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

 

[SeventhSon7]

Ryujinx didn't get a DMCA as far as I know.

I didn't make the list, I stole it from /v/

 

[linuxares]

Correct, from what the first thing was Ryujinx lead dev got an OFFER from nintendo, MEANING POSSIBLY A CASH EXCHANGE, to shutdown the whole thing...

f**King traitor.

Well... all depends on the bag. If its a sizable sum which could be life altering. I too would sell it out. Life is more important than some people wanna pirate roms and play.

 

[Rya687]

So from what I understand, this was just the lead developer agreeing to stop developing and distributing Ryujinx and disband the organization, right? If so, what's stopping the rest of the development team from forking the source code and continuing their work under a new name?

This isn't like with Yuzu, where I believe the whole team was involved and had to agree to cease development. If they didn't participate in the agreement, they shouldn't be required to stop working on it. And the source code was available under an FLOSS license. Even if its distribution was ceased, the lead developer can't revoke anyone's permission to use it.

 

[Ettino]

Well, I mean, there's no way that posting your public information widely on the Internet for Nintendo to latch onto can go wrong in any way, right?
Behold:
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That's what I was saying. Emulator or CFW devs need to act more like l33t haxxor from the ye olden days of the internet. Standing out in the spot light is just asking for trouble. Keep it underground folks!

 

[linuxares]

So from what I understand, this was just the lead developer agreeing to stop developing and distributing Ryujinx and disband the organization, right? If so, what's stopping the rest of the development team from forking the source code and continuing their work under a new name?

as far as I know, nothing at all. But we don't know what been said.

 

[linuxares]

Well, I mean, there's no way that posting your public information widely on the Internet for Nintendo to latch onto can go wrong in any way, right?
Behold:
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Only a matter of time before Sudachi goes down too. Honestly: When the FUCK will people learn!?
I'd go download it now and make the switch to whatever will follow Sudachi once that one has been taken down by Litigatendo.

EDIT: Ok yeah it's worse than I thought, the Sudachi site just DIRECT LINKS to a place you can download prod & title keys from. Once Litigatendo finds out about that, Sudachi is cooked.

Oh I forgot, the sudachi website you referee to aint his website. It's a fake.

 

[LightBeam]

Correct, from what the first thing was Ryujinx lead dev got an OFFER from nintendo, MEANING POSSIBLY A CASH EXCHANGE, to shutdown the whole thing...

f**King traitor.

Dude had Nintendo getting to his home, I think you can understand what kind of « offer » he was given lmao

 

[captainpringles]

And once again, Nintendo proves themselves to be an actual cancer on the video games industry

 

[ShadowOne333]

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This is quite a well put together list, do you have a direct link to it? (as far as it doesn't involve it being in a piracy site)

 

[Ondrashek06]

And once again, Nintendo proves themselves to be an actual cancer on the video games industry

Cancer loves to infect cells. I'd honestly say that Microsoft is more of a cancer than Nintendo, as Nintendo doesn't buy out gaming companies just to bury them into the ground.

 

[Ettino]

Dude had Nintendo getting to his home, I think you can understand what kind of « offer » he was given lmao

Oh yeah I read about that. Lol they actually sent their people to this guy's house in Brazil!

 

[Darkedone02]

Well... all depends on the bag. If its a sizable sum which could be life altering. I too would sell it out. Life is more important than some people wanna pirate roms and play.

Dude had Nintendo getting to his home, I think you can understand what kind of « offer » he was given lmao

I have a large hatred towards money because how much it corrupts people to this very day, AND WHY we keep having global issues because of it, these monetary system is killing people who don't have enough and that is what pisses me off to this day.

When it comes down to the fight against nintendo, as we wish for them to do better by providing us the service we want, that they refused to do so because their evil sons of B***hes, I would not taken the money, I will continue the fight.

That money is finite, and people don't know how to spend it well and end up going to debt over it, then they go right back to where they where before the money, with lingering large debts, but this time excommunicated from the community that he betrayed for the money. The money is not worth it, a better global change is better. Money ALWAYS corrupts.

 

[linuxares]

I would not taken the money, I will continue the fight.

I mean, we don't know if its money its about. It could been a "You got a very nice software there... would be a shame something happened to it" situation.

Lawsuits are expensive and I bet they aren't cheaper in Brazil. Average salary yearly is something like 6000$

 

[M7L7NK7]

I have a large hatred towards money because how much it corrupts people to this very day, AND WHY we keep having global issues because of it, these monetary system is killing people who don't have enough and that is what pisses me off to this day.

When it comes down to the fight against nintendo, as we wish for them to do better by providing us the service we want, that they refused to do so because their evil sons of B***hes, I would not taken the money, I will continue the fight.

That money is finite, and people don't know how to spend it well and end up going to debt over it, then they go right back to where they where before the money, with lingering large debts, but this time excommunicated from the community that he betrayed for the money. The money is not worth it, a better global change is better. Money ALWAYS corrupts.

Taking a payment to stop working on a free emulator isn't going to corrupt you .. there isn't a fight against Nintendo you're making this sound like an actual war when it's literally just about video games

 

[bonkmaykr]

If Nintendo gets in an anti-trust lawsuit years from now, it will be fun to see this brought up as one of the claims, in a hilarious repeat of history.

 

[Darkedone02]

Taking a payment to stop working on a free emulator isn't going to corrupt you .. there isn't a fight against Nintendo you're making this sound like an actual war when it's literally just about video games

if you have so many fights against consumers at this point, and expectually the shit that happen just this year alone, it's a war...

 

[M7L7NK7]

if you have so many fights against consumers at this point, and expectually the shit that happen just this year alone, it's a war...

This is about video games, it really isn't that serious

 

[NostalgicMillennial]

If Nintendo gets in an anti-trust lawsuit years from now, it will be fun to see this brought up as one of the claims, in a hilarious repeat of history.

"Heeeeeyy I doubt it!"

 

[de-void]

Seems like a strategic move for Nintendo. There is some ambiguity of what's going on which is possibly much better for their PR to handle. It's a much better headline than "Nintendo DMCAs another emulator".

My conspiracy theory is that this just has to do with the 'new switch' and to try to curb reverse engineering early on. So might as well silence the talent.

@linuxares shares most of my opinion here. It's either free money, or deal with possibly years of litigation headache and get years of work forcibly taken down instead of taking the time to take it down yourself and pack up your work. If I was an emu dev and offered a life changing some of money that my family can live off of for a while, I'd take it, I think normal person in a tough position would.

I'm definitely a guy that loves reverse engineering and right to repair, I hope there is an investigation like @bonkmayker is saying. It's not gonna be the US though since they are way to slow in this field.

 

[petran79]

Maybe things aren't so rosy at Nintendo after all.