Nintendo is on a warpath against emulation, with the lawsuit against Yuzu settled before arriving in court. The team behind the Switch emulator that Nintendo accused of “facilitating piracy at a colossal scale” has agreed to pay $2.4 million to settle the case. Tropic Haze, the maker of Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu, has agreed to settle with the Japanese company. One of the terms is an admission of guilt. Development of the Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator was halted permanently, but it will continue to live on thanks to new projects.
One day after the Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu utterly folded in the face of Nintendo's lawsuit, DS emulator Drastic has gone free on various platforms. Last week, it emerged that Nintendo was officially suing the company behind the Yuzu emulator, which paved the way for millions of players to enjoy Nintendo Switch games on different devices. Yuzu is a free and open-source emulator that makes it possible to run Nintendo Switch games on Windows, Linux, and Android devices.
Tropic Haze has shut down Switch emulator Yuzu after it settles a recent lawsuit with Nintendo for $2.4 million. Yuzu's creators have agreed to 'the destruction… of all copies of Yuzu' and to immediately cease development. The future of Nintendo Switch emulation is uncertain as Yuzu's demise leaves a void in the community. Despite the setback, other emulator projects are still striving to bring Nintendo Switch games to a wider audience.