Nintendo is suing Switch Emulator Yuzu creators in US federal court alleging that Yuzu is ‘facilitating piracy’. Nintendo is NOT alleging Yuzu stole the keys. Yuzu takes a bring-your-own-BIOS approach, expecting users to lift their BIOSes & keys off a hacked Nintendo Switch (using an unpatched loophole) or likely download a pirated one.
So instead, Nintendo’s arguing that Yuzu is “facilitating piracy at a colossal scale.” Nintendo wants the court to stop Yuzu with a permanent injunction. It even wants to take away its domain names, URLs, chatrooms & social media presence.
Also, hand over yuzu-emu.org to Nintendo; and even seize & destroy its hard drives to help wipe out the emulator. And, Nintendo wants lots of money in damages as well. Nintendo says the developers have extracted Nintendo Switch games themselves, bypassing encryption, to test their emulator.
Notes 1 million copies of Tears of the Kingdom downloaded prior to game’s release; says Yuzu’s Patreon support doubled during that time. Basically arguing that that is proof that Yuzu’s business model helps piracy flourish
— Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) February 27, 2024
