So far this year, Nintendo has managed to get open source projects that have emulated the company’s games Nintendo SwitchRyujinx and Yuzu, on a PC, they will close their doors for good. However, he is not really against emulationAt least that’s what the Nintendo Museum, which opened its doors at the beginning of October, suggests.
In this museum, located in Kyoto, visitors have access to many emblematic products of this manufacturer, from its beginnings as a manufacturer of playing cards at the end of the 19th century, in 1889 to be more precise, so it has 135 years.
The user of X (Twitter) ChrisMack32 had the opportunity to visit this museum and published a series of images and videos showing that the Japanese company uses PC with Windows
In the blacksmith’s house, a wooden knife
The hardware used is not visible to the naked eye for obvious reasons, however, those responsible for this museum have not bothered to silence the characteristic sound that Windows emits when a device is connected. device via USB.
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As can be seen in the video published by this user, the device reproduces the the sound of the windows mentioned above by unplugging the Super Nintendo Controller cable and reconnecting it. It seems that the people in charge of this museum did not think about the possibility of someone unplugging the remote control.
It’s clear that the company has been gentle. Instead, I could have used the Nintendo Switch with custom emulation to enjoy their classics, but it’s clear they took it easy. Unfortunately, we don’t know which emulator Nintendo uses to run its classics.
Chances are you’re using something from the various open source projects that have hit the market in recent years. Being precisely open source, Nintendo and any other company or person can use the code and make changes.
And because Nintendo is the intellectual owner of its franchises, it has no problem using them, something users who have legitimately purchased one of its games and cannot continue playing cannot do.
As expected, the publication of this video generated a great controversy where the company does not really look very good due to its incessant fight against emulators, and which ended up using them in this museum.
In order to enjoy some of Nintendo’s classic games, the company invites users to subscribe to Nintendo Switch online from where they have access to hundreds of the company’s retro titles for consoles such as the N64, SNES, NES among others.
Nintendo does not want anyone else to be responsible for preserving its video games and has no intention of viewing any emulator that offers support for its titles, both classic and current, as a violation of the rights of author. However, in their museum they have no problem using them.
