Nintendo has sued the creators of the Yuzu emulator. According to the big “N”, the emulator breaks their game protection and helps with piracy. To be honest, this is quite laughable. But no, this isn’t an out-of-season April’s Fools joke. Nintendo has indeed taken legal action against them.
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. pic.twitter.com/SGZVI6Cs0x— Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) February 27, 2024
Nintendo seeks damages for alleged violations and a shutdown of the emulator. And if the big “N” wins this case, this could be catastrophic for the console emulation scene.
And look. I get it. Nintendo is not happy with the Tears of the Kingdom leaks. However, this has nothing to do at all with Yuzu. Nintendo also claims that Yuzu’s Patreon support doubled during that time. Again, this is completely irrelevant.
To be honest, this feels like a nothing-burger and an easy win for the Yuzu team. And I seriously hope the team fights back. Not only that but Nintendo specifically targeted Yuzu. Well, news flash Nintendo. Ryujinx was also able to play Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild on launch day.
Now this isn’t something new. We’ve seen a lot of companies suing the teams behind popular emulators. However, none of them have won. Hell, Take-Two even tried to sue the modders that reverse-engineered GTA 3 and GTA Vice City. And no. Take-Two did not win that case either.
As said, I really hope that the Yuzu team will fight back. This should be an easy win as the team is not distributing copyrighted content. And as for the spoilers of Tears of the Kingdom… how about you sue X/Twitter and YouTube Nintendo? Because a lot of people spoiled it in those places. So do it, you cowards.
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John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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