Months after it shutdown the popular Switch emulator Yuzu over copyright infringement and piracy concerns, Nintendo has initiated a mass takedown of related backups and apparent clones on the Microsoft-owned platform Github.

Nintendo is trying to keep the Yuzu clones at bay.

With Yuzu taken down by Nintendo, emulation enthusiasts can still turn to Ryujinx or Egg NS for Switch game emulation. Emulation is thriving, with Delta emulator offering multiple Nintendo console emulation on iOS, while most developers tread carefully to avoid legal trouble.

Nintendo has issued a takedown request for more than 8,500 copies of code of Switch emulator Yuzu, which was shut down in March 2024 as its owners paid out $2.4 million in a lawsuit settlement.

Nintendo sent a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) notice for over 8,000 GitHub repositories hosting code from the Yuzu Switch emulator, which the Zelda maker ...

Another month of victory for Nintendo as it succeeded once again in removing copies of Yuzu emulator on GitHub. It seems that its crackdown on Switch emulators shows no signs of stopping.

Nintendo continues to sweep the internet for Yuzu emulator files and spinoffs after its creators agreed to shut down and pay the game publisher $2.4 million.

Nintendo filed a single DMCA notice which took out 8,535 repositories holding files for Yuzu, the Nintendo Switch emulator it took to court in February.

Thousands of copies of Yuzu’s source code have been deleted from as many online repositories, with Nintendo doubling down on legal action.

The developer of Folium, an upcoming Nintendo 3DS emulator for iPhone, tells iMore he’s unfazed by the recent takedowns by the company.