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

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.

Nintendo lawyer Koji Nishiura describes what may make an emulator illegal, according to Nintendo. If an emulator directly gives away Nintendo's own software, it could cross legal grounds.

While you often hear of emulators for older video game consoles ... Now, when you are playing Kirby Tilt N’Tumble on your Nintendo Switch, the console not only emulates the Game Boy Color ...

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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.

Nintendo often frames its battle against emulation as a fight to stop piracy. While emulators can be used for that purpose, many fans turn to emulation for reasons Nintendo refuses to address.

Nintendo is also a company that's very protective of its hardware, hence its constant litigation against developers of Switch emulators. There is an extraordinary amount of potential with the ...