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

 

[JustSomeGuyOnTheSite]

Development teams for these projects have come and gone all the time. The Yuzu Team had been around since Citra, so quite recently, and the RyujiNX Team also popped practically out of nothing. If this was indeed Nintendo doing this, then it won't be long before another team will start picking up development again sooner or later, and either pickup with the Yuzu or RyujiNX base, or start their own project.Things might seem grim with Shitendo not knowing where to draw the fucking line, but things aren't over and they never will be, new ones will rise out of the graves of the old ones.

Aside from that, NintenDMCA is only fostering more contempt and animosity towards them with time as they keep on trying to effectively threaten open source developers. Their business model works for the time being because they're on the top, but this won't be the case forever. Times ahead might be quiet for a while, but people won't lay down their arms and concede to a shitty corporation that doesn't care for anyone and anything except for their legal department and their wallet, so the time will come where lots of people will hack Shitendo consoles, their services, make emulators, pirate games and all that even more so just out of spite. A corporation cannot win against the world and the Internet, no matter how dark things might seem at the moment, keep that in mind.

'people won't lay down their arms and concede to a shitty corporation that doesn't care for anyone and anything except for their legal department and their wallet, so the time will come where lots of people will hack Shitendo consoles, their services, make emulators, pirate games and all that even more so just out of spite.'
You do know Nintendo's target audience are ppl that probably don't even know emulators exist right? As long as that fanbase ain't going anywhere, ppl will still buy their shit. There's a reason they stopped caring about graphics and having the most powerful console, etc... it's because that's not who they're targeting.

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I .... don't really know how to describe how I feel

Bad. Fuck Nintendo, I just hate how they can bully projects like that, hopefully someday it'll turn around (I'm just taking my hope-pill/copium cuz the blackpill tastes bad)

One of the Yuzu forks tried to fight Nintendo's DMCA and AFAIK that was the last we heard of them

 

[CeeDee]

the dev sold out?? holy shit that's hilarious

 

[Deleted member 705600]

what the fuck

 

[Spectremint]

What I find interesting about this is that it's not the usual DMCA takedown, it's an "agreement." I have a crack theory: what if Nintendo wants to hire the Ryujinx devs to have them help work on Switch backcompat on the next Nintendo console? The Ryujinx team is very clearly familiar with the Switch hardware, they are likely much nicer people (compared to Yuzu), so Nintendo might have struck a deal with them to take down the repo in exchange for helping them with their next console.

 

[Deleted member 476408]

What I find interesting about this is that it's not the usual DMCA takedown, it's an "agreement." I have a crack theory: what if Nintendo wants to hire the Ryujinx devs to have them help work on Switch backcompat on the next Nintendo console? The Ryujinx team is very clearly familiar with the Switch hardware, they are likely much nicer people (compared to Yuzu), so Nintendo might have struck a deal with them to take down the repo in exchange for helping them with their next console.

Heavily doubt Nintendo needs any help. They just accepted the carrot before the stick.

 

[MysticStarlight]

What I find interesting about this is that it's not the usual DMCA takedown, it's an "agreement." I have a crack theory: what if Nintendo wants to hire the Ryujinx devs to have them help work on Switch backcompat on the next Nintendo console? The Ryujinx team is very clearly familiar with the Switch hardware, they are likely much nicer people (compared to Yuzu), so Nintendo might have struck a deal with them to take down the repo in exchange for helping them with their next console.

Highly doubt it because it's fucking Nintendo we're talking about.

 

[sofakng]

Does anybody have a copy of the latest binaries? (for all platforms)

 

[tech3475]

What I find interesting about this is that it's not the usual DMCA takedown, it's an "agreement." I have a crack theory: what if Nintendo wants to hire the Ryujinx devs to have them help work on Switch backcompat on the next Nintendo console? The Ryujinx team is very clearly familiar with the Switch hardware, they are likely much nicer people (compared to Yuzu), so Nintendo might have struck a deal with them to take down the repo in exchange for helping them with their next console.

Doubtful, Nintendo would likely just get NERD to make one themselves and/or maybe do something with Nvidia.

My guess is Nintendo was just feeling generous, especially after 'winning' against Yuzu:

 

[sofakng]

Does anybody have a copy of the latest binaries? (for all platforms)

 

[LinkCherryTree]

What a sell out he is.

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

I .... don't really know how to describe how I feel

Bad. Fuck Nintendo, I just hate how they can bully projects like that, hopefully someday it'll turn around (I'm just taking my hope-pill/copium cuz the blackpill tastes bad)

I mean you may notice a big difference here is that they actually contacted them to come to an agreement. For Yuzu they instantly filed a suit against them. Though Yuzu was doing a lot more shady shit in the background.

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What a sell out he is.

Changes are the "Agreement" was accept our offer or go to court.

 

[A Generic User]

I mean Ryujinx also has a Patreon, so I doubt that was the sole factor that led to things getting to this point.

Said this back on the Yuzu thread. A disappointment to be sure, but a surprise? Nah.

The real surprise is this "agreement" he made. Of course we will likely never learn the details of this agreement, but I'd have to assume a job offer of some kind.

 

[LightBeam]

I mean you may notice a big difference here is that they actually contacted them to come to an agreement. For Yuzu they instantly filed a suit against them. Though Yuzu was doing a lot more shady shit in the background.

I know I know but the outcome is completely the same, that's what bothers me.

 

[JustSomeGuyOnTheSite]

I mean you may notice a big difference here is that they actually contacted them to come to an agreement. For Yuzu they instantly filed a suit against them. Though Yuzu was doing a lot more shady shit in the background.

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Changes are the "Agreement" was accept our offer or go to court.

But the dude lived in Brazil. Keep in mind Brazil has a major bootlegging industry, and many ppl said that it would be hard for Nintendo to sue in Brazil.

 

[Mayo1990]

Why even emulate switch?

Princess Peach Showtime and many other games feel like completely different games on a higher framerate and no performance issues.

 

[JustSomeGuyOnTheSite]

Said this back on the Yuzu thread. A disappointment to be sure, but a surprise? Nah.

The real surprise is this "agreement" he made. Of course we will likely never learn the details of this agreement, but I'd have to assume a job offer of some kind.

If so, then it's kinda similar to the rumour of what happened to UltraHLE, where the main dev got offered a position at Nitendo and in return, had to stop development of UltraHLE

 

[LexDG]

The pearl clutching about preservation seems pretty fake here considering the fact that there is no shortage of brand new hardware to play these still available games on.

Cry when the eshop closes and the system is out of production for 5 years. Till then, the emulator has absolutely zero altruistic value.

 

[Mayo1990]

But the dude lived in Brazil. Keep in mind Brazil has a major bootlegging industry, and many ppl said that it would be hard for Nintendo to sue in Brazil.

They came down to an agreement. We don't know what the agreement is all about. It could EVEN be money. Since they don't really have any legal means to attack Ryujinx, unlike Yuzu.

 

[JustSomeGuyOnTheSite]

They came down to an agreement. We don't know what the agreement is all about. It could EVEN be money. Since they don't really have any legal means to attack Ryujinx, unlike Yuzu.

Exactly. If it was a C&D, why sugarcoat it? Why make it out as if it was an agreement?

 

[PrincessLillie]

Oh. That's... Not good, actually.
I guess this means the only options left for Switch emulation are the forks of Yuzu and whatever forks of Ryujinx might pop up. Hopefully this doesn't spell the end for Switch emulation...