Nintendo Accuses Console-Emulator of Hacking Mario Kart, Zelda

Feb. 27, 2024, 7:56 PM UTC

The video game emulator Yuzu circumvents encryption on Nintendo Switch games, making them available on other platforms like personal computers and mobile phones in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, according to a lawsuit from Nintendo of America Inc.

Nintendo alleges that Yuzu, made by Tropic Haze LLC, “provides any Internet user in the world with the means to unlawfuly decrypt and play virtually any Nintendo Switch game—including Nintendo’s current generation and most popular games—without ever paying a dime for a Nintendo console or for that game.”

The complaint, filed Monday in the US District Court for the ...

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