Switch: Nintendo filed a complaint against this famous console emulator

Just like a release is released triple A PC game usually follows the arrival modes release of a version created by the community to change its graphics or operation new console It is almost always accompanied by an emulator. These famous programs allow run console games on computer or Android smartphones, among others. We often think of retro machines Super NES or PlayStation1but there is also one for Nintendo Switch.

The Japanese manufacturer has no tolerance for such programs, and this led to the closure of Skyline, for example. Change emulator on Android high quality. This time the dev is filing a complaint against the creators of the game FaceFamous for making Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom work on Android. The main argument Nintendo makes is this: the software will bypass security measures implemented by the manufacturerencryption “An illegally obtained copy of prod.keys“.

Nintendo wants skins for this Switch emulator and files complaint against its developers

According to the company, “Unauthorized copying of games without Yuzu decryption [Nintendo] Couldn’t play on PCs or Android devices“. The term “unauthorized copying” is important. Emulation is not an illegal practice in itself because you can create copies of games you own. But here’s what Nintendo also criticized Yuzu developers for: facilitate piracy. The company takes Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom as an example.

A pirated version of the game was available 10 days before its official release. Nintendo states thisIt would have been downloaded 1 million times in this period and 20% of download links referred people to Yuzudespite emulator does not offer illegal copies of Switch games. Japanese company demands closing the software And payment of damages. This isn’t the first time someone has been sued. Gary Bowser, accused of selling “hacks” to pirate the Switch, is still $10 million to the company.