Nintendo Switch Emulator Yuzu To Shut Down, Pay $2.4 Million To Settle Lawsuit

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Liliputing: 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 development since then (the Android port was released less than a year ago). But last week Nintendo sued the developers, claiming that the primary purpose of the software is to circumvent Nintendo Switch encryption and allow users to play pirated games. Rather than fight the case in court, Tropic Haze (the developers behind Yuzu) have agreed to a settlement which involves paying $2.4 million in damages to Nintendo and basically shutting down Yuzu.

As part of a permanent injunction, Tropic Haze has agreed to stop distributing, advertising, or promoting Yuzu or any of its source code or features or any other 'software or devices that circumvent Nintendo's technical protection measures.' The court is also ordering the developers to turn over the yuzu-emu.org website to Nintendo and bars them 'from supporting or facilitating access' to any other related websites, social media, chatrooms, or apps. In one of the more bizarre parts of the court order, the Yuzu team is told to delete all 'circumvention devices,' which includes any tools used for development of Yuzu and 'all copies of Yuzu.'

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