The executable is only the game engine (and tools). The assets (graphics, sounds, etc) comes from the rom file.
This also keeps things legal. The devs aren’t distributing any Nintendo created assets. The person using it must provide that. They are only distributing a reimplementation of the...
They did settle and it was approved by a judge. The court filing is here:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.rid.56980/gov.uscourts.rid.56980.10.0.pdf
“Yuzu” was not sued by Nintendo and isn’t a legal entity. Tropic Haze which was a LLC setup by the devs of Yuzu was sued.
They didn’t settle because they made an emulator. They settled because there was a lot of evidence they actively facilitated piracy and knew they were doing it. Not...
https://wccftech.com/yuzu-telemetry-piracy-nintendo-user-data/
There is a reason that even if Nintendo wanted to they don’t go after every emulator. The Yuzu devs made it easy as this article illustrates. They messed up and allowed Nintendo to muddy the waters with other claims they likely...
An emulator moving from paid and closed source to open source and free is a good thing for emulation.
I’m not seeing how this specific example is a “win” for Nintendo. The situation with Yuzu kicked the Dev into gear on something that ideally would have been done earlier.
For those pointing out that Emulation Station is legal, App Store content policies exclude content that is legal all the time. Amazon, Apple, Google only care about what it means for their business when making these decisions. Amazon tends to have more lax policies since they care less about...
I don’t think you understood what I wrote.
I respect a wide variety of opinions in the conversation about a a company engaging with their fan community and the value it creates for their business. I don’t think there is one answer for all businesses, and I probably agree with you more than...
I can respect a wide variety of opinion about Nintendo’s strategy around fan made content and its relationship with those groups.
The idea that Nintendo is doing something morally, ethically, or legally questionable in this case is wrong though. Nintendo’s business is based on the value of...
What magical time was this? Intellectual property laws have been around and affecting entertainment from before video games existence. Copy protection schemes have existed from the start of the video game industry and there was a patent infringement lawsuit around Pong and Magnavox which is...
The best way to play Super Mario 64 DS was with the thumb pad that came on the “phat” DS wrist strap.
It took a little while to get used to, but you essentially got analog support.
At the time it was amazing to have an enhanced version of that game on a portable, but you are probably...
While both the Switch and Steam Deck primarily exist to sell software for their companies they are different products aimed at different audiences. The business model of software sales is also different for both companies.
Both are highly successful products, so clearly there are lots of...