I should remind people that for a while, it was literally possible for a hacked 3DS to download games directly from the eShop without a license, which eventually ended up with Nintendo banning all 3DSs that did that. Hacking will always be a bit reckless.
Why wouldn’t it be? Yuzu and Citra getting taken down doesn’t mean all downloaded emulators for all systems stop working.
If you have some money a modded GBA or GBC feels real good. You can pair that with a flash cart and not deal with some transvestite developed facsimile.
The thing is, its probably ultimately impossible to stay "under the radar" in this day and age of social media. What ultimately got Yuzu in trouble was probably how it emulated (by breaking the system software in half over its knee) and the fact that they had a Patreon. And even then, just having a Patreon probably wouldn't have meant shit if they didn't offer early builds through it. Having a Patreon is not the same as cost gating something. Its effectively just donating to the team in general. Had they not tied the Patreon to Yuzu at all, they probably would have gotten away with it.
If Nintendo were going to come after Palworld, they already would have done so. The fact is, even under Japanese law, Palworld is transformative enough that Nintendo can't really touch them.
How do you explain Cemu (Wii U emu) then? They also use patreon and they're still up. Does it being closed source have something to do with it, or is it the fact that it's a failed console commercially and Nintendo would have bigger fish to fry like Switch emulation?
My guess is CEMU doesn't offer beta access as a benefit of their Patreon. Or, Nintendo just don't care because the Wii U was a failure. The thing about copyright is that its selective; Nintendo don't have to go after ever person violating their copyright, they can pick and choose.
I believe Palworld and Nintendo did have a legal talk and it's determined that as long as Palworld doesn't used Pokemon assets (like what the paid mod did that got smacked down faster then a fat mosquito) they're in the clear.
Yeah, Emudeck is the big popular one. Steam itself also has Retroarch, and mGBA as a core. None of that is going away.
That is nice, too. Unfortunately, mGBA literally is a transvestite developed facsimile. It is developed by a man named Jeffrey who now wants to be called Vicki.
That's ultimately the problem, and there are many loud morons who are way too much into this "morally righteous" mentality in regard to Nintendo to the point they need to boast it everywhere like it's a political movement. If someone honestly admits to pirate a Switch game because it's free and convenient that way, that's entirely fine by my book. I buy Switch games off the Japanese Eshop because it's personally convenient as well, nothing more.
Nevermind it's been well advertised in Japanese retail stores too
It's better to download Retroarch and other emulators directly through the Dolphin software center on Desktop mode imo.
On that note does anyone have the breakdown on just how bad the pokemon clones are, and why each one sucks? There's too many for me to keep track of and I can't remember which one was full of pronoun bullshit, which one was ukraine propaganda, etc.
What's the cutoff? being published to Steam? Steam greenlight? exiting beta development? existing?
None, they all entered the scene around the same time.
Going after a Wii U emulator is literally squeezing blood from a stone. Not worth the court filing fees.
Finally, someone mentions Bleem. If I remember correctly, it ended with Sony taking ownership and shutting it down.
Basically fuck the legal system if you're poor and your adversary is super rich.
Temtems went from being slightly below mediocre to being an dumpster fire over the increasingly loss of functionality. Palworld is fairly good, but an little bit on the generic sides. Everything else just kind of faded into obscurity