Nintendo Sues Yuzu; $2.4m Settlement Agreed

[Moonface]

In some fun news for the day, Nintendo are threatening to sue the creators of the Switch emulator Yuzu, claiming its tech illegally circumvents Nintendo's software encryption and facilitates piracy. Nintendo is therefore seeking damages for alleged violations and a shutdown of the emulator.

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[ShiraNoMai]

This is purely Nintendo throwing their big money ballsacks around on the little guys cuz these poor devs do not have the money to hold up their end in court, even if Nintendo has practically no leg to stand on with this case. They blame the leaking and subsequent distribution of their videogame one week prior to street date (The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom) on Yuzu, the OPEN-SOURCE emulation software, rather than their distributors for breaking street date. Nintendo claims it caused their fans to be distressed on social media cuz people were leaking spoilers, once again still blaming Yuzu for this. Nevermind the fact that these are perfectly legal copies of the game being played on their legal Nintendo Switch systems.

[Moonface]

This is purely Nintendo throwing their big money ballsacks around on the little guys cuz these poor devs do not have the money to hold up their end in court, even if Nintendo has practically no leg to stand on with this case. They blame the leaking and subsequent distribution of their videogame one week prior to street date (The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom) on Yuzu, the OPEN-SOURCE emulation software, rather than their distributors for breaking street date. Nintendo claims it caused their fans to be distressed on social media cuz people were leaking spoilers, once again still blaming Yuzu for this. Nevermind the fact that these are perfectly legal copies of the game being played on their legal Nintendo Switch systems.

It never crossed my mind that the distributors are the reason TotK (or any game for that matter) got out early, and even without Yuzu the spoilers would still be going around. As for anyone being distressed, do the smart thing anyone who wants to avoid spoilers does and avoid social media when word gets out that something is being spoiled. You'd have to do the same thing if you didn't get a copy of the game at launch or even if you did get a copy, people who get further than you can still put that onto social media to spoil you on what comes later.
I already thought Nintendo were pulling at straws to paint Yuzu in a bad light, but now I wish Yuzu could fight back and get Nintendo slapped silly in court as being full of shit.

[Moonface]

Yuzu to Pay $2.4 million to Nintendo; Yuzu to Also Cease All Operations
Well, looks like Nintendo win. Both parties have mutually agreed to have Yuzu pay $2.4 million in damage to Nintendo, as well as for Yuzu to cease any and all operations, including distribution of the emulation software in any and all parts.

Sources:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/...0.10.0.pdf
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/...0.10.1.pdf

I wasn't aware before this that Yuzu were apparently making money from this via Patreon, which is probably a huge factor in Nintendo going after them so hard.

[Mr EliteL]

I didn't know that either but once I realised that Yuzu got supportive money for TOTK they clearly dug their own grave unfortunately.

[queenzelda]

Yea, any emulation software that is basically supported (monetarily) is always brought down by the big N, it shouldn't be a surprise by now.

[shadow]

I know a few friends who are happy about this turn of events. I think it's because they thought the Yuzu developers were getting away with creating a Switch on pc and getting paid for it, all the while boasting about it, their take. 🤷‍♂️