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Nintendo Switch 2 – First-look trailer [Official] (www.youtube.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wouldn't count on Switch 2 emulation being nearly as good as Switch 1 was. Not many people are going to be willing to put a lot of effort into it for free when it's known that Nintendo will aggressively shut them down.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Have you not followed recent news?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Yes.

They run afoul of the law when they bypass encryption, recreate copyrighted programs, or point users to pirated material.

Both Yuzu and Ryujinx had to bypass encryption to be able to run the games. Switch 2 will be the same.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I think a big point in those cases was that the emulators came with the keys included. If you don’t provide the keys (or make them VERY easily available), emulators seem to be legal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Nothing in that article indicated any sort of change in Nintendo's stance. I guarantee they will come down hard and fast on anyone who makes enough progress on a Switch 2 emulator to actually be able to run commercial games.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Oh, of course, they will. Doesn’t mean they’d win if anyone dares to play the legal game to the end, though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

With the government about to take over in the US? Oh, they'd win.