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Nintendo Wipes Out Hundreds Of Switch Emulator Repositories

Nintendo Life
GamesRadar+
Dexerto – Games
4outlets covering
21hspread over
+8hmedian lag
0outlets/hr now
TDGN Brief

What began as a GamesRadar+ report yesterday is now carried by 4 outlets, with coverage spread over 21 hours.

The fastest follow came from Nintendo Life, 8.4 hours behind the first report. The median outlet followed 8.4 hours after the break. The pack has settled: no new outlet in 14.9 hours.

Early movers: GamesRadar+, Nintendo Life, Google News – Video Games — with 1 more following.

  • First report: GamesRadar+, yesterday
  • 4 outlets over 21 hours · median lag 8.4 hours

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Who reported it, and when

  1. first GamesRadar+ Nintendo destroys 400 more Switch emulator repositories on GitHub as it reminds pirates it doesn't appreciate "illegal copies of Nintendo Switch games"
  2. +8h Nintendo Life Nintendo Wipes Out Hundreds Of Switch Emulator Repositories
  3. +8h Google News – Video Games Nintendo Wipes Out Hundreds Of Switch Emulator Repositories - Nintendo Life
  4. +21h Dexerto – Games Nintendo deletes 400+ Switch emulator repos in a day but it probably won’t stick

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Rising4 outletstop 22%first: GamesRadar+

Nintendo Wipes Out Hundreds Of Switch Emulator Repositories

In a new wave of GitHub takedowns.

In Nintendo's ongoing battle against emulation, it has apparently wiped out more than 400 Switch emulator repositories in a "single-day GitHub sweep".

As reported by TorrentFreak, Nintendo filed seven DMCA anti-circumvention notices in one coordinated campaign earlier this week. It targets forks of Yuzu, copies of the Suyu emulator, and Skyline.

Read the full article on nintendolife.com

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