Nintendo launches new round of delistings GitHub In the war against piracy, especially against piracy Nintendo Switch Emulator.
The company filed seven new DMCA requests, which resulted in 401 repositories closed (i.e., digital archive) contains emulators or materials related to hybrid console emulation.
The main target is Suyou, one of Yuzi’s heirs.
This is another cleanup operation in recent years. In May 2024, Nintendo has removed more than 8,500 repositories related to Yuzu, the most famous and widespread emulator. At the time, the company announced that more than a million copies of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom had been pirated in the week before it hit stores. In February of this year, Nintendo issued another subpoena, requiring the removal of repositories that continued to host versions of Yuzu and at least 12 alternative emulators.
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According to TorrentFreak, this new wave of DMCA requests, He specifically targeted Su Yuone of the major emulators born after the shutdown of Yuzu. In fact, we’re talking about 311 out of 401 repositories. Other projects being phased out include the Skyline Android emulator, MonoNX, and numerous variations that were always based on Yuzu code.
Anyone trying to access one of the removed repositories will now see a screen explaining the reason for the shutdown and taking you directly to Nintendo’s DMCA notice. In the document, the company claims that the Switch emulator “Provide or facilitate access to illegal copies of Nintendo Switch games”bypassing the console’s hardware and software protection systems. Nintendo also pointed out that these emulators violated technical protection measures under the DMCA by using unauthorized copies of the prod.keys encryption keys necessary to decrypt games.
