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Nintendo sues Switch emulator Yuzu and wants to wipe it from existence


Nintendo targets Switch emulator Yuzu for elimination, citing massive piracy concerns. Legal battle intensifies over game preservation issues.

This was always going to happen after Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom leaked around eight days before release and was downloaded over a million times, largely to be played on Switch emulators Yuzu and Rjujinx. That is a very simplified explanation as these cases have not been re-tested for many years, but the issue for Yuzu is that, as it is not developed by a huge multinational company, it might just crumble under the weight of legal pressure, and the finances required to defend itself in a court of law. Having spent time as Head of Communications at a professional sports club and working for high-profile charities such as the National Literacy Trust, he returned as Managing Editor in charge of large US-based technology websites in 2020.

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