This also includes ceasing development and destroying their copies of the code.

The GitHub repo page for Yuzu now returns a 404, as well. In addition, the repo for the Citra 3DS emulator was also taken down.

As of at least 23:30 UTC, Yuzu's website and Citra's website have been replaced with a statement about their discontinuation.


Other sources found by @Daughter3546@lemmy.world:


There is also an active Reddit thread about this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1b6gtb5/

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[–] 190 points 2 years ago* (22 children)

I'm sorry but how is using the actual keys from a legally purchased system circumventing anything? It's like saying using the actual key to your own front door counts as breaking and entering.

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  • [–] [S] 85 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Nintendo's angle is more along the lines of:

    • We gave our friend Switchy the keys to a lockbox.
    • You tricked Switchy into giving you our keys.
    • We didn't authorize you to use those keys.
    • Using our keys without our permission is circumventing our DRM.
    • Yuzu is a tool that enables you to use our keys.
    • It's illegal to distribute tools to circumvent DRM.

    It's a massive reach, but it's a plausible argument—or even a good one if the judge is a technologically illiterate luddite. Beyond that, Nintendo is the kind of litigant that will drag out a lawsuit until the other party is forced to settle.

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  • [–] 72 points 2 years ago

    A court in Germany has recently decided that reading the code of a software you legally purchased and finding plain text passwords there is illegal hacking.

    The person was hired to do a security audit (by a third party) and disclosed the finding to the software developer, not even to his own employer.

    The developer decided to sue him instead of fixing the problem.

    At this point I have lost all trust in the technological capacities of judges out there.

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    [–] 122 points 2 years ago

    Wow. Fuck Nintendo. I own 2 switches and ToTK. Of course I emulate it, so I don't have to play at 20fps. And I can mod the game. Not buying another nintendo product again. I'm done. I'll just pirate it since it seems I don't own it anyways. Can't play it where I want, how I want, so why play by the rules at all.

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  • [–] 111 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

    I own a launch era Switch. When I run Yuzu, I use the keys that I pulled off of it. When I play games in Yuzu, they are games I have purchased and dumped using the Switch Nintendo sold me. The controller I use is a Nintendo Pro controller. I play on my computer because it is MUCH better at playing Switch games than my overclocked Switch is. Just fuck off with this Nintendo, stop making your games worse.

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    [–] 111 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    The fuck? Why? Emulators are entirely legal and they could've won

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    [–] 106 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    Let this be a lesson: if you try to forcibly pry open the gates of DRM hell and let software be free, you best let it be truly free and only money off it from the donations of your supporters. Don't be like yuzu and monetize the living hell out of your emulator. Don't stuff it with telemetry, don't hide releases behind a patreon paywall.

    That all being said, fuck Nintendo.

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    [–] 99 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I started out in the computer industry working for a company that reverse engineered and built IBM compatible terminal systems, This was more than 40 years ago, when that was its own large and profitable sector of the computer hardware market. It was absolutely legal to build 'plug compatible' reverse engineered third party systems. DRM is almost entirely horseshit that has helped turn the entire tech industry into silo'd enshittified monopolies.

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    Fuck DRM though, all my homies hate DRM.

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    [–] 65 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Here is the latest stable build of Yuzu that I've got from 24 hours ago for anyone who wasn't able to download it in time.

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Anyone downloading executable code from a random person on the internet needs to take a course in digital safety.

    I assume you're not being malicious, OXero0, but none of us can possibly know that.

    For anyone thinking of downloading it, wait until the popular, vetted forks show up. If you don't already have a working version, you don't need it today.

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  • [–] 64 points 2 years ago

    Money is a weapon in western society. You can't win just because you're right

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  • [–] 64 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Can't blame them but at the same time, yeah kind of sad they folded as easily as a Nintendo DS.

    I will say Nintendo can count on me, a older game with disposable income and kids, not buying a switch 2 with they way they've been acting with all of their lawsuit and anti-consumer practices.

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    [–] 56 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I can load a pirated copy onto a modded console, does that mean that Nintendo is liable for their software being used for piracy?

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    [–] 53 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Nintendo got them alone in a dark room and told them that if they don't settle, admit and pay something they might be able to pay off in their lifetimes (Nintendo doesn't care about the money, 2.4 million is nothing to them), Nintendo would tie them up in legal battles for years, still making them broke and probably blocking them from doing something new.

    Or something.

    Fucking corporate shills. Why can't we just all have fun gaming. Piracy increases sales.

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    [–] 49 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I was thinking of buying a few Nintendo games to use on an emulator but that's a lot of effort and there are other good games out there. Glad I didn't so I wouldn't feel shame for giving them more money. Nintendo Direct my balls into your mouth.

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  • [–] 46 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Nintendo can count on its games being pirated even more now. Good for me that I never touched a nintendo in my life.

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    [–] 46 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yup, I don't think I'm buying any Nintendo products anytime soon

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    [–] 39 points 2 years ago

    For those looking for the latest Yuzu and Citra releases: Yuzu Win/Linux Early Access, Yuzu Android, Citra Win/Mac/Linux/Android.

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  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago

    Fuck Nintendo and their mafia-like bully tactics.

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ryujinx lives on, thankfully, for the moment.

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    [–] 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Man... in a better world Nintendo wouldn't have a case because liberating encryption keys is the basis for interoperability, which is good for, you know, competition. Competition is good. Or so I've heard.

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    [–] 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Nintendo may be right here, but I'm still not buying their new console or any new games of theirs.

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