Nintendo of America is suing the creators of the Switch emulator and demanding damages for millions in losses by leaking games like Zelda Tears of the Kingdom.
The piracy It remains a serious problem in the video game industry, and Nintendo often suffers it harshly.
Although it does not reach (or so it seems) the levels of piracy with the Nintendo DS (a scourge that affected the console's software sales), Nintendo Switch also suffers from the problem of emulation and the illegal distribution of its games. .
For this reason (and because of the company's combative history) it is not surprising that they have taken action on the matter, and have sued the creators of one of the most well-known and widespread Nintendo Switch emulators.
Nintendo of America against the creators of Switch emulators
As Axios' Stephen Totilo shares, Nintendo of America (a subsidiary of Nintendo Co., the Japanese headquarters) has sued Tropic Hazethe entity that owns, develops and operates “Yuzu”, a Nintendo Switch game emulator that you can play on PC.
In its lawsuit, Nintendo of America has used The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom as an example of a video game that was illegally distributed a week and a half before its official release.
Nintendo has seen those copies of the game downloaded from various websites more than a million times before the game's release.
And although it's not up to Yuzu to distribute them, “many of those websites indicated that you could play in Yuzu“, and Yuzu's Patreon doubled its support during this time, noting that Yuzu's work helps expand piracy.
Nintendo even adds (although this hardly has legal weight) that the prevalence of piracy these days It also affected many honest Nintendo fans.
“For example, many fans of The Legend of Zelda were forced to avoid social networks to avoid seeing spoilers and maintain the surprise of playing the game,” attaching a tweet from the famous influencer @Stealth40k.
Platforms:
Nintendo Switch
Launch:
May 12, 2023
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