Law Nintendo is suing the creators of Switch emulator Yuzu - Emulator tools aren't inherently illegal, but the way in which Yuzu is being actively used and promoted is what Nintendo appears to be objecting to here.

New documents filed Monday, February 26 reveal that videogame giant Nintendo is taking action against the creators of the popular emulator tool Yuzu.

The copyright infringement filing, from Nintendo of America, states that the Yuzu tool (from developer Tropic Haze LLC) illegally circumvents the software encryption and copyright protection systems of Nintendo Switch titles, and thus facilitates piracy and infringes copyright under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Nintendo alleges that Tropic Haze's free Yuzu emulator tool unlawfully allows pirated Switch games to be played on PCs and other devices, bypassing Nintendo's protection measures.

The official Yuzu website suggests that the tool is to be used with software you yourself own: "You are legally required to dump your games from your Nintendo Switch" — but it's common knowledge, that this is not how these tools are primarily used.

The legal document claims that over a million copies of last year's The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom were downloaded prior to the game's official retail release.

Additionally, Nintendo's filing points to the success of Yuzu's Patreon page, highlighting how the project is actively supported by over 7,000 members. At time of writing, the Yuzu Patreon currently brings in close to $30,000 USD per month. Nintendo's filing alludes that this Patreon page has been actively engaged in promoting the emulator, and thus by extension piracy.

Emulator tools aren't inherently illegal, but the way in which Yuzu is being actively used and promoted is what Nintendo appears to be objecting to here.

As a result, Nintendo is now seeking a trial by jury, damages, and is demanding that the Yuzu emulator is shut down.

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[TyrasGuard]

The troubles they will go through to not pay for a game console is unbelievable

 

[Breadbassket]

Since it's a settlement that means no legal precedent was set. Emulation isn't dead, but anyone working on emulating current gen hardware is probably shitting themselves right about now.

They should be better off then the Yuzu team at the very least as long as they don't paint a giant target on their back by using Patreon.

 

[Wendell X]

Yuzu just released a statement, it also appears that support for Citra is also ending.
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Get fucked you snivelling cowards. Don't pretend you are doing this for moral reasons, everyone knows you wouldn't do shit if Nintendo hadn't come for you, and Nintendo only came for you because you put up that retarded fucking patreon - just like everyone told you they would.

 

[Terrifik]

They should be better off then the Yuzu team at the very least as long as they don't paint a giant target on their back by using Patreon.

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Have to go look but, most of other main emulator are named dropped in this lawsuit document .
....
Best to say archive everything you can happy hunting because like above this is beginning not end . Update everything have a backup.

 

[6MillionCoofs]

Since it's a settlement that means no legal precedent was set. Emulation isn't dead, but anyone working on emulating current gen hardware is probably shitting themselves right about now.

Just don’t set up a Patreon like a dumb dumb.

That’s what did them in.

It allowed Nintendo to clearly see they were making money off it, show that they were making money off leaked games etc etc

 

['Ole Dente]

Nintendo could’ve acquired the program, asked them to continue development with slightly more resources and pay, turned this into a subscription model service with dedicated support and made a ton of money. Nintendo Switch comes to PC with a limited but expanding library. It’s not a terrible idea.

Now they make no money.

 

[Spruce Supremacist]

It's the current year and devs of console emulators (and others things such as game mods) still haven't learned to take an example from crack/warez groups by going incognito and practicing proper opsec to make sure their work can't be traced back to specific individuals. Each year these companies show less and less tolerance for people manipulating their products outside of their intended purpose, yet people keep making the same mistakes and acting surprised as if there's absolutely no way that could have happened.

Yes, I'm still pissed about re3 and reVC projects getting fucked over by Rockstar.

 

[HTTP Error 404]

basically yeah. I have a download of the code from a week ago that should be included in this post

Don't mind me I'm just uploading this file dated 03/01/2024 for no good reason.

... Do we need to have a ruling on this from @Null? I don't want to risk putting the farms under the eye of Sauron.

Edit: You will need assets that are not available here.

They are uploaded here and are about 2 gigs: https://archive.org/details/yuzu-mainline

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

I wonder how much of it was also that the emulator ran leagues better than the console, giving up the hustle when the New-er Super-er Switch-er drops that it was just Nintendo fucking over customers

 

[Jex]

I'm curious what their argument was to warrant such a response. The yuzu guys are clearly spooked.

 

[Breadbassket]

Nintendo could’ve acquired the program, asked them to continue development with slightly more resources and pay, turned this into a subscription model service with dedicated support and made a ton of money. Nintendo Switch comes to PC with a limited but expanding library. It’s not a terrible idea.

Now they make no money.

Think Nintendo values their hardware sales too much to do that.

Here is a figure from a couple years ago.

 

[Terrifik]

Nintendo could’ve acquired the program, asked them to continue development with slightly more resources and pay, turned this into a subscription model service with dedicated support and made a ton of money. Nintendo Switch comes to PC with a limited but expanding library. It’s not a terrible idea.

Now they make no money.

Or B still uses copyright-like always and uses a known emulator for official products like always.
copyright is a use or lose tool - copyright/DMCA both need to die.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

piracy is always morally correct.

when they needed fishes and loaves Jesus didn't teleport to the next town over and buy more legit style
He copied that floppy (fish and hard loaf of bread)

 

[MugolEx]

Wasn't yuzu free? Where did they get $2.4 million from, donations?

"Lost sales" Read: We made it the fuck up.

 

[the_hidden_one]

Think Nintendo values their hardware sales too much to do that.

Here is a figure from a couple years ago.

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This makes sense. Look at the Wii. Most of them were bought by people that just played the pack in Wii Sports game. None of those customers translated to software sales. Nintendo is the only game company that I can remember making a profit from hardware sales. They would never allow anything to jeopardize that money.

 

[Wendell X]

Sure you can do that but there’s already stuff that allows all that last I checked.

Only on a hacked switch or with additional hardware, so there goes your retarded "pirating iz so expensive!" shit.

 

[Terrifik]

also yep
botha them nuts

https://twitter.com/OatmealDome/status/1764746781840060864

[Citra]

It appears that the Citra emulator (3DS) may have to shut down as well.

This is likely because yuzu and Citra were under the same management, and the settlement with Nintendo was broad enough to extend to all their consoles, and not just the Switch.

 

[6MillionCoofs]

This makes sense. Look at the Wii. Most of them were bought by people that just played the pack in Wii Sports game. None of those customers translated to software sales. Nintendo is the only game company that I can remember making a profit from hardware sales. They would never allow anything to jeopardize that money.

The perks of honestly caring about being a console and game developer more than Sony or Microsoft I guess.

 

[HTTP Error 404]

https://archive.org/details/yuzu-mainline

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They knew what was coming, the cheeky little bastards.

also yep
botha them nuts

https://twitter.com/OatmealDome/status/1764746781840060864

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Glad I snagged the Citra source and installer.

 

[6MillionCoofs]

Only on a hacked switch or with additional hardware, so there goes your retarded "pirating iz so expensive!" shit.

I mean, hacking a Switch costs nothing and it’s the same with most other consoles. And the additional hardware doesn’t either.

I’m saying they’ll go through more effort not to pay than something $50 is actually worth. Such needless effort.