Switch emulator Ryujinx is kaput after Nintendo pressure

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Nintendo has shuttered another emulator, this time putting an end to Ryujinx. The program was an open-source emulator for playing Nintendo Switch games on Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems. A message shared today with the emulator's Discord server stated that the developer was contacted by Nintendo with a deal to cease work on the project. No additional details were given about the conditions of that agreement. The same message was also posted on X:

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— Ryujinx (@RyujinxEmu)
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The emulator will still function for anyone already running it, but the Github repository has been removed. Ryujinx also made some headlines last month for running the new
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game at more than
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, vastly outstripping the Switch's capabilities.


Nintendo has taken an aggressive stance on emulators, even teaming up with
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in 2023 to try and curb game piracy. Ryujinx is one of the more popular emulators it has taken on, but the game company also reached a
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settlement with the emulator Yuzu in March. It issued a whopping
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in May to try and remove all the Yuzu code hosted across different Github repositories.

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