Nintendo allegedly removing Switch/Gamecube/Wii Steam Deck emulation videos from youtube
The emulation community has been particularly excited by the Steam Deck, Valve’s super portable gaming computer that looks like an oversized Nintendo Switch.
As the Steam Deck started reaching customers a few days ago, multiple videos and tutorials have already surfaced, to showcase the emulation capabilities of the device. Yuzu emulator (Nintendo Switch) and Dolphin (Gamecube/Wii) in particular have been pretty popular.
But it seems someone, allegedly Nintendo, has been going after these tutorials and other videos showcasing Nintendo games running on the Steam Deck, with aggressive DMCA takedown notices.
For example, ThePhawx’s Yuzu emulation guide on Steam Deck, a pretty popular tutorial video to run Nintendo Switch games on the Steam deck, has been taken down through a DMCA. (The video has been reuploaded here and is still available at the time of publishing). Another tutorial video from the same creator, documenting how to run the Dolphin emulator for Gamecube and Wii, has been removed from youtube.
Steam Deck running super Mario Odyssey with yuzu Switch emulator
I personally enjoyed ThePhawx’s humorous reaction and MVG’s subsequent reply on twitter:
— MVG 🔜 GDC (@ModernVintageG) March 3, 2022
It’s unclear at the moment if the takedowns are going to be generalized, and if it’s really Nintendo behind them, but it wouldn’t be the first time Nintendo’s going after fan projects, emulation of their games, or anyone that dares laying eyes on their Intellectual Property.
lol
inb4 firstus (rekt)
shameful as *** though, nintendo has a big *** for shutting down fun
First
Nintendont is just mad that the deck is a better switch than their own switch lol
Not gonna lie, if I made a console to run my own games and then some other company releases a console that can illegally* run my games, I’d also be ***.
The concern from Nintendo is that their whole business model is selling people the same things as many times as possible.
Bethesda handled it a lot better, encouraging fans to go nuts with their games, maintaining popularity and enabling them to sell 9 copies of Skyrim to the average joe.
The idea that someone could play an old Nintendo game without buying it yet again is horrifying to Nintendo, they need to sell every game in their entire back catalog to their entire user base with every new console to maintain their several-hundred-billions in yearly profit.
Nintendo is actually worse, they sell the same pokemon catching game with crappy graphics and bad excuse for a story, and they release 2 versions of they same game although with slight variations, and people buy that *** as if there’s nothing better to play. I know you are talking about their retro catalogue, but I just saw that new pkmn trailer and can’t believe how bad it looks, considering it’s the highest-grossing media franchise in the world.
Wololi see here. https://github.com/xerpi/vita2hos
Yup. Looking.
I love nintendo attacks
People need to use alt-tech platforms like Odysee, Bitchute, Rumble.