"NEW: Nintendo is suing the creators of popular Switch emulator Yuzu, saying their tech illegally circumvents Nintendo's software encryption and facilitates piracy. Seeks damages for alleged violations and a shutdown of the emulator.

Notes 1 million copies of Tears of the Kingdom downloaded prior to game's release; says Yuzu's Patreon support doubled during that time. Basically arguing that that is proof that Yuzu's business model helps piracy flourish."

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[–] Epzillon@lemmy.world 50 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Typical Nintendo move. So sad to see Yuzu possibly going down this way. Even looks like Nintendo might win this one. I'm just gonna download the entire source from GitHub just in case.

I wish this would just go full hydra mode if it goes down though. Start popping up new anonymous accounts releasing the source code everywhere.

[–] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 48 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yuzu may go down, but Nintendo hasn't learned the lessons of the Streisand effect and the hydra effect. The code is open source. 10 more projects will pop up the day after Yuzu goes down (IF it goes down.)

[–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There’s also still Ryujinx

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 9 months ago

Shhh. The community always seems to forget this one.
Let's keep it like that so Nintendo lawyers don't pay as much attention to it.