Time to clone the repo and start seeding it
Forked and cloned locally.
I started 30 minute backups earlier. It updates from the yuzu repo and downloads all of the releases from yuzu-mainline if there are new ones. Anything else I should also backup?
I wouldn’t have a clue where to put this stuff on the interwebs, but if shit happens, I will be 1 of many backups I guess.
I’ll hold on to those files for safekeeping for you :)
knife manufacturer sued for facilitating murder
Fuck Nintendo
Do existence of a full fledged Switch emulator implies that it could have been build with $40000/month (from yuzu paetron page) and r&d or whatever cost it took was artifically inflated🤨
Oh shit, there’s a working open source switch emulator out there? Thanks Nintendo!
Aaaaaaaand downloaded the source code, Windows Installer, and Linux installer. Thanks again Nintendo, I really can’t express how thankful I am you brought attention to this!
Wanna hear something funny? It works on steam deck
And not just works. It works REALLY WELL. I dumped my switch onto my steam deck and sold it ages ago.
That’s why Nintenfux is suing. They have no other way to be competitive in mobile gaming now.
Can you pair 4 joycons to it too?
Yup. Steam Deck is literally the Switch 2.0 at this point. Upscaled graphics, better frame rates, modding capability, etc…
I wouldn’t say that’s a universal truth. Some games perform like shit on Yuzu and others that simply aren’t stable. Yuzu is pretty damn good, but I’ve run into plenty of situations where graphics have lots of glitches, I’m crashing every 20-30 minutes due to a memory leak, etc. E.g. SMTV is one I recently opted to just play on my Switch natively because I got tired of random freezes after battles.
You can mod on switch, modding isn’t an advantage
Forgot to mention: controls that don’t suck
It works on Switch as well if you install linux then install it. But performance makes that not worth it
Go fork it it’s FOSS anyways
Forks get deleted when and if it comes so far
Not if you fork locally or outside Github.
Surprise! Yes, there’s lots more Git outside Github. As one commenter said, Github is to Git what Pornhub is to porn.
Not if you “fork” it locally by doing
git clone --mirrorand doinggit push newOrigin --mirror😉And refactor the code a bit to be on the safe side - change the name of the project and remove any references to litigious companies. And use an anonymous handle + VPN/proxy chains so they can’t sue you.
Honestly it boggles my mind that devs contribute to emulators like these using identifiable names and traceable IPs, when everyone knows how these greedy corporations operate. Did no one learn anything from the Sony vs Geohotz case, or all the subsequent takedown against emulators? Why do these devs keep falling into the same trap again and again?
Removed by mod
There are two that work pretty well. Yuzu and Ryujinx. A while ago some games only worked on one or the other. Thanks to open source they both improved dramatically.
Same yo. I would have never found it, now I’m downloading a game.
Any good torrent sites for switch games you know of?
fuck me, yuzu was one of the emulators I was excited about
git clone https://github.com/yuzu-emu/yuzu.gitIf the developers settle or lose the suit and have to take down the code, at least you’ll still be able to compile all the old releases.
Good luck to them. Regardless I’m sure it’ll be forked if development stops.
If murder were legally, I know a place less than a day away from my current locations that I’d love to visit.
Sheesh calm down there Ducky
At this point, there’s no other way to stop things like this from happening other than murdering the rich and all their family and associates. So, no, I ain’t calming down until they’re 600 feet under the ground, resting in piss.
“We need a revolution! Eat the rich!”
Someone suggests doing something towards that goal
“Noooooo, I only care about injustices as a hobby!!! Don’t actually, plz!”
Eat the rich in Minecraft
He travels around the world violently avenging Nintendo injustices
Damn so now they gotta rename the emulator something different. Nah fuck Nintendo.
That is a pretty good name!
Did you get the new NFN release? LOL NFN
The DMCA anti-circumvention angle is scary, it’s so draconian they may actually win. Even though Yuzu is open source, not many people want to paint a target on their back.
if it runs better, at a higher resolution, with the option of using a reliable controller, i will emulate it.
I did not know this, I will now go see if there is anything worth playing.
Good advertising! I just hope the dev gets out of this without consequences and the project lives on.
You will like Mario + Rabbids
FWIW, the Switch is a fucking amazing console. Don’t let the “but it isn’t as powerful as my PS5” bros convince you otherwise. There are top notch games on Switch.
There are, that’s why I am not buying another Switch (my last one bricked itself, lost all my saves), and rather using the Steam Deck
Mario + rabbids, pokemon legends, zelda:BOTW/TOTK (pick one they’re both pretty similar and have their pros/cons), Mario Wonder, Mario Odyssey, Pikmin 4, Cadence of Hyrule (zelda spin-off of crypt of the necrodancer), zelda:links awakening remake, Mario rpg remake, and Bayonetta 2 (can also play on wii u emulator, 3 isn’t as good)
I’ve been playing Mario Wonder and Mario RPG both are great and run very well. I tried BOTW but I think the framerate was capped at 30 and I couldn’t figure out how to increase it
TOTK if you were really into nuts and bolts. Otherwise BOTW. 😛
Nintendo give an example in their complaint with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom saying that it was “unlawfully distributed a week and a half before its release by Nintendo” and that copies of it were “successfully downloaded from pirate websites over one million times before the game was published and made available for lawful purchase by Nintendo”.
Back when I was on that shithole other link aggregation website, I said this would happen because people couldn’t wait 7 more days for the public release before bragging about emulating TotK and sharing an clearly-not-legally-dumped ROM around. It was obvious that Nintendo would use that as an example in future lawsuits, and here we are today.
Mirrored it just in case something happens
Mirrored it on Codeberg too
https://github.com/pineappleEA/pineapple-src
This is worth mirroring as well.
With today’s announcement, I’m super happy you did this 4 days ago. Time to make a few clones myself.
Kinda happy to have saved it
How do you do this? Just fork it? I don’t know much about GitHub (and alternatives)
Imported it from github into my own Forgejo instance
At least you’re from the country where DMCA abuse can’t apply.
Don’t just fork it, otherwise if they take down the original repo, your fork will also go down.
Download a full copy of the repo and host it yourself (on your GitHub account or GitLab, Bitbucket, etc.).
Streisand effect in action. I am never going to buy anything Nintendo, because they’re a dog-shit company. I hadn’t realised a Switch emulator existed. Andddd… My wife would really like to play Pikmin 4.
They are up to 4 already‽ I mean I never really kept up with a game I started at the second entry and wasn’t particularly good at at the time but still…
Are you seriously asking if a popular game series that first came out over twenty years is “up to 4 already”?
What world are you living in?
How’s Half-Life doing?
or Metroid Prime 4 even lol
Original switch version by Bandai Namco was likely cancelled and retro are working on switch 2 version
Damn. I walked right into that one lol
Yep all you need to do is find a copy of the firmware (you actually can get the latest firmware from the internet archive) and the decryption keys (they’re a little bit more difficult to find, can’t remember where I got them from, but it took a long time for me to find a working download)
Or just download a FitGirl repack of any Switch game and you don’t have to worry about any firmware/decryption nonsense. Just install and play.
I’ve wondered about those. Don’t they get outdated as the emulators become more developed? I’m assuming it’s packed with whichever version was the latest stable release at the time.
Yes but you can always just update the emulator yourself. If you’re playing the latest games then you’re usually using a more up-to-date version anyway.
For the future and anyone else who reads this:
Thank you!
You might also ask nicely for folks to send you theirs. Especially since Nintendo is going after Yuzu, I’m sure there’s plenty of folks that would volunteer keys via DM just to stick it to Nintendo…
The keys I found were on a website linked from a website posted to a Reddit sub. And they were base64 encoded for obscurity
There are tons of sites that host switch firmware and “prod keys” for it as well. You need the keys for playing games on the switch natively as well.
I never figured this out. When I play switch games it’s always a version that bundles the emulator with it and has all the keys and bios crap already configured.
There’s actually two Switch emulators. Ryujinx is the other one. I’ve tried both and they’re both solid options.
I found that yuzu is more stable while Ryujinx is able to calculate uncached shaders a lot faster, which is great for playing Smash Ultimate, since I couldn’t get online shadercaches to work correctly. I overall prefer Ryujinx, but both are very solid.
Interesting that they’re not suing Ryujinx. I wonder why.
My understanding is that Ryujinx has been a lot more cautious in general. When TotK was leaked, simply mentioning it in their discord instantly got you the pirate role (which means they won’t give you any sort of support), and continuing to mention it got you a ban. Similarly they crack down hard on even the slightest mention of title keys or the like. They’re very upfront that this is done solely for legal reasons, but they’re also extremely thorough about cracking down on any discussions that could expose them to legal vulnerabilities.
They’re more cautious in a few other ways, too. They have a patreon but you don’t get any newer versions or improved features through it, just cosmetic Discord roles, whereas Yuzu offers the latest releases to Discord subscribers first.
Both of these things (Yuzu devs and moderators openly discussing how to get title keys in its discord, and the fact that they profited off the TotK leak by locking versions updated to support it better behind donations) were specifically mentioned in Nintendo’s lawsuit, so it’s likely that Ryujinx being more cautious around potential legal vulnerabilities is what kept them off of Nintendo’s radar, at least for now.
(Of course, if Nintendo does well enough against Yuzu here they might move on to Ryujinx next - but it makes sense that they’d go after the easier target first.)
What’s that?
Another emulator. Iirc some of the code running Nintendo’s own retro gaming products was pirated FROM Ryiujinx
