Ryujinx Switch Emulator Removed After Nintendo’s Request (www.retronews.com)
from Kain1@lemmy.world to retrogaming@lemmy.world on 01 Oct 20:08
https://lemmy.world/post/20400903

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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Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world on 01 Oct 20:18 next collapse

Ok…but how is Switch “retro gaming”?

Kain1@lemmy.world on 01 Oct 20:36 next collapse

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

mesamunefire@lemmy.world on 01 Oct 20:51 collapse

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

bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de on 01 Oct 20:36 next collapse

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

tacosanonymous@lemm.ee on 01 Oct 20:39 next collapse

*2017 sure seems like a hundred years ago.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world on 01 Oct 20:43 next collapse

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

AsakuraMao@moist.catsweat.com on 01 Oct 21:19 next collapse

Like at least a hundred million billion years ago

fsxylo@sh.itjust.works on 02 Oct 00:05 collapse

But that was only…

Fetal position, crying

TachyonTele@lemm.ee on 01 Oct 20:43 next collapse

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

Gabadabs@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 01 Oct 20:55 collapse

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.

can@sh.itjust.works on 01 Oct 21:05 next collapse

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

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world on 01 Oct 21:24 collapse

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.

AkatsukiLevi@lemmy.world on 01 Oct 23:58 collapse

The Wii U is considered Retro

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world on 02 Oct 00:01 next collapse

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…

xyzzy@lemm.ee on 02 Oct 03:25 collapse

It’s not by almost any definition

Floshie@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 01 Oct 20:56 next collapse

let’s federate a git repository of a switch emulator

Aatube@kbin.melroy.org on 01 Oct 21:40 next collapse

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

Aatube@kbin.melroy.org on 01 Oct 21:42 next collapse

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.

NateSwift@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 01 Oct 22:50 collapse

Put git on the blockchain/s

Predator@feddit.uk on 01 Oct 23:48 collapse

Torzu is on the dark web

mox@lemmy.sdf.org on 01 Oct 23:21 next collapse

More discussion here:

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:

git.naxdy.org/Mirror/Ryujinx

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 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.

Owljfien@lemm.ee on 02 Oct 00:51 next collapse

It would make me immensely happy for Nintendo to be labeled a vexatious litigant. It’ll never happen, but let me dream damn it

bilb@lem.monster on 02 Oct 01:56 collapse

For the litigation they didn’t do?

Owljfien@lemm.ee on 02 Oct 03:07 collapse

I’m sure that would have followed if the threat was insufficient. Not like they haven’t litigated before

DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 02 Oct 04:43 collapse

Sell out