Nintendo don’t mess around with your intellectual properties and he shows it again this week. Just days after initiating legal proceedings against Tropical Hazethe emulator developer announces that it has reached an amicable agreement: he will pay 2.4 million dollars in fines and cease all its activities.
If the name of Tropical Haze is not known, its emulators are much more known. Yuzu is very renowned for emulating Switch games on PC and Steam Decknotably The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom even before its official release. Without doubt the straw that broke the camel’s back for Nintendothe manufacturer claims that the game was hacked a million times before launch. In addition to violating the intellectual property of Nintendo, Tropical Haze above all created a page Patreonallowing him to raise $30,000 per monthfinancial support that goes badly.
In addition to YuzuIt is Citrathe 3DS emulator, which will disappear, which deeply saddens players wanting to preserve video game heritage. The console is now forgotten by NintendoL’eShop has closed, all that remains is circuitous means to save its cult games, its primary vocation. In two press releases, Tropical Haze explains that he designed these emulators out of passion for Nintendoits consoles and its gamesif the initiative of Citra is understandable, although illegal, that of Yuzu problematic. The Switch is still on the market and the case around Zelda: TotK clearly shows its harmful side for Nintendo.
Good, both emulators were open source, Tropical Haze will (normally) no longer touch this area, but the code can be easily found on the Web, it is obvious that clones will appear very, very soon, giving a little more work to the lawyers of Nintendo. You can find the OLED Switch Mario Limited Edition (Red) from €310.95 on Amazon, Cdiscount Or there Fnac.
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