There's nothing new in this article. And I don't think Nintendo ever said that emulation is illegal, just emulating their games is, which technically is true to some part at least in the United States, where sometimes you need to circumvent some security measures to get games emulated which is a forbidden (this is mentioned in the article).

[–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

Get a load of the nerd reading the articles and making informed opinions. Just join the rest of us in mindless circle jerking.

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

emulation is only legal if you pay Nintendo to steal open-source code for their emulator as a service subscription

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[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

A very strong case could be made that dumping your keys and your games is not bypassing encryption.

[–] QubaXR@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yea, if I recall correctly, the Yuzu team was sharing roms of latest Nintendo releases internally and Nintendo was able to prove it. At least Jeff Gerstman podcast suggested something to that accord when reporting on it.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

Yeah and the Yuzu people had made something like 4 million bucks on the project too. When you start making serious cash off of tools for piracy (and when we're talking about a current-gen console that's essentially what it is, not a tool for preservation like older emulators) then you should expect some heat to come your way.

Nintendo has always been a bit on the bastardly side of things when it comes to fan projects but I can't say that I blame them for going after Yuzu when they felt like they had a winnable case.

[–] KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world 67 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

The top IP lawyer at Nintendo agreed that emulators are technically legal at a panel for intellectual property rights.

They run afoul of the law when they bypass encryption, recreate copyrighted programs, or point users to pirated material.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 43 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Yes, this wasn't an admission because it's a well-known fact that is not inconsistent with Nintendo's earlier actions. The headline is deceptive and people don't read the article. The article itself contains no new information and it is only worth reading for someone who has been deceived by the headline and needs to be set straight by the same people who wrote the deceptive headline. It's click bait that shouldn't exist.

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[–] kipo@lemm.ee 36 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Repeal the DMCA. One of the worst pieces of legislation ever passed.

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[–] Trilobite@lemm.ee 46 points 2 days ago

Nintendo lost my business long ago nothing they make or say will get me to buy another Nintendo product

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 33 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Needless to say I will not be buying a Switch 2 today.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I imagine the steam deck will be capable of emulating switch 2 titles nearly immediately, so there’s little reason to buy it. They really need to make their hardware comparable to their software (minus the notoriously awful Japan™ netcode)

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