Punching Up, Episode 22 | Nintendo Crushes Yuzu (Patreon)

Nintendo’s reputation for being an extremely litigious company continues. Over the past two weeks, their latest target was Yuzu, a popular Nintendo Switch emulator. While there has been legal precedent that emulation and game backups are legal, Nintendo makes the case that Yuzu has opened the floodgates for piracy, specifically citing that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was downloaded over a million times for use on the emulator a week before launch. In addition, Yuzu, while not directly hosting game files and Nintendo Switch BIOS and decryption files, paved a clear and easy way for its users to acquire them. So who’s in the right and who’s wrong? The Punching Up crew agrees that there’s obviously a place for emulation and game preservation, but when does piracy take things too far? Let’s dive in.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:24:18 - Nintendo and Yuzu

0:59:59 - Pokemon Presents

1:14:50 - Stop asking about Mother 3

1:17:07 - Quickies

1:21:15 - What We’ve Been Playing

1:51:53 - Guess the Title Screen

2:06:31 - Ending Questions