Nintendo targets GitHub pages of Switch emulators

Another DMCA swing just rattled the Switch emulator crowd, but the scene refuses to lie down.

Nintendo cracks down on Switch emulators

• Nintendo went hard with DMCA hits in 2024.
• Yuzu and Ryujinx caught the legal smoke first.
• Despite that hit, forks kept popping up anyway.
• Metroid Prime 4 ran instantly on those emulators.

Fresh DMCA wave hits GitHub pages

• Nintendo aimed fresh takedown notices at GitHub repos.
• Citron, Eden, Kenji-NX, MeloNX, and others got flagged.
• Ryujinx, Skyline, Sudachi, Suyu, and Yuzu were listed.
• Pine, Pomelo, Ryubing, and Sumi also appeared.

Project pages and availability status

• Citron’s website has gone dark after the notice.
• MeloNX’s page also appears to be offline.
• Eden remains accessible and still widely used.
• Most other emulator projects stay publicly reachable.

Eden response and workaround plan

• Eden confirmed GitHub Releases received the DMCA complaint.
• Project managers said only the Releases repo was targeted.
• Source code lives on a separate self-hosted Git server.
• Stable builds are mirrored outside GitHub already.

Pushback and continued development

• A fresh v0.2.0-rc1 build still showed up on GitHub.
• Project managers said they are contesting the takedown.
• Camille LaVey indicated the team plans to keep going.
• Development continues regardless of GitHub’s final call.