Yuzu emulator devs settle Nintendo lawsuit for $2.4 million, pull Switch emulator offline

Last week, it emerged that Nintendo was officially suing the company behind the Yuzu emulator, which paved the way for millions of players to run Nintendo Switch games on ‘unauthorised' devices. Now, Yuzu has officially responded, confirming a multi-million dollar settlement agreement, as well as the immediate stoppage of any development on the Yuzu project. 

As part of the settlement agreement, the LLC that owned Yuzu, Tropic Haze, will pay out $2.4 million to Nintendo in damages, and will also stop distributing the software. However, as an open source project, Yuzu is still available, just not through the official source. As those looking for the emulator may now have to download it through unofficial sources, it is worth exercising caution before downloading, as there will no doubt be some bad actors looking to scam people with a fake Yuzu download.

As part of the settlement, Tropic Haze also put out a public statement, reiterating Nintendo's comments about Yuzu's position in enabling piracy for games like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which Nintendo claims was downloaded more than one million times after leaking ahead of its official release date.

One side effect of this is that Tropic Haze's other emulator, Citra, will also be pulled offline. Citra wasn't initially mentioned in the lawsuit, but it was a Nintendo 3DS emulator project, preceding the launch of Yuzu.

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KitGuru Says: There are other Switch emulation projects out there, but Yuzu was by far the most popular. Whether or not Nintendo will go after the other emulation projects still remains to be seen. 

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