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Ryujinx Switch Emulator Removed After Nintendo’s Request (www.retronews.com)

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The Ryujinx emulator, a popular tool for emulating Nintendo Switch games on PCs, has been taken down following a request from Nintendo. This action is part of Nintendo’s broader crackdown on emulation and homebrew communities, particularly as the company seeks to protect its intellectual property and revenue streams.

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[–] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

More discussion here:

https://sh.itjust.works/post/26026271

From the gbatemp.net article:

UPDATE #3: According to an official statement on Ryujinx's Discord server, developer gdkchan was contacted by Nintendo and they were offered an agreement to stop working on the emulator project, and while the agreement wasn't confirmed yet, the organization has been entirely removed.

This is not a case of copyright infringement, so I feel comfortable linking these source code mirrors:

https://git.naxdy.org/Mirror/Ryujinx

https://git.l7y.media/mirrors/Ryujinx

The commit hashes on both of those mirrors match the official ones at least until March 2024 (v1.1.1217). I can't vouch for the more recent commits that extend through today (v1.1.1403), but the two mirrors do at least match each other.

Warning: A zip file in the ryujinx_202410 subdir of https://archive.org/download/ claims to have the full git history, but the hashes do not match the original source repo. It's possible that the mismatch is an artifact of some accident, rather than malice, but I would avoid it just in case.

[–] Floshie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 1 day ago (3 children)

let's federate a git repository of a switch emulator

[–] Predator@feddit.uk 12 points 1 day ago

Torzu is on the dark web

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't see Federation giving any more resilience than Git itself. When a host deletes a repository, that's reflected everywhere by Federation. Unless you propose disabling the ability to delete repositories entirely, hosts would be sued if they press the "delete but still federate" button when they can press the "delete" button.

[–] NateSwift@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

Put git on the blockchain/s

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 1 day ago

i'm still open to defending sourcehut's federation by email

[–] Owljfien@lemm.ee 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It would make me immensely happy for Nintendo to be labeled a vexatious litigant. It'll never happen, but let me dream damn it

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Ok.....but how is Switch "retro gaming"?

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 56 points 1 day ago

I'd say the general blow against emulators is relevant.

[–] Kain1@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The website covers emulation news, be it old or new. Also Nintendo might go after older emulators at this rate.

[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Given that videos are currently getting copyright stuck if just having screenshots of over 10+ year old games....yeah its relevant.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

*2017 sure seems like a hundred years ago.

[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

But that was only...

Fetal position, crying

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Unclear if I don't get an inside joke, or if that's a typo for 2017.

[–] AsakuraMao@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 1 day ago

Like at least a hundred million billion years ago

[–] Gabadabs@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's not "retro gaming" but that doesn't make emulating switch games a bad thing. I dump and emulate my own switch games off my own switch because they tend to perform better via emulator on a PC. It's really unfortunate to see Nintendo shut down what ultimately is the best way for us to preserve switch games long-term.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wasn't saying emulating is a bad thing. I was saying THIS community may not be the right place hor THIS particular piece of news.

Now if they shut down an SNES emulator, then I'd see why it's here.

Also, it just occured to me that Wii might be considered retro.......god I feel old.

[–] AkatsukiLevi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The Wii U is considered Retro

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

STOP MAKING MIDDLE AGED MEN FEEL ELDERLY SIR!!!!

..........oh god. I guess I am on the younger end of middle aged.

sigh Guess I'll buy a walker or something.....

[–] xyzzy@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's not by almost any definition

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

I think the point was this community is for retro games. I do see why it's relevant.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

Do you get confused when the New York Times writes articles about something in Chicago?

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Sell out