Nintendo: Gamers' Hopes Dashed Ahead of Switch 2 Release

While gamers are eagerly waiting for Nintendo to make the official announcement for the release of its next console, currently known as the Switch 2, Big N has just dashed gamers' hopes.

Nintendo is slow to announce the Switch 2

But when will Nintendo finally make the official presentation of its future console that will succeed the Switch? This is the question that many people are asking. For many weeks, the next Big N console has been the subject of many rumors. Recently, it was an accessory maker who revealed that he had access to this console that we know, for the moment, under the name of Nintendo Switch 2. The latter released a lot of information concerning in particular its design, its price or even a launch window.

If all the attention is focused on the famous Switch 2, Big N has literally just dashed the hopes of players. Indeed, the Japanese giant shows that it does not want to stop in its fight against piracy. And for good reason: the manufacturer has made a new victim in the world of emulators.

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Nintendo determined to fight emulators and piracy

Faced with the many leaks that Nintendo has had to deal with, we remember those of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom or even Pokémon Legends, two highly anticipated games that ended up on the Internet well before their official release, the Japanese firm has made the end of its console emulators a priority. Thus, last spring, Big N had the Yuzu emulator removed. Today, it's the turn of another famous emulator to disappear permanently.

We learned that “gdkchan”, the creator of the Ryujinx emulator, was contacted by Nintendo to offer an agreement to end its softwareto run this clone of the Switch. The company demanded that all tools be removed.

It seems that the creator of Ryujinx accepted the deal since The emulator's download page was emptied, its GitHub disappeared, and its social networks closed. A member of Ryujinx revealed that contributors were working on an iOS and Android version of the emulator to run Switch games on PC and the Steam Deck. For its part, Nintendo was contacted by the American media The Verge. The Japanese company did not wish to comment on this matter. The fact that Big N has taken this step is not insignificant. Not long ago, Ryujinx was able to run The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom on PC with much better performance than on the Switch. The emulator code must be somewhere on the Internet, but beware of anyone who wants to resurrect the project, they could attract the wrath of Nintendo.