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An exciting new Switch emulator launches tomorrow (www.androidauthority.com)

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Cross-posted from "An exciting new Switch emulator launches tomorrow — Here's how to get it" by @cm0002@lemmy.world in !android@lemdro.id

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[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 47 points 4 days ago

And what's gonna keep this one from getting taken down by Nintendo?

[-] rivan@lemm.ee 38 points 4 days ago

The time needed to build a lawsuit, usually about six to ten months

[-] Beacon@fedia.io 18 points 4 days ago

I would guess that it would be forced to be taken down immediately, and then litigation would determine whether it can be put back up.

[-] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Unlike Ryujinx they should try to have redundancies in case of Team members leaving and be willing to boot and ostracize members who attempt to sabotage the project. The other piece would be to either develop from regions where Nintendo has no legal leverage, or try to stay safe with cleanroom and PR techniques (losing battle since the USA is crooked when it comes to IP and freedom).

Also hey it's the other NEO of Lemmy.

[-] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 14 points 4 days ago

hopefully they don't start a patreon like the other devs.

[-] IllNess@infosec.pub 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Is there a Patreon with crypto? Lol

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 5 points 4 days ago

Exactly.

[-] yozul@beehaw.org 3 points 3 days ago

The actual answer to that question is that the Switch 2 will be out soon. Nintendo doesn't actually want to go to court over emulators, because there's a real chance they lose. They were willing to push the devs with Switch emulators though, because that's the current console generation, and that REALLY pissed them off. They've basically accepted that emulators are inevitable even if they don't like it, but emulating the console they are currently releasing new games for was a step too far as far as they're concerned.

[-] gradual@lemmings.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Maybe it's just me. I don't know much about emulation or console hardware, but I find it hard to believe that the architecture of the Switch 2 would be so radically different from the Switch 1 that developers would have a significantly harder time creating an emulator for it. What would be the purpose of making radical changes?

Yuzu had been around for years before it got taken down. I'd like to see a Switch 2 emulator pop up as soon as possible, of course.

[-] yozul@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago

Well, part of the problem with modern emulators is that more and more consoles are just relying on regular off the shelf hardware components. That means more of what makes them unique is in software, which is a problem, because emulating software is a lot harder to defend legally, especially in the US and Japan.

So, realistically, the sooner you see a Switch 2 emulator pop up, the faster it's likely to be taken down by Nintendo's lawyers.

Also, they're probably not going to screw up and leave in a hardware recovery mode that bypasses all their security again, which is a big part of why Yuzu could get started so fast.

[-] gradual@lemmings.world 1 points 1 day ago

It's not really an issue. Emulator developers should already be doing their work anonymously.

[-] ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago

Fair, but also the Switch 2 has some backwards compatibility to Switch games. So they may still have an interest despite Switch 2 being out to prevent games that could still be sold on Switch 2 to be emulated via this.

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Same thing that's kept all the other emulators from being taken down: not being illegal.

[-] maxprime@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 days ago

What was illegal about ryujinx?

[-] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 19 points 4 days ago

Nintendo decided it was. Nothing else, to my knowledge.

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 7 points 4 days ago

Nah, Nintendo decided to offer the dev money so he stops working on it.

[-] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago

True but I dare say it was quickly followed with an "or else". We do know about Nintendo's mafia, after all so only offering the nice hand feels very off.

[-] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 12 points 4 days ago

it was less illegal and more the dev took money to quit it.

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 6 points 4 days ago

Was Ryujinx taken down?

[-] yozul@beehaw.org 3 points 3 days ago

Sort of. Nintendo's lawyers showed up at the house of the lead dev and he nuked everything he had access to afterwards, which is all we really know, but unlike Yuzu there were no court filings or takedowns or anything. Forks of Ryujinx are still just up on Github.