The top IP lawyer at Nintendo agreed that emulators are technically legal at a panel for intellectual property rights. They run afoul of the law when they bypass encryption, recreate copyrighted ...

Citron, one of the last active Switch emulators, just got a big update. Focused on compatibility, the update makes the most popular games play better. Developers claim most games now run perfectly at ...

A new development in Nintendo’s war against Switch emulators has emerged as the gaming giant issued DMCA notices against 13 Switch emulators currently hosted on GitHub. The takedown notice includes ...

If there's one thing that Nintendo absolutely detests, aside from the prospect of making the older Pokemon titles available on modern hardware, it's anyone that misuses their IPs, is involved with ...

Yuzu is a free and open source emulator that makes it possible to run Nintendo Switch games on Windows, Linux, and Android devices. First released in 2018, the software has been under constant ...

James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is ...

The Nintendo Switch is a great handheld gaming device that offers a great console experience right in your hands. However, with the ease with which we carry our smartphones, we can’t say the same for ...

Months after it shutdown the popular Switch emulator Yuzu over copyright infringement and piracy concerns, Nintendo has initiated a mass takedown of related backups and apparent clones on the ...

Months after it shutdown the popular Switch emulator Yuzu over copyright infringement and piracy concerns, Nintendo has initiated a mass takedown of related backups and apparent clones on the ...

Following the demise of Yuzu, "clone" emulators such as Nuzu and Suyu surfaced, resurrecting the emulation scene and drawing Nintendo's relentless pursuit to extinguish these new threats. Nintendo's ...

The battle against Nintendo Switch emulation isn’t over yet. The Mario maker got the prominent emulation software Yuzu to cave in, shut down, and pay out on March 4, and now the popular chat platform ...

The developers behind Yuzu bent the knee to Nintendo’s legal pressure after just one week and are shutting the emulator down. Reading time 2 minutes Nintendo has a history of not just stopping video ...