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

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

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...

I mean within a few years they will stop targeting it. They are targeting it now for a reason.

 

[HinaNaru Cutie]

oh my f-ing... so just threaten them with possibly a ton of money or else which the 'or else' cannot work since these greedy shart stains relized that ryuj isn't illegal but lets try to swerve over that and do this. the worst part is how its highly possible that the 'dumbass' dev just bended their butt down to easily kiss shartendo without an issue at all instead of logically 'thinking and using their head', if this actually occured them i will delete (') these but until than idk.

this is sad...i am glad i still own ryuj but people better start sharing the latest file out and people better download it fast before its gone in whole. i am also hoping something good comes out of this.. i am really bummed out but over all disgusted, annoyed by faktendos actions here.

anyway here have some cucker commets from reddit on the subreddit of nintendo - i adore the obvious person pointing out whats gonna happen and it did.. scroll down it gets worse man lmao

 

[SecureBoot]

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.

If you wait until things start dying to start preserving, that's how you lose media between the cracks. Look at all the lost media that exists in the world

 

[The Catboy]

WELP
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Selling out is definitely one way to permanently ruin one’s reputation

 

[Topaz95]

Everyday, I stray further away from Nintendo.

 

[JustSomeGuyOnTheSite]

oh my f-ing... so just threaten them with possibly a ton of money or else which the 'or else' cannot work since these greedy shart stains relized that ryuj isn't illegal but lets try to swerve over that and do this. the worst part is how the dumbass dev just bended their butt down to easily kiss shartendo without an issue at all instead of logically thinking and using their head.

Dude, we do not know the details on what the agreement was besides the obvious. Again, if Nintendo was threatening legal action, why didn't the devs say that?

 

[ZeroFX]

what a sissy!!!

 

[NinStar]

I'm curious to know what exactly that agreement was, did Nintendo just offered the leader developer a bunch of cash and he just went "hasta la vista" or they straight up threatened to take some legal action against him?

 

[linuxares]

I'm curious to know what exactly that agreement was, did Nintendo just offered the leader developer a bunch of cash and he just went "hasta la vista" or they straight up threatened to take some legal action against him?

Since the team seem to not know either. I guess cash?

 

[CeeDee]

If they had grounds to take it down or sue them, they would have just done that.
The developer sold out. Simple as.

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

God these things bring out the worst in people on both sides.

 

[mss1988]

Just because of this behavior, there is only ONE way I always will/was/am play Nintendo games: PC!

 

[SylverReZ]

This sucks so hard.

 

[HinaNaru Cutie]

Dude, we do not know the details on what the agreement was besides the obvious. Again, if Nintendo was threatening legal action, why didn't the devs say that?

the obvious is pretty much the answer for now, its why i made it clear on my comment lol that i put the (') on my wordering for a reason.

 

[M7L7NK7]

God these things bring out the worst in people on both sides.

Makes me laugh when people jump on the "I'll never buy a Nintendo product again" wagon when they probably will and even if they didn't it wouldn't make a difference

 

[IRUZZ]

Selling out is definitely one way to permanently ruin one’s reputation

More like held at gun point.

 

[HinaNaru Cutie]

yo if anybody needs the latest update and want to download ryuj - hoping this is alright here? but um there was a website with the latest build as a backup - found this on the resetera fourm site, so yeh here ya go https://www.softpedia.com/get/Gaming-Related/Ryujinx.shtml it was on the post about ryuj being taken down.. its how i found out, and someone reddit shared it.

 

[scootiewolff]

well, all the important games are out there and can all be played well, even with yuzu. Luckily, it was until the end of the Switch's lifespan that things got so bad with Nintendo's reign

 

[DeathReaper666]

personally i dont like emulators and rather play on the system their designed for but this is still sad if you cant beat them buy them lol

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

Makes me laugh when people jump on the "I'll never buy a Nintendo product again" wagon when they probably will and even if they didn't it wouldn't make a difference

I mean these people probably never did to begin with. Though this project does fall under those 3 genres of things they take down.