Nintendo Sues Yuzu Emulator Developers for Facilitating Piracy

The lawsuit alleges that the Yuzu emulator enables the playing of pirated Nintendo Switch games, violating copyright laws.

Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against Tropic Haze, the developers of the Yuzu emulator, alleging it facilitates piracy on a massive scale.
The lawsuit claims Yuzu enables the playing of pirated Nintendo Switch games by circumventing Nintendo's encryption.
Nintendo argues there is no lawful way to use Yuzu for playing Switch games, highlighting the emulator's role in over a million pirated downloads of 'The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom' before its release.
Yuzu's developers are accused of providing instructions and tools for hacking the Switch and decrypting games, which Nintendo claims violates the DMCA.
Nintendo seeks to shut down Yuzu and is asking for significant financial damages, emphasizing the emulator's negative impact on game sales and its intellectual property.