After shutting down several popular emulators over the years, Nintendo's top IP lawyer just admitted that emulators are legal.

Nishiura specified this point is why Nintendo has filed lawsuits and issued warnings over several Switch emulators, due to disabling Nintendo's "technical protection measures". A further violation ...

In the past year alone, Nintendo has reportedly cracked down on YouTube emulator channels that featured the company's games and played detective to locate and identify an alleged Switch pirate.

The legal grey area finally gets some light shone onto it. A Nintendo attorney has shared a detailed explanation of why and how the company takes legal action against emulators. Before we get into ...

2024 was a big year for Nintendo's emulator takedowns, with the likes of Yuzu and Ryujinx both biting the dust after facing the company's wrath. Now, at a recent lecture hosted by Japan’s ...

Nintendo’s war on emulators has raged for decades, yet the emulation community continues to thrive. In late 2024, the company dealt a blow by targeting Ryujinx, one of the popular Switch emulators.

Nishiura explained that it's because of the subsequent illegal application of emulators that Nintendo is focused on fighting emulation creators like Yuzu - not just to protect its own IP ...

Despite Nintendo's actions against popular emulators, the company's patent attorney and deputy general manager of Nintendo's intellectual property department, Koji Nishiura, said at the Tokyo ...