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

 

[LoggerMan]

Can't blame Nintendo for trying to shut all this down. Switch 2 will surely be backwards compatible so sales of Switch games are going to be strong for a whiles yet, with so many Switch 1s out there. Being able to easily emulate, and improve on, Switch games could cost Nintendo a fortune if left unchecked. Whether or not they have the legal or moral right to do it, I think if I were Nintendo CEO I would ask for it be done anyway. If the Nintendo experience isn't exclusive to Switch hardware then that erodes a tonne of company value.

But, the GBATemper in me of course blames Nintendo, and wants these emulators to be perfected, released for free, and ported to all platforms.

 

[Mr_Marr]

Can't blame Nintendo for trying to shut all this down. Switch 2 will surely be backwards compatible so sales of Switch games are going to be strong for a whiles yet, with so many Switch 1s out there. Being able to easily emulate, and improve on, Switch games could cost Nintendo a fortune if left unchecked. Whether or not they have the legal or moral right to do it, I think if I were Nintendo CEO I would ask for it be done anyway. If the Nintendo experience isn't exclusive to Switch hardware then that erodes a tonne of company value.

But, the GBATemper in me of course blames Nintendo, and wants these emulators to be perfected, released for free, and ported to all platforms.

You can't blame Nintendo, but they will not lose any money. The people buying games will always buy games and the people pirating will always try to pirate them.
They should put more effort into making the console less hackable.

 

[jhigh]

I think the Switch 2 will be very simliar to the Switch, specifically when it comes to the OS. I think that is one of the reasons why Nintendo is so eager to stop the active development of such emulators. Dolphin for example started as a gamecube emulator but because of the similarity to the wii it became a wii emulator too.

 

[JustABadger]

Remember kids, emulators are bad and illegal! Unless we do it of course, then they're good and legal.
I guarantee they're just using a ROM downloaded from the internet and emulating with RetroArch, bsnes, or Snes9x. What a hypocritical company.

It’s safe to assume that Nintendo holds every single intellectual right for Super Mario World on the SNES.

 

[EduAAA]

You can't blame Nintendo, but they will not lose any money. The people buying games will always buy games and the people pirating will always try to pirate them.
They should put more effort into making the console less hackable.

And ? Law is law, and it was the half witted lead dev who closed ecerything, emulating is legal and people forgot that nes mini, sold more than 1 million of consoles so dont play dumb, do whatever the fuck you want but just admit it rofl... Preservation, my balls, every no intro game is available to download.

But but nintendo... Then play xbox, cuz microsoft isnt a criminal company that they got to be hated, Id do the same as everyone if it was my property, "but im not gonna buy it so you dont lose money",oh yeah so gonna use for free something mine? Aham, let me grab lucille first

 

[DJ-Yoshiman]

And ? Law is law, and it was the half witted lead dev who closed ecerything, emulating is legal and people forgot that nes mini, sold more than 1 million of consoles so dont play dumb, do whatever the fuck you want but just admit it rofl... Preservation, my balls, every no intro game is available to download.

But but nintendo... Then play xbox, cuz microsoft isnt a criminal company that they got to be hated, Id do the same as everyone if it was my property, "but im not gonna buy it so you dont lose money",oh yeah so gonna use for free something mine? Aham, let me grab lucille first

What am I even reading here

 

[Keylogger]

Is there any ryujinx fork out yet?

 

[smf]

You can't blame Nintendo, but they will not lose any money. The people buying games will always buy games and the people pirating will always try to pirate them.
They should put more effort into making the console less hackable.

This isn't true. I know people who would buy DS games, then I showed them a flashcard and they never bought another DS game.

There are people who will always buy games, and people who will never buy games. I think the majority are in between.

I hope they don't put more effort into making it less hackable, because I want them to make mistakes.

 

[UnderJinx]

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2...-might-not-be-dead-despite-nintendos-takedown

 

[ChronosNotashi]

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2...-might-not-be-dead-despite-nintendos-takedown

Well, looks like it's getting media attention already. Which means the lawyers are likely going to know about it by now and be looking into this (especially if the one picking up the fork is from the States).

Remember the one Pokemon Company lawyer who said that the worst thing that can happen to your fan project is the media giving it attention? Because now the lawyers will know about it?

 

[UnderJinx]

Well, looks like it's getting media attention already. Which means the lawyers are likely going to know about it by now and be looking into this (especially if the one picking up the fork is from the States).

Remember the one Pokemon Company lawyer who said that the worst thing that can happen to your fan project is the media giving it attention? Because now the lawyers will know about it?

Yeah Nintendo just need to google Ryujinx

 

[urbanman2004]

Whatever you do, don't use Firmware 19.0.0. That shit stopped my current build of Ryujinx from working yesterday. Wtf was Nintendo thinking releasing that useless garbage, lmao .

 

[UnderJinx]

Whatever you do, don't use Firmware 19.0.0. That shit stopped my current build of Ryujinx from working yesterday. Wtf was Nintendo thinking releasing that useless garbage, lmao .

Had no problems wit Ryuljnx on 19.0.0
Did you apply 19.0.0 prodkey?

 

[charliedoesstuff]

Well with Ryujinx ending development, what other fork is the suggested one?
I already have Suyu and Torzu backed up, and I'd have Sudachi if it had a Linux version, but sadly it doesn't.

Does anyone know how to setup Suyu/Torzu with Emudeck's ROM Manager? So Suyu/Torzu get detected as the default apps for Switch emulation.

I would have recommended suyu, having previously been involved, but nah, that project was a waste of time (10 year olds pretending to be devs etc)

 

[ShadowOne333]

I would have recommended suyu, having previously been involved, but nah, that project was a waste of time (10 year olds pretending to be devs etc)

Try Citron
I heard that one is really doing bug fixes instead of just UI stuff.

 

[charliedoesstuff]

Try Citron
I heard that one is really doing bug fixes instead of just UI stuff.

I suppose I'd recommend Citron too, suyu's owner is generally a nasty person