Not just the distribution is illegal. Game copying devices on their own are already illegal, so technically you aren't even allowed to make any backups of your games. That's Nintendo's stance. It doesn't matter (to Nintendo) whether you own them or not. You get what you pay for, you don't get to have a second copy. Both are piracy to Nintendo. In fact, emulators are viewed as the greatest threat by Nintendo.
Who said I was against piracy? Everbody can do what they want, I couldn't care less. I just pointed out that the use of emulators are hypocrisy if you go on a rampage against piracy of switch games.
My personal view is that it doesn't matter who pirates. Most pirates wouldn't have bought the games anyway so they aren't really hurting developers. You do you.