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Switch Emulator Yuzu will pay .4 million to Nintendo and end development

Switch Emulator Yuzu will pay $2.4 million to Nintendo and end development

The creators of Yuzu also agreed to delete all copies of Yuzu, hand over to Nintendo all physical circumvention tools and modified Nintendo hardware, and all bypass tools used to develop or use Yuzu, which includes “TegraRcmGUI, Hekate, Atmosphère, Lockpick_RCM, NDDumpTool, nxDumpFuse, and TegraExplorer”. In a statement shared on Twitter, originally posted on the Yuzu ...

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Nintendo is suing the makers of Switch emulator Yuzu

Nintendo is suing the makers of Switch emulator Yuzu

It’s no secret that Nintendo has been very strict about fan content. It’s also no secret that Nintendo isn’t a fan of any kind of piracy or emulation. The company has been trying to stop both for many years. So it’s no surprise that a new example of this was announced today. Gaming journalist Stephen ...

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Nintendo files lawsuit against the developers of the Yuzu emulator

Nintendo files lawsuit against the developers of the Yuzu emulator

Nintendo is suing the makers of Yuzu, an open-source emulator for the Nintendo Switch, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Rhode Island court. Game File reporter Stephen Totilo first reported the lawsuit. The 41-page lawsuit was filed against Tropic Haze, the company that produces yuzu. (Nintendo also specifically refers to a person with the ...

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Valve confirms that it has contacted Nintendo about Dolphin Emulator coming to Steam

Valve confirms that it has contacted Nintendo about Dolphin Emulator coming to Steam

Image: via Twitter In late May, the team behind Dolphin Emulator revealed that its release on Steam had been “delayed indefinitely” after being contacted by Valve. Valve spokesperson Kaci Aitchison Boyle has now issued a statement (via The Verge), confirming that Valve originally approached Nintendo: Given Nintendo’s history of taking action against some emulators, we ...

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Dolphin Steam Emulator Release “Indefinitely Delayed”

Dolphin Steam Emulator Release “Indefinitely Delayed”

Image: via Twitter Update #2 [Mon 29th May, 2023 03:30 BST]: A Nintendo spokesperson gave official statement to Kotaku o DMCA against the Dolphin Steam site: “Nintendo is committed to protecting the hard work and creativity of video game engineers and developers. This emulator illegally bypasses Nintendo’s security measures and runs illegal copies of games. ...

Nintendo gets GameCube and Wii emulator removed from Steam

Nintendo gets GameCube and Wii emulator removed from Steam

Valve has removed the Steam listing for Dolphin, a popular GameCube and Wii emulator, after the company received a cease and desist letter from Nintendo, the developers behind the project claim. The company behind it Mario And zelda accuses the emulator of illegally circumventing its protections, saying it merely protects the “hard work and creativity ...