{"id":746164,"date":"2026-08-22T12:44:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/746164\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T12:44:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:44:14","slug":"nintendo-wipes-out-400-more-switch-emulator-repositories-on-github-as-it-continues-its-fight-on-piracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/746164\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo wipes out 400 more Switch emulator repositories on GitHub as it continues its fight on piracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo has carried out another round of DMCA takedowns as it continues to fight against Switch emulation.<\/p>\n<p>Back in May 2024 the company <a class=\"link-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/nintendo-takes-down-more-than-8500-clones-of-switch-emulator-yuzu-with-a-single-dmca-notice\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">took down more than 8,500 clones of Switch emulator Yuzu<\/a> by issuing a single DMCA notice to GitHub, which led to the site removing 8,535 repositories containing versions of the emulator.<\/p>\n<p>This was followed by another DMCA notice submitted in February 2026, in which <a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Platforms &gt; Nintendo [6,633 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/platforms\/nintendo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo<\/a> asked GitHub to take down the repositories still containing Yuzu, as well as those containing at least 12 other Switch emulators.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as reported by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"link-external\" href=\"https:\/\/torrentfreak.com\/nintendo-wipes-out-400-switch-emulator-repos-in-single-day-github-sweep\/\">TorrentFreak<\/a>,\u00a0 a further seven DMCA notices have been filed by Nintendo, once again asking GitHub to wipe out any instances of Switch emulators on the site.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of these seven DMCA takedown requests, 401 GitHub repositories have been removed, all containing Switch emulators.<\/p>\n<p>The emulator most affected by this is Suyu, one of the more popular successors to the now collapsed Yuzu. Of the 401 repositories removed, 311 of these contained Suyu.<\/p>\n<p>Others removed include <a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Platforms &gt; Android [974 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/platforms\/mobile\/android\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Android<\/a> Switch emulator Skyline, the C#-based MonoNX, and numerous forks of emulators that used Yuzu as a starting point.<\/p>\n<p>Now, if anyone visits any of the 401 GitHub repositories affected, they\u2019re presented with a notice explaining to them that they\u2019ve been taken down, along with a link to the DMCA notice by Nintendo,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDistribution of these emulators constitutes unlawful trafficking\u201d, Nintendo says<a class=\"link-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/files\/2023\/02\/TLOZ_TearsOfTheKingdom_scrn_25.jpg\" data-featherlight=\"image\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Nintendo wipes out 400 more Switch emulator repositories on GitHub as it continues its fight on piracy\" class=\"lazyload\" bad-src=\"\/files\/2023\/02\/TLOZ_TearsOfTheKingdom_scrn_25-80x45.jpg\"  data-\/><\/a>Nintendo has previously claimed that <a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Games &gt; The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [262 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/games\/the-legend-of-zelda-series\/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom<\/a> was pirated over one million times in the 10 days before its May 2023 release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reported repositories offer, link to, or otherwise provide access to <a class=\"link-relationship\" title=\"Platforms &gt; Nintendo Switch [6,179 articles]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/platforms\/nintendo\/switch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo Switch<\/a> emulators,\u201d the notice reads. \u201cNintendo Switch emulators are primarily designed to play Nintendo Switch games. Specifically, these Nintendo Switch emulators illegally circumvent Nintendo\u2019s TPMs in order to run illegal copies of Nintendo Switch games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNintendo Switch games are encrypted using proprietary cryptographic keys (prod.keys) which protect against unauthorized access to and copying of the copyrighted games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring operation, the emulators at the reported repositories necessarily use unauthorized copies of these cryptographic keys to decrypt unauthorized copies of Nintendo Switch games, or ROMs, at or immediately before runtime without Nintendo\u2019s authorization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThus, they are primarily designed to and unlawfully \u2018circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under\u2019 the DMCA, and distribution of these emulators constitutes unlawful trafficking in technology that is \u2018primarily designed or produced for the purpose of circumventing a technological measure that effectively controls access\u2019 to copyrighted works.<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo<a class=\"link-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/nintendo-says-latest-zelda-was-pirated-1-million-times-pre-release-as-it-sues-yuzu-emulator-creator\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> sued Yuzu creator Topic Haze in 2024<\/a>, claiming that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, was pirated over one million times in the week and a half before its release in May.<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo claimed that Yuzu was \u201cfacilitating piracy at a colossal scale\u201d, and Tropic Haze settled the lawsuit just weeks later, agreeing to pay $2.4 million in damages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nintendo has carried out another round of DMCA takedowns as it continues to fight against Switch emulation. 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