Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu will utterly fold and pay $2.4M to settle its lawsuit

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Just over a week ago, Nintendo sued the developers of the leading Nintendo Switch emulator, Yuzu, for facilitating piracy at a colossal scale." Now, it appears that Yuzu will give up without a fight - and give Nintendo everything it wanted. And it affects the Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra, too.

According to a joint filing, Tropic Haze has not only agreed to pay $2,400,000 to Nintendo but also says Yuzu is primarily designed to circumvent and play Nintendo Switch games." The company agrees to be permanently enjoined from working on Yuzu, hosting Yuzu, distributing Yuzu's code or features, hosting websites and social media that promote Yuzu, or doing anything else that circumvents Nintendo's copyright protection.

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