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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week 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

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 week ago (3 children)

let's federate a git repository of a switch emulator

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Torzu is on the dark web

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Put git on the blockchain/s

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (5 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The Wii U is considered Retro

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's not by almost any definition

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week 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.....

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

*2017 sure seems like a hundred years ago.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

But that was only...

Fetal position, crying

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Like at least a hundred million billion years ago

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 week ago

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