Here’s how the makers of the “Suyu” Switch emulator plan to avoid getting sued
Enlarge / Is a name like "Suyu" ironic enough to avoid facing a lawsuit? (credit: Suyu)
Last week, the developers behind the popular Switch emulator Yuzu took down their GitLab and web presence in the face of a major lawsuit from Nintendo. Now, a new project built from the Yuzu source code, cheekily named Suyu, has arisen as "the continuation of the world's most popular, open-source Nintendo Switch emulator, Yuzu."
Despite the name-which the project's GitLab page notes is "pronounced 'sue-you' (wink, wink)"-the developers behind Suyu are going out of their way to try to avoida lawsuit like the one that took down Yuzu.
"Suyu currently exists in a legal gray area we are trying to work our way out of," contributor and Discord moderator Sharpie told Ars in a recent interview. "There are multiple plans and possibilities for what to do next. Things are still being organized and planned."