Thread by @LuigiBlood

So I randomly looked at NES NSO 2.0.0... the version that leaked SNES NSO and "EMULATOR_TYPE_HIYOKO". I decompiled the executable to see a little more...

Gotta note that version was released in December 2019, so this is very very old and will not necessarily suggest the future of NSO. You have been warned.

My findings are that there's no way to know what Hiyoko is.

However I found evidence that they definitely had something in their hands for a version of L-CLASSICS (Retro NSO app codename) that could have every single emulator in one app.

This actually makes sense because both NES and SNES NSO apps are under the exact same source tree nowadays, as the app output file is literally identical.

The whole EMULATOR_TYPE is a type of enumerator that says:
- 0 = EMULATOR_TYPE_CANOE (SNES)
- 1 = EMULATOR_TYPE_KACHIKACHI (NES)
- 2 = EMULATOR_TYPE_HIYOKO (?)
- 3 = EMULATOR_TYPE_COUNT (It's a count of types... not an emulator)

I saw "getEmulatorTypeFromCode" function that can be used in Lua scripts where you give a game code (for exemple CLV-P-H**** or CLV-P-N**** or S-****) and it would return what emulator it should use for that specific game, so this is pretty handy for a multi emulator app.

That said that function would only work for NES/Famicom titles so this function is also pretty useless when there's only one emulator available.

Also, any attempts to understand each of the emulator codenames, good luck, because I still don't understand what's the deal with Canoe and SNES, or Hagi and GC.
Kachikachi for NES/Famicom and Hachihachi for DS I can actually sorta figure it out.

Hiyoko can still be N64, GB/C or something else, since the N64 emulator in Super Mario 3D All-Stars is basid from Wii U VC but further developed by iQue (part of TRL). NERD could also base it from Wii U VC, but doing it their own way.

I was told that Kachikachi (NES), Hachihachi (DS) and Hiyoko (?) are names of games played with Hanafuda cards, and Hagi (GC) (Bush Clovers) represent July in standard Hanafuda decks. Canoe is unknown.

This makes sense because NERD's set of emulators is codenamed Hanafuda.

Useless Theory:
Hagi = July = 7...
NES, GB/C, SNES, VB, N64, GBA... GC is the 7th.
Hachi = 8...
If you don't count Pokémon Mini, DS is the 8th.
I dunno.