In what could possibly be the worst way to start October for emulation enthusiasts, as of just a few minutes ago the Ryujinx repository appears to be down, with the usual "404" message being given when trying to enter any of their related GitHub pages. Not even the main Ryujinx developer account seems to be active.

Currently there hasn't been any official reports as to why this occurred. None of the official social media accounts for the emulator have given any response, nor has any of the developers talked about why the repository is down, but we'll be sure to keep you updated whenever any new developments towards this situation are known.

UPDATE #1: Given the nature of the page being down with a 404 message, it's possible that this could be related to the removal of the Ryujinx account, and not a DMCA. If the repository suffered from a DMCA claim, then the DMCA notice would appear when entering the repository. However, that is not the case, and the DMCA listings from GitHub doesn't have any recent entries for Ryujinx.

UPDATE #2: The Ryujinx Discord server has paused invites for the moment, and additionally, one of the Discord mods posted the following message:
"To clarify, it's not a DMCA, it's not an issue with GitHub. Please wait for further information and refrain from spreading misinfo thanks."

UPDATE #3: According to an official statement on Ryujinx's Discord server, developer gdkchan was contacted by Nintendo and they were offered an agreement to stop working on the emulator project, and while the agreement wasn't confirmed yet, the organization has been entirely removed.

UPDATE #4: According to other devs, the developer was not only contacted, but actually tracked down by Nintendo to his location, and pressured to developer to cease and abandon development altogether for the emulator.

This marks now the 2nd and only main remaining Switch emulator that Nintendo has taken down as of today, and without any proper and clear protection when it comes to emulation and preservation down the road, it's likely that Nintendo will continue on its efforts to bring down emulation as a whole.

Ryujinx GitHub Repository

 

[IRUZZ]

 

[tofino]

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you see, its just a mild amount of scallywaggery

 

[kijetesantakalu042]

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That sound good

 

[The Catboy]

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Hopefully they are moving off shithub

 

[SylverReZ]

Fuck nintendo

It's NOT a DMCA takedown, read the latest replies.

 

[ShadowOne333]

I think this was pretty much everyone on this thread:

 

[Maximumbeans]

you see, its just a mild amount of scallywaggery

Yar, just a smidge! We be back on the high seas in no time.

 

[The Catboy]

I think this was pretty much everyone on this thread:

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This should be the image used on the main page, lol

 

[Naster]

Why even emulate switch?

 

[Illuminaticy]

Why even emulate switch?

The same reason you would emulate any other console I'd guess.
Play the games without the console is the main idea.

 

[andersoncardoso]

It's NOT a DMCA takedown, read the latest replies.

whatever

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

The same reason you would emulate any other console I'd guess.
Play the games without the console is the main idea.

I don't think that has ever been my reason for emulation though. My entire reason was just due to the games not being sold for decades and the original hardware failing left and right.

 

[GengarsGhostlyGiggles]

microsoft owns github. github is full on corporate evil now.
gtfo off it asap

 

[Bladexdsl]

Why even emulate switch?

because it runs over 9000 times better on PC than it's shitty dated tablet. you can actually get 60fps on ryu

 

[Deleted member 476408]

Why even emulate switch?

To play Echoes of Wisdom without having a seizure

 

[Timurama]

i fear for the worst brothers...
are there any alternative download sources for ryujinx or backups? i haven't updated in half a year

 

[linuxares]

i fear for the worst brothers...
are there any alternative download sources for ryujinx or backups? i haven't updated in half a year

https://archive.org/details/ryujinx-1.1.1382

Not sure how up to date it is, or even if its the real thing

 

[tech3475]

Update: ignore below, it was fake.

Anyone able to verify this?:

Nintendo hit us with a cease and desist. Without getting into specifics, it was related to a few lines of code, which have since been removed. We're uploading a new version of the application so that we'll be in compliance with their orders. Look for it later this evening.

 

[ldeveraux]

oh no. Anyway...

 

[matpower]

Yeah they removed them.
But I want to believe it's them migrating the downloads, but who knows at this point.

don't know if its just me but it looks like they have removed the download to the emulator from the site too :/

It's not intentional, the page is (IMO) badly written and it broke because it can't fetch the links from GitHub:

You can see it flash some content (including a download button via Flathub) before it goes blank.