p3x.deAn exciting new Switch emulator launches tomorrow
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My dear lemmings. Remember there were exactly two reputable Switch emulators. Yuzu and Ryujinx. Both got shut down by the big N in one way or another. I'm sorry but everything since then was based on the work of the prior mentionend projects without major improvements but was filled with shitty drama. Wait it out. Thats my take. There might be a real alternative on the horizon. But so far all of them just burned out in the stupidestest way possible.
EarMasterAnnouncing it's launch in advance seems like a good way to make Nintendo shut it down in time...
katy ✨is android authority a honeypot or something why would they publicise this
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Unfortunately, this is a Nintendo lawsuit thing
Unless there's someone to work on the actual emulation layer, yet another Yuzu fork won't help anything.
And what's gonna keep this one from getting taken down by Nintendo?
The time needed to build a lawsuit, usually about six to ten months
I would guess that it would be forced to be taken down immediately, and then litigation would determine whether it can be put back up.
Unlike Ryujinx they should try to have redundancies in case of Team members leaving and be willing to boot and ostracize members who attempt to sabotage the project. The other piece would be to either develop from regions where Nintendo has no legal leverage, or try to stay safe with cleanroom and PR techniques (losing battle since the USA is crooked when it comes to IP and freedom).
Also hey it's the other NEO of Lemmy.
hopefully they don't start a patreon like the other devs.
Is there a Patreon with crypto? Lol
Exactly.
Same thing that's kept all the other emulators from being taken down: not being illegal.
What was illegal about ryujinx?
Nintendo decided it was. Nothing else, to my knowledge.
Nah, Nintendo decided to offer the dev money so he stops working on it.
True but I dare say it was quickly followed with an "or else". We do know about Nintendo's mafia, after all so only offering the nice hand feels very off.
it was less illegal and more the dev took money to quit it.
Was Ryujinx taken down?
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It's probably the GreenDev fork
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Well I suppose you also need to be prepared for intimidation and self-hostable Github
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Can't wait for the Switch 2 emulator so I don't have to support nintendo's bad decisions but still play games day 1.
Thanks android authority for putting this shit on blast. Nothing like keeping this quiet
Considering they have a public website and repo on GitHub for the project, it's not like Nintendo doesn't know about them.
https://eden-emulator.github.io/
The download link returns a 404, is it already down?
It's here: https://git.eden-emu.dev/eden-emu/eden/releases
I think it's all a placeholder still. Blogs missing for instance.
oooh vaporwave
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No, not vaporware, I meant vaporwave, the asthetic.
That was fast.
Get it before the authors get sued into the afterlife by Nintendo!
Eden
This guy is Any% speedrunning a DMCA takedown from Nintendo.
Seems they're self hosting their gir repo. So a DMCA is going to be a lot harder for Nintendo.
If they host the instance on some VPS, then it is possible.
If I had a modded Switch, wouldn't I just fucking use that?
I have an unpatchable switch 1, its shit compared to running the games on PC in higher res at 60fps. Also the battery life sucks ass so I can't play on the go for long enough.
Precisely. So why lock certain features of the emulator behind a paywall?
Maybe you want higher resolution or higher frame rates than the switch can do
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Oo torzu? Could you elaborate? My ryujinx install is old and causing issues
And it'll be nuked the moment it announces its existence publicly.