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Nintendo has shuttered another emulator, this time putting an end to Ryujinx. The program was an open-source emulator for playing Nintendo Switch games on Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems. A message shared today with the emulator’s Discord server stated that the developer was contacted by Nintendo with a deal to cease work on the project. No additional details were given about the conditions of that agreement. The same message was also posted on X:<\/p>\n
The emulator will still function for anyone already running it, but the Github repository has been removed. Ryujinx also made some headlines last month for running the new\u00a0<\/em><\/em><\/a> game at more than <\/a>, vastly outstripping the Switch’s capabilities.<\/p>\n Nintendo has taken an aggressive stance on emulators, even teaming up with <\/a> in 2023 to try and curb game piracy. Ryujinx is one of the more popular emulators it has taken on, but the game company also reached a <\/a> settlement with the emulator Yuzu in March. It issued a whopping <\/a> in May to try and remove all the Yuzu code hosted across different Github repositories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n