Nintendo Suing Creators Of Switch Emulator, Says Tears Of The Kingdom Was Pirated 1 Million Times Pre-Launch

Nintendo Suing Creators Of Switch Emulator, Says Tears Of The Kingdom Was Pirated 1 Million Times Pre-Launch https://ift.tt/J8fXyos

The creator of popular Switch emulator Yuzu is the target of Nintendo's latest anti-piracy lawsuit, with the gaming giant claiming in its suit that "there is no lawful way to use Yuzu to play Nintendo Switch games."

The lawsuit, picked up by Game File's Stephen Totilo, is seeking "equitable relief and damages" from Yuzu creator Tropic Haze, alleging that the emulator unlawfully circumvents its copyright protections, knowingly "facilitating piracy at a colossal scale."

As part of the suit, Nintendo points to pirated copies of Tears of the Kingdom that leaked prior to the game's release, saying that the game files were downloaded over a million times, with many of the websites hosting the files saying that the game could be played in Yuzu.

Continue Reading at GameSpot