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Ashley Bardhan

Nintendo destroys 400 more Switch emulator repositories on GitHub as it reminds pirates it doesn't appreciate "illegal copies of Nintendo Switch games"

Walugi dressed as a vampire grimances as he is propelled into the air towards Great ? Block Ruins in Mario Kart World.

Once Nintendo sniffs out a pirate, that miserable scallywag should prepare for the worst. The Mario creator is aggressive in stamping out copyright infringement – it's almost a hobby, as Nintendo demonstrates with yet another DMCA takedown of Switch emulator repositories on GitHub.

Copyright news site TorrentFreak reports Nintendo took only one day to file a total of seven DMCA anti-circumvention notices at GitHub, impacting over 400 Switch emulator repositories. It's an old routine for Nintendo, which killed Switch emulator Yuzu after settling for $2.4 million in 2024. Nintendo also killed emulator Ryujinx by asking it politely to go away that same year, and it habitually performs DMCA sweeps to demonstrate that any Switch emulator still online will wither under its legal stare.

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