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Nintendo Switch emulator, Yuzu, developers settling lawsuit from Nintendo with $2.4M payout, handing over its domains, and agreeing "Yuzu [is] primarily designed to circumvent [DRM]". (www.theverge.com)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by pivot_root@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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This also includes ceasing development and destroying their copies of the code.

The GitHub repo page for Yuzu now returns a 404, as well. In addition, the repo for the Citra 3DS emulator was also taken down.

As of at least 23:30 UTC, Yuzu's website and Citra's website have been replaced with a statement about their discontinuation.

Other sources found by @Daughter3546@lemmy.world:

There is also an active Reddit thread about this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1b6gtb5/

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[–] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure the keys aren't a part of the actual game/download, it's a part of your Switch. So if you have an emulator with one of those keys built in, it's piracy.

I think what they should have done is prompt the user to put it in themselves and then we could just find keys on the internet and avoid this whole situation. But I'm no expert

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I think what they should have done is prompt the user to put it in themselves and then we could just find keys on the internet and avoid this whole situation. But I'm no expert

That's exactly how it is... Yuzu does not distribute those files. They give you a guide on how to dump it yourself from your own Switch.

[–] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh... Huh, yeah then I'm with you lol, idk how they ended up winning that battle

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yuzu settled. They basically laid down and died. But I don't blame them. $2.4m is probably nothing compared to what they would have paid in legal fees to actually go to court. Even if they won.

[–] nebula@lemy.lol 1 points 8 months ago

They’re likely not going to win. Nintendo’s legal team is pretty strong as far as I know.