Yuzu RESPONDS After Nintendo Switch Emulator Takedown And Blames YOU!

Oh Yuzu. This better have been written by Nintendo, because if not, holy crap.

[hm]

Yuzu taking money from its user is what made Nintendo target them.

[ArchLightning]

That sounds like what a mom does when their kid acts up 😂

Mom: "Say you're sorry!"

Kid: *Sobbing* "Im sorry"

[YokiBrewster]

Non-Patreon members: “Yuzu and it’s team are against piracy “
Patreon members: “Purchase our nightly TotK early build!”

[Roger-fsyo]

I love it when the King of Nintendo talks about Nintendo🥰

[AquaQuokka]

Yuzu 100% said their entire response at g*npoint

[CellPhish]

This statement from Yuzu was required almost word for word in the agreement if you read Exhibit A

[JTSuter]

Nintendo: we sue you
Yuzu: we fight you
Next day Yuzu: Yes, Nintendo, you are my daddy, and I’ve been a bad boy.

[yusufied.]

It's one of those "I'm sorry for getting caught" apologies

[threeswordssama]

Most likely Yuzu realized they were screwed pretty quick and basically cut their own throat to beg forgiveness so Nintendo doesn't obliterate them.

[waybackgaming]

I can always rely on NGT85 for the latest Nintendo News

[jfitnesshealth]

Obviously Nintendo made them say that.

[SolidStDj]

My personal understanding is that Yuzu did not include (or *publically* develop) any patches/fixes for TOTK until after official release, where they then put into their early access version which was locked behind the patreon. Before the official launch date, no unmodified version of Yuzu could play TOTK, and using Yuzu to run the game required manually installing community-created patches.

Additionally, there was nothing wrong with their patreon - my only guess was that the size of the patreon is what got Nintendo's attention (legally speaking).

Why Yuzu would settle so quickly is where I get into conspiracy territory, but my guess was that it was a mix of factors ranging from "We don't want to risk setting a disastrous precedent for all emulators if we lose" to "This just isn't worth our time", but my main suspicion, is that the development of Yuzu itself involved some legitimately shady or outright illegal stuff, and Nintendo had hard evidence to support that, that would've come out should the case had gone to trial, and so rather than risk total and utter reputational destruction along with potential criminal charges, they settled.

There were a few instances of developers making public statement regarding how/where to obtain pirated copies, etc, so I wouldn't be that surprised if it turned out Nintendo had some more comprehensive examples.

Additionally, Yuzu is owned by Tropic Haze LLC - the LLC standing for Limited Liability Corporation, meaning (typically) the owners cannot be held personally responsible for business debts and liabilities, meaning the $2.4M fine should just go away if they file for bankruptcy, which is another reason why I think they settled.

The biggest loss of this whole case is the developers themselves, because really, Yuzu was the best switch emulator on the market, and the lawsuit settlement states that any person, group, entity, contractor, etc. that ever received monetary compensation by Tropic Haze LLC to work on Yuzu is banned from ever touching anything to do with the source code or project. This is also why Citra got caught in the crossfire - because they were receiving monetary support from Yuzu/Tropic Haze LLC in a mutually beneficial aggreement.

[RemixedYoshi]

I think the only reason why yuzu got killed is legit the patron because im sure nintendo would of sued all other switch emulators aswell.

[qzcsidc]

them saying "we have always been against pirating" is like a bank robber saying they are against crime. this has to be to dumbest statement ever.

[Banditmax]

What did we learn?

NEVER ASK FOR MONEY WHEN MAKING EMULATORS!

[Earthling]

If Yuzu allowed this to be settled in court, a new precedent would have been created. It could have been used against all other emulators. By settling out of court this possible ruling is avoided.

[kirby-xzrx]

When he called bullshit on the yuzu response that had me dying laughing 😂

[maytheforcebewithyou]

I get emulating a console that is not still in production since it doenst effect the original company any way financially. But emulating a current system with current game releases that i do not agree.

[charlescarnage]

Usually im always against Nintendo in situations like this. But this time i can kinda understand where Nintendo is coming from. My question is why do we need emulators for current gen hardware? Emulation is supposed to be for platforms that are no longer easily available.

[DSTREK]

"piracy can happen on emulation". No it's the main thing that happens. The original court case from 30 years ago was you can make/use an emulator to play your own games you own physically or digitally. 90% of emulation is piracy.