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04.03.2024 - 20:09 / gameranx.com / Nintendo
It’s no secret that emulation has been rampant online for years. There are countless emulators available to help users enjoy video games on nonnative hardware. For some, this is welcomed as it further aims to preserve video games. At the same time, others have found emulation to be rather damaging. For instance, Nintendo had recently filed a lawsuit against the creator of Yuzu, an emulator made to allow users to play unofficial Nintendo Switch games.
Now again, looking back, some emulators are generally deemed fine by the community. These are for games that are far older and sometimes impossible to play on modern platforms. However, it can be tough to argue for an actively available emulator for a currently sold platform. The Nintendo Switch platform already has a few emulators, with Yuzu being one of the biggest.
We reported recently how there was a lawsuit against the creator group behind the emulator from Nintendo. However, today, thanks to The Verge, we’re discovering that there has been a settlement. It looks like Yuzu is not looking to put up a fight on this emulator and will instead pay $2.4 million to Nintendo.
Nintendo voiced how this emulator was used to play pirated Nintendo Switch games. If this did go to court, Yuzu creators, Tropic Haze, might have had to dig further into their pockets. Regardless, it was a quick turnaround for a settlement, as we had just seen the lawsuit go out.
With that said, there is a bit more here than just ceasing the development and distribution of Yuzu. Outside of stopping the development of the emulator, there is also the forfeit of the Yuzu emulator main website domain, deletion of all tools to develop Yuzu, and giving up any hardware or modified Nintendo Switch units.
Of course, with Yuzu readily available online, it might not be long before another group takes on the challenge to develop and improve the emulator further. Meanwhile, fans of Nintendo are still waiting on just when the next game console will be released. So far, reports suggest we could be looking into 2025 before the Switch successor makes its way out to the public. This means we’ll stick with Nintendo Switch hardware for the remainder of this calendar year.
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The creators of Yuzu, a popular open-source Switch emulator, have agreed to settle a lawsuit that will lead to a payout of $2.4 million to Nintendo, pending approval. Further, the settlement prohibited Yuzu and all related parties from distributing and developing its Switch emulator in its current form, and that Yuzu's websites and code repositories would be pulled.
The creator of a popular Nintendo Switch emulator has settled a Nintendo lawsuit and agreed to pay $2.4 million in damages.
A new court filing says that the developers behind the popular Switch emulator Yuzu have agreed to pay a $2.4 million settlement to Nintendo, and the not-yet-official final judgment suggests that the software itself is not long for this world.
Tropic Haze, the developer of Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu, has responded to a lawsuit filed by Nintendo of America.
Nintendo is suing the makers of popular Switch emulator Yuzu, leaning on DMCA laws and with the reasoning that the emulator has facilitated a large amount of video game piracy. If they are successful, it could upend decades of legal precedent that has protected game console emulators.
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Yuzu, the original Nintendo Switch emulator created by the developers of Citra (an emulator for Nintendo 3DS), has been hit by a Nintendo lawsuit.