GitHub link to Nintendo’s claim - all the details you need are here

The emulator forks which are being taken down are as follows:

Despite this, the one fork that continues, and will continue without takedown is Ryubing - by Greemdev. This is created by an original member of the Ryujinx team. It’s safe, the code is beyond reproach (and violates zero laws or Nintendo code) and actually brings helpful updates.

Still…shitty news. And more indication that the Switch 2’s architecture will be damn similar to that of this current Switch. Them taking emulators down means the upcoming games have a solid chance of being emulatable on release. But…that’s my own (and others’) conjecture, so we’ll see when the time comes.

  • SolidShake@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    yep. why? do you understand the only reason people get an emulator is to pirate roms?

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      8 hours ago

      To play games they own on other systems? To make official rereleases of old games, which now happens pretty often?

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        7 hours ago

        You honestly believe people download emulators to play games they own already? That means they have the console still… Sooooo… Oh no you’re right. People buy tears of the kingdom and then buy a $1200 PC to run it instead of a switch. My bad. You’re totally right. Emulation is in no way linked to liracy whatsoever. Even I haven’t pirated 3 million games from all systems. In fact I purchased ALL of my games super legally just so I could emulate them 🫠

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          6 hours ago

          I didn’t buy a $1200 PC to play TotK. I already had a $1200 PC and decided I wanted to use it to play the game I paid for (and dumped with my own console) with better performance.

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          6 hours ago

          You are wrong. PS4 Emulator is used by most of the Legal Bloodborne Gamer who own game and PS4. To get 60 FPS patches.

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      7 hours ago

      So if I want to run some of my old games from before 2000, I need to run a Windows 98 or XP computer, because you think emulators should be illegal? I’m not going to install windows 98 on an actual computer, I emulate it so I can run the games I legally own.

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        7 hours ago

        That’s vastly different. No one is buying a Nintendo game and then downloading ryujinx to play it since you don’t download Nintendo games on your PC.

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          2 hours ago

          Quote “you understand the only reason people get an emulator is to pirate roms?” is your statement. You’re referencing all emulators, hence my comment.

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      2 days ago

      Emulation itself doesn’t constitute piracy.

      Now, it does facilitate it because all you need is a ROM from any source.

      However, saying emulators should be prosecuted for it would be the same as arguing that Steam’s Proton should be banned because you can launch pirated games through it.

      The real perpetrators are those who distribute pirated content. But going against those would be much more difficult, so they target emulators instead.