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

 

[ShadowOne333]

Anyone able to verify this?:

And then a reply just two comments below:

I'm an actual Ryujinx contributor, this is total horseshit. Please don't believe random Redditors thanks.

 

[Darkedone02]

Anyone able to verify this?:

Don't believe anything yet, it's so easy to edit a wiki and spread misinfo. Ubisoft done that already for assassin's creed shadows.

 

[SynthwaveLover]

I can't make the latest update link work on Wayback Machine. It's strange.

 

[linuxares]

I can't make the latest update link work on Wayback Machine. It's strange.

Seems wayback machine have issues at the moment. I tried to use it to open some sites since it seemed so odd. Probably because the Iran-Israel thing

 

[simbin]

Is it possible that rogue code made its way into the GitHub repository? This would certainly justify halting downloads while the threat is assessed. Of course, this is purely speculation.

 

[linuxares]

Is it possible that rogue code made its way into the GitHub repository? This would certainly justify halting downloads while the threat is assessed. Of course, this is purely speculation.

We can only wait

 

[Darkedone02]

Guy spreading misinfo on reddit got deleted!

 

[MultiKoopa]

Maybe this is just an issue. I am all for not pirating Switch games (although there's SOME exceptions...), but Riujynx was one that ive used a lot for it being better than Yuzu in all capacities. If this one gets taken down, then i riot.

"better than yuzu"

ryujinx performance is garbage lol

 

[Darkedone02]

"better than yuzu"

ryujinx performance is garbage lol

it must be you because I got great performance on ryujinx over "others".

 

[The Catboy]

it must be you because I got great performance on ryujinx over "others".

It runs like trash for me as well. Ryujinx is great for super powerful computers but runs like ass on most PCs, including the Steam Deck

 

[DragonMals]

ryujinx performance is garbage lol

It runs like trash for me as well. Ryujinx is great for super powerful computers but runs like ass on most PCs, including the Steam Deck

I've had worse performance and accessibility with Yuzu. That's all what I'm saying. It might run like completely garbage for you but not for me

 

[Timurama]

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

Thanks seems legit, though it appears they only have the latest stable build and latest canary, I hope all or some of the previous versions will be archived as well

There's something else I found by the same user, they upload the ryujinx source (code?):
'This is the archived version of the Ryujinx Emulator from March 04th before it disappeared from GitHub'.
So ryu was down before already? Anybody remembers this?

 

[Darkedone02]

Thanks seems legit, though it appears they only have the latest stable build and latest canary, I hope all or some of the previous versions will be archived as well

There's something else I found by the same user, they upload the ryujinx source (code?):
'This is the archived version of the Ryujinx Emulator from March 04th before it disappeared from GitHub'.
So ryu was down before already? Anybody remembers this?

There are other repos available that not always kept up to date. it is an open source emulator, so there will be repos out there.

 

[IRUZZ]

WELP

 

[linuxares]

WELP
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So much for Brazil being safe

 

[SecureBoot]

From their discord. Switch emulation is dead

 

[Timurama]

fuck this cannot be real...

 

[IRUZZ]

FUCK

 

[JustSomeGuyOnTheSite]

At least it seems like it was a mutual agreement between the two, and not a DMCA or any sort of aggressive takedown, so hopefully the main dev got some good benefits from Nintendo (maybe a position?), but otherwise fuck man. This basically means that there are no active Switch emulators, and considering the landscape, that might hold true for a while (Considering Nintendo rn, I suspect a couple of years to even longer)

 

[NineKain]

Rest in peace