Nintendo's legal team has clarified that the legality of emulators depends heavily on how they are used, as revealed in a recent statement addressing the ongoing debate around video game emulation. While the creation of emulators is generally considered legal under certain conditions, Nintendo emphasized that their use can cross into illegal territory depending on factors such as copyright infringement and circumvention of security measures.The statement comes amidst a broader crackdown on unauthorized emulation, including Nintendo's successful efforts to block the Steam release of the Dolphin emulator in 2023 and legal action against Yuzu in 2024. Nintendo's lawyers argue that

Nintendo’s legal team has clarified that the legality of emulators depends heavily on how they are used, as revealed in a recent statement addressing the ongoing debate around video game emulation.

  • mesamune@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    21 days ago

    All this means is that people that are looking for emulators have to go to berg for the forks rather than git hub. Yuzu and their variants are still alive and well. Just people are not stupid enough to put their real names now. And the forks are tucked away. git is a wonderful protocol :)

    • Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      21 days ago

      Without continued development though, new games are likely to have an increasing number of issues running on either emulator.

      Even Starlink: Battle for Atlas, the closest thing to a Star Fox game on the Switch (can’t just get another version of it, since the Star Fox DLC is Switch-exclusive), crashes in both Yuzu and Ryujinx, something I’d hoped would eventually be fixed before the emulators were taken down.