Nintendo Shuts Down Ryujinx Switch Emulator (theverge.com) 16
Nintendo has convinced Ryujinx's lead developer to shut down the project. According to The Verge, the Switch emulator's download page is empty and its GitHub is gone. The Verge reports: "Yesterday, gdkchan was contacted by Nintendo and offered an agreement to stop working on the project, remove the organization and all related assets he's in control of," writes developer and moderator ripinperiperi on Discord. "While awaiting confirmation on whether he would take this agreement, the organization has been removed, so I think it's safe to say what the outcome is." The rest of ripinperiperi's message is a eulogy for the project, including a pair of videos showing the Ryujinx team's progress on iOS and Android ports of the Nintendo Switch emulator, among other core changes -- ones that will now presumably never ship.
Nintendo would not confirm or deny to The Verge that it made a deal with the developer. Instead, Nintendo spokesperson Eddie Garcia mysteriously pointed me to the Entertainment Software Association's head of public affairs Aubrey Quinn -- who said she couldn't speak on behalf of Nintendo.
Nintendo would not confirm or deny to The Verge that it made a deal with the developer. Instead, Nintendo spokesperson Eddie Garcia mysteriously pointed me to the Entertainment Software Association's head of public affairs Aubrey Quinn -- who said she couldn't speak on behalf of Nintendo.
Two people pointing at each other. (Score:2)
Both: He did it!
Rolling my eyes.
Gone... but not gone (Score:4, Informative)
There are multiple mirrors of the repo: https://github.com/search?q=Ry... [github.com]
Recent copy? (Score:2)
The most recent copy I've found so far is from early 2022:
https://archive.org/details/gi... [archive.org]
Reminder (Score:2)
Always clone or at least screenshot things you like, as a habit. Even things that aren’t very likely to disappear .. just so you have the habit of doing it. Make backup copies of Wikipedia and maybe wiki books.
Re: Reminder (Score:2)
Just backup the entire interwebs.
Re: (Score:3)
Note - you'll need to use the "high compression" setting in your backup program to do this.
Re: Reminder (Score:2)
No Need. I have unlimited data storage on cloud.
Nintendo ninjas, they are everywhere! (Score:2)
Or at least Nintendo lawyers are everywhere.
Surprsingly Savvy (Score:2)
Huh. Well, that's unexpected.
Paying off a developer to stop working on an emulator is surprisingly savvy for Nintendo. Normally they go for force via the legal route - in other words, using the stick. This is the first time I can recall them using the carrot.
But it makes sense. Making an emulator, even of a current-gen console, isn't illegal. But as Nintendo is in the business of selling games, having them trivially pirated is a big problem. So spending a bit of cash to buy off the developers now is likely
Re: (Score:3)
I'd be more inclined to suspect that it was a choice of Carrot or Stick.
Nintendo's backwards compatability (Score:2)
Given that Nintendo's kept backwards compatibility in many of its consoles, this may be a way for Nintendo to incorporate the emulator or parts of it into Nintendo's next generation console.
Nintendo's SDK may be in C, C++ and they could be looking to move to a more recent language for some or all of the SDK
This makes me think... (Score:1)
Though shit. Development will most likely continue on a fork.
I pay for games I like, have hundreds of games on Steam, tens of games as physical media.
BUT, Im 100% for game conservation, I want to be able to play my old games when im old and retired.
I still play a game released in 95, and I want to be able to play Mario 3D land in
Pretty Evil (Score:2)
Thats pretty fucking evil. Nintendo was mostly neutral good, but they're walking towards lawful evil at a pretty good clip. Hopefully their shareholders understand what burning bridges with their fans means.
Re: (Score:2)
No, Ninty has been both chaotic evil (in its game and watch days. Check its history) and lawful evil this whole time. See for instance, the shit it said in court about galoob, and the gamegenie.
It's just very good at looking 'family friendly', like Disney.
In terms of ninja attack lawyers, ninty is second only to Disney, imo.
It has never been 'neutral good.'
No way (Score:2)
The emulator will continue it's life somewhere else. Just like any other pirates contents.
Universal AI emulator (Score:1)