Nintendo Wins Switch Emulator Lawsuit; Yuzu to Shut down and Pay $2.4M

Last week, we got wind ofNintendo suing Yuzu. That news surprised us since even though the company is lawsuit-happy, it doesn’t sue Nintendo Switch emulators that often. However, a week after that news, the Nintendo vs Yuzu lawsuit ended unsurprisingly.

As per thelatest court documents,Tropic Haze, the developers of Yuzu, and Nintendo haveagreed to a settlement. This means the developers of Yuzu owe Nintendo$2.4 million. Furthermore, Yuzu will surrender its domain ownership to Nintendo and delete all copies and materials that infringe on Nintendo’s IP rights.

Furthermore, Tropic Haze haspermanently stopped the support of the Yuzuand its 3DS emulator called Citra immediately. The official Yuzu X account (formerly Twitter) posted astatement. In it, they confirmed stopping the development of the emulators immediately and that they believe their software has given rise to unintentional piracy.pic.twitter.com/158RRUi4Un— yuzu (@yuzuemu)March 4, 2024

pic.twitter.com/158RRUi4Un— yuzu (@yuzuemu)March 4, 2024

Both parties have already filed for a final injunction on Monday. However, the settlement now requires a judge’s approval, which is promptly pending.

For the uninitiated, Yuzu was a Nintendo Switch emulator that could run practically any Nintendo Switch game on PC, with needed enhancements. All one required was legally sourced prod.keys and game ROM files (which most people don’t source legally).

As per the Nintendo lawsuit, the company accused Topic Haze of circumventing their platform security on the Switch hardware for emulation, citing how it promoted piracy, taking the Tears of the Kingdom leaks as an example.

We have to wait and see whether Yuzu and Citra will cease existing on the internet. It does bring closure to one of the potentially most significant lawsuits against an emulator in a long time. Furthermore, since emulators like Ryujinx still exist, it will be interesting to see whether those also stop their Switch emulation support.

What do you think about Yuzu going away? Let us know what you think about it in the comments below.

Sampad Banerjee

Meet Sampad, Beebom’s in-house video game enthusiast and writer. With two years of freelance experience, he has passionately crafted articles about the games he loves. You can find his writings on Sportskeeda, Gamingbolt, and GGTalks.

During work hours, he covers the latest gaming news, creates how-to guides, and occasionally shares video game reviews. In his free time, he enjoys building Gundam model kits, planning his next cosplay, and play his favorite RPG games.

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