Nintendo Just Went Nuclear on Switch Emulators (Again)

Nintendo just went nuclear on Switch emulators (again)

TL;DR Nintendo has filed seven new DMCA notices taking down over 400 GitHub repositories related to Switch emulators. The notice took down repos for emulators such as Suyu, Skyline, and several others. It’s no secret that Nintendo has historically taken an extremely strict stance against emulators and people using its IP without permission. A few months ago, the company sent DMCA notices to take down several Switch emulators whose code was host…

Nintendo Takes Down Over 400 Switch Emulator Repositories

Nintendo has issued DMCA take down notices for over 400 GitHub repositories as the company continues to fight against Switch emulation on PC. Source

Nintendo takes down over 400 GitHub repositories for Switch emulators in one go — Relentless DMCA strikes tied to piracy concerns over illegal cryptographic keys

Nintendo has just issued DMCA takedowns against seven GitHub repositories hosting Switch emulation code, leading to 401 affected repos being removed from the platform. Most of these belonged to a single parent repo of the Suyu emulator, which itself is a fork of the previously shut down Yuzu emulator. Nintendo leveraged GitHub policies to their fullest extent to execute its notice, arguing that emulators inherently rely on circumventing anti-pir…

Nintendo Continues Takedown Of 401 Switch Emulator Repositories On GitHub

Nintendo, widely considered one of the most litigious companies in the gaming world, recently had its bloodhound mode against Switch emulators pay off. The gaming company reportedly went after 401 repositories on GitHub, which included forks of Suyu and Yuzu emulators, among others. To elaborate further, the 401 number doesn’t necessarily refer to separate Switch emulators. Rather, one emulator could fork out to hundreds of different or similar …

Nintendo Wiped Out 401 Switch Emulator Repositories in a Single Day

Nintendo removed 401 GitHub repositories connected to Switch emulators through DMCA notices in a single day. The company’s latest wave targeted code related to Suyu, Skyline, MonoNX and several derivative projects.   Nintendo’s campaign against piracy has entered another highly visible round. The Japanese company filed seven separate DMCA requests with GitHub, and 401 repositories became unavailable on the same day as a result. Of the removed pr…