays
Version	1.0
License	GPL-3.0
Last Updated	2025/05/28
Links
	Download
	Website
	Source
	Support Author

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Latest revision as of 04:03, 1 June 2025

Shijima-NX is a PoC Tesla overlay that lets you to run Shimeji desktop pets on your Nintendo Switch.

Installation

Requires Tesla overlay (Tesla-Menu and nx-ovlloader) installed.

Extract the contents of the release zip to the root of your SD card.

The release zip contains the default shimeji shipped with Shimeji-ee. If you want to use your own mascot, you need to generate Shijima-NX files for it using make-config.sh.

User guide

From the Tesla menu, launch Shijima-NX. You can interact with the shimeji using the touch screen.

Interaction with other games/applets will be lost when you first launch Shijima-NX. To resolve this, hold the home button to bring up the side menu, then press it again to close it. Games will start receiving input again.

To close Shijima-NX, press L+Down+Right Stick.

Media

Shijima for Nintendo Switch (pixelomer)

Changelog

v1.0

Initial release.

External links

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 Shijima-NX is a PoC Tesla overlay that lets you to run Shimeji desktop pets on your Nintendo Switch.
-==Usage==
+==Installation==
-* '''Extract the Release Zip'''
+Requires Tesla overlay ([[Tesla Menu Switch|Tesla-Menu]] and [[NX-ovlloader Switch|nx-ovlloader]]) installed.
-** Copy all files from the [https://github.com/pixelomer/Shijima-NX/releases release zip] to the '''root''' of your SD card.
-* '''Launch Shijima-NX'''
-** Open the '''Tesla menu''' on your device.
-** Select and launch '''Shijima-NX'''.
-** You can interact with the mascot (shimeji) by using the '''touch screen'''.
-* '''How to Close Shijima-NX'''
-** Press '''L + D-Pad Down + Right Stick''' together.
-* '''Important Note'''
-** When you first open Shijima-NX, input to other games or apps will stop.
-** To fix this:
-*** Hold the '''Home''' button to open the side menu.
-*** Press '''Home''' again to close it.
-*** This will restore input to your games.
-* '''Custom Mascots'''
-** The release includes the default mascot from '''Shimeji-ee'''.
-** To use your own mascot:
-*** Run '''make-config.sh''' to generate Shijima-NX files for it.
-==Build from sources==
+Extract the contents of the release zip to the root of your SD card.
-If you want to try it you'll need to manually prepare some files in addition to copying the ovl.
-* From a Shimeji-ee mascot's actions.xml and behaviors.xml files, you'll need to create a mascot.cereal file using shijima-sandbox. (shijima-sandbox is an example program that is built alongside the library itself when you compile libshijima.)
-* You'll also need to create an img.bin file using the tesla-packer tool on the Shijima-NX repository.
-Once you have both img.bin and mascot.cereal, copy them to sd:/config/Shijima-NX/.
+The release zip contains the default shimeji shipped with Shimeji-ee. If you want to use your own mascot, you need to generate Shijima-NX files for it using make-config.sh.
+==User guide==
+From the Tesla menu, launch Shijima-NX. You can interact with the shimeji using the touch screen.
+Interaction with other games/applets will be lost when you first launch Shijima-NX. To resolve this, hold the home button to bring up the side menu, then press it again to close it. Games will start receiving input again.
+To close Shijima-NX, press L+Down+Right Stick.
 ==Media==
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 ==Changelog==
 '''v1.0'''
-* First Release.
+* Initial release.
 == External links ==
 * GitHub - https://github.com/pixelomer/Shijima-NX
 * Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/SwitchHacks/comments/1krrjcu/shijimanx_desktop_pets_on_the_nintendo_switch/