Nintendo Switch emulator Ryujinx appears to have ceased development and been taken offline, with its creator allegedly contacted by Nintendo itself.
The news comes on the heels of the high-profile shutdown of another Switch emulator earlier this year, namely Yuzu, which saw Nintendo pursue a full-scale lawsuit and settle with Yuzu’s creators agreeing to a settlement that The basis of the settlement agreement is that the project is no longer one thing.
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After users noticed that Ryujinx’s Github and download pages began returning error messages (or, in the latter case, blank text), a message was posted on the emulator’s Discord server from a developer with the handle ripriperi A message that appears to explain the situation has been shared via Ryujinx’s Twitter account.
“yesterday, [Ryujinx’s lead developer] “Nintendo has contacted gdkchan and proposed an agreement to cease work on the project and delete the organization and all related assets he controls,” the message reads. “While awaiting confirmation on whether he will accept the agreement, the organization has was removed, so I think it’s safe to say what the result was.
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“These words are my own. I don’t want to speak for anyone else here, so keep that in mind as you read,” Rip Perry continued, before giving a eulogy for the project. As of this writing, Ryujinx’s Patreon page and website home page have not been removed, although attempts to access the above page return the content I outlined in that paragraph.
Both The Verge and Kotaku’s Ethan Gach reported that they tried to contact Nintendo about the matter, but Nintendo declined to comment, noting that they went to a spokesperson for the ESA (Entertainment Software Association), who said they couldn’t “I don’t represent Nintendo spoke. In Gach’s case, an ESA spokesperson also provided a general statement about copyright piracy.
