Nintendo sue creators of emulator "Yuzu".

Puscifer said:
They sure did take their sweet time with this but I wonder why now and how come they never went after Dolphin.
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From what I understand they only really care about stuff they're currently selling (Switch games) rather than older consoles, and I don't think Dolphin infringes on the Wii or GC software itself but rather is custom made
 
There's precedent, Nintendo tried to sue emulators before and they lost. Emulators that do not use proprietary software, which are fully reversed engineered are legal.
 
Inb4 spoiler protections become law. :p

Edit: OG tweet was deleted, but I always have backups just in case. :messenger_grinning_sweat:

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And because Nintendo is going after everyone and their mothers if they do something remotely not in favor of them people are actually using Yuzu instead of paying for their games…

Also, because Nintendos games run better on emulation than on their own hardware…
 
Never going to hold up in court. The emulator requires you to dump your personal bios to it for it to boot. They're not providing the access keys. Maybe Nintendo is looking to sue them and then "settle it" behind closed doors by bribing them to quit. Would outwards send the message they won.
 
any sort of defense fund for Yuzu yet? at least from what we know so far this is just a frivolous lawsuit which clearly Nintendo is just hoping that they'll be able to their financial might to shut down something they don't like
 
Klosshufvud said:
Never going to hold up in court. The emulator requires you to dump your personal bios to it for it to boot. They're not providing the access keys. Maybe Nintendo is looking to sue them and then "settle it" behind closed doors by bribing them to quit. Would outwards send the message they won.
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I just hope Tropic Haze is able to take it to court.
 
Nintendo knows they would probably loose in court, they are hoping it doesn't come to that and that can throw enough money at the problem to make Yuzu give up.
 
Oppoi said:
Game over for Nintendo emulation as we know it?
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Emulators are legal under fair use laws as long as they are proprietary and do not use copyrighted code, look up Sony Vs Bleem.

Sony, Nintendo have been trying to shut down emulators for over 2 decades but courts have ruled that they're perfectly legal.
 
Oppoi said:
Game over for Nintendo emulation as we know it?
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Nah, their angle of attack is because Yuzu FAQ explains how to dump YOUR OWN encryption keys from YOUR OWN Switch.
That won't hold up in court. If it's your device and you paid for it, you can do whatever you want with it.
 
I'm a huge fan of emulation and probably play more emulated (classic) games than I do normal games...

But frankly, emulating a current system is not the same as preserving classic systems. The good use of emulation is preservation. If you can't wait for the generation to be completed and are already emulating a current-gen system and therefore enabling mass piracy of new software titles, you're asking for a confrontation.
 
Topher said:
And there is nothing illegal about that if you own the game and rip it yourself.
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I have no idea about that but it's a slippery line of thought

I mean to run Switch software on PC requires to "reverse engineer" software and hardware that are copyrighted

It's true that emulation doesn't mean piracy in itself but let's be realistic, the end result is the same for the vast majority of people.

I don't actually believe people rip their own games and they have a Switch console while emulating those very same games

It's just a pipedream
 
Let's hope they saved up all that patreon money, they are gonna need it, not sure what Nintendo is trying to achieve here, no judge is gonna make emulation illegal 😂
 
ResurrectedContrarian said:
I'm a huge fan of emulation and probably play more emulated (classic) games than I do normal games...

But frankly, emulating a current system is not the same as preserving classic systems. The good use of emulation is preservation. If you can't wait for the generation to be completed and are already emulating a current-gen system and therefore enabling mass piracy of new software titles, you're asking for a confrontation.
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Happy If You Say So GIF
 
ManaByte said:


Kotaku really wanted to play it.
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Incidentally, this has nothing to do with emulation, strictly speaking, and all with the game itself being leaked.

A pirated Switch game is ALSO playable on a Switch, not just on an emulator.

But yeah, I hope Nintendo will end up sucking dicks when everything will be said and done.
 
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MisterXDTV said:
I have no idea about that but it's a slippery line of thought

I mean to run Switch software on PC requires to "reverse engineer" software and hardware that are copyrighted

It's true that emulation doesn't mean piracy in itself but let's be realistic, the end result is the same for the vast majority of people.

I don't actually believe people rip their own games and they have a Switch console while emulating those very same games

It's just a pipedream
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Which is perfectly legal under fair use copyright laws.
 
ResurrectedContrarian said:
I'm a huge fan of emulation and probably play more emulated (classic) games than I do normal games...

But frankly, emulating a current system is not the same as preserving classic systems. The good use of emulation is preservation. If you can't wait for the generation to be completed and are already emulating a current-gen system and therefore enabling mass piracy of new software titles, you're asking for a confrontation.
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Sure and if that's how you feel about emulation then don't emulate current systems. That doesn't apply to anyone but you though. Factually, if I rip a game from my Nintendo cartredge, for whatever reason I want, and play it in an emulator then I have broken no laws. Neither has Tropic Haze.
 
ResurrectedContrarian said:
But frankly, emulating a current system is not the same as preserving classic systems. The good use of emulation is preservation. If you can't wait for the generation to be completed and are already emulating a current-gen system and therefore enabling mass piracy of new software titles, you're asking for a confrontation.
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Yuzu allows people to play Switch games at respectable frame rates and resolutions unlike Nintendo's garbage system.
 
Sleepwalker said:
Oh, Nintendo being Nintendo, who would have thought? They'll lose but they are just looking to bully Yuzu out of commission with legal fees.
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to be fair Nintendo waited years after the emulator was already great enough to play every game. You can even use a phone to play switch games.
 
Tears of the Kingdom was fully playable on Nintendo's hardware, which they released with a vulnerability allowing unlicensed code to be run in 2017. Can they connect those 1m downloads to Yuzu and not people like my uncle who just downloaded the ROM and put it on their official hardware? Doubt.jpg

If they're using any copyrighted or otherwise prohibited code, fine. But don't point to those download figures as if pirates can't just run their software on soft modded, stock hardware.
 
Topher said:
Sure and if that's how you feel about emulation then don't emulate current systems. That doesn't apply to anyone but you though. Factually, if I rip a game from my Nintendo cartredge, for whatever reason I want, and play it in an emulator then I have broken no laws. Neither has Tropic Haze.
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Have you done that?
 
Nintendo suing now makes me wonder if the Next Gen System will be 100% cross compatible to so they feel the need to get emulators out of the way ASAP.
 
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