Honestly, I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner. Emulating old hardware is one thing, but they have a current vested interest in their most recent console.

Still, Nintendo's lawyers can rub spurge on their eyes, and I hope the Yuzu devs find a great lawyer (or better yet, are safely hidden behind some kind of digital or geopolitical veil).

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 45 points 8 months ago (1 children)

safely hidden behind some kind of digital or geopolitical veil

When will people learn that the safest place to develop a Nintendo emulator is Pyongyang?

[–] dalekcaan@lemm.ee 18 points 8 months ago

I guess that depends on your definition of "safe"

[–] M137@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, it has always felt like we had something we couldn't wish for or expect. And it's a much better experience than using an actual switch.

Sadly the only surprising thing about this is how long it took for Nintendo to do something, I guess they worked on having as good of a chance as they could.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 3 points 8 months ago

It would be a waste of time to litigate a case they think they'll lose, after all. Unfortunately, once the devs included proprietary code in the application, they kind of sealed their fate.

Maybe they got a little too excited over TotK and thought they were under Nintendo's radar. Maybe they felt like they owed the community an app that could play Nintendo's highly-anticipated game practically on day one. I dunno. Either way, it was a miscalculated move, and now they're reaping the consequences.