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3DS Emulator Citra is closing up shop and removing all their sites/code

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Re: 3DS Emulator Citra is closing up shop and removing all their sites/code

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Post by TillE »

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #6

I'd argue this is actually a bigger loss than the Switch emulator closing up shop, because the Switch is still actively being sold and developed for. The 3DS is dead at this point, and Nintendo shut down the online shop. I have a 3DS with a bunch of digital games I purchased and downloaded onto the device that I haven't gotten around to playing yet (mostly JRPGs, because 40 hours a pop is a tall order). If my 3DS die…

Nothing's disappearing except for the official hosting of Citra.

Citra already fully supported every notable 3DS game, I think, and recent development work has mostly come from outside contributors rather than Tropic Haze.

Re: 3DS Emulator Citra is closing up shop and removing all their sites/code

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Post by haunter »

Pykee wrote: post #4

Anyone manage to find a mirror of the source? I didn't know that Citra would've also been caught up in the kerfuffle.

https://archive.org/details/citra-latest-builds-4th-march-20...

Wayback Machine also saved them if you use it on the nightly release page

Re: 3DS Emulator Citra is closing up shop and removing all their sites/code

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Post by johnnyanmac »

SomeoneFromCA wrote: post #9

Massive idiocy on Nintendo side, as these sources for these emulators are already backed up and will already resurface again.

I think the goal is simply to mitigate, not eliminate. I'm sure by now software companies know trying to eliminate piracy is like trying to make cockroaches go extinct.

Re: 3DS Emulator Citra is closing up shop and removing all their sites/code

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Post by Eiim »

TillE wrote: post #11
AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #6

I'd argue this is actually a bigger loss than the Switch emulator closing up shop, because the Switch is still actively being sold and developed for. The 3DS is dead at this point, and Nintendo shut down the online shop. I have a 3DS with a bunch of digital games I purchased and downloaded onto the device that I haven't gotten around to playing yet (mostly JRPGs, because 40 hours a pop is a tall order). If my 3DS die…

Nothing's disappearing except for the official hosting of Citra. Citra already fully supported every notable 3DS game, I think, and recent development work has mostly come from outside contributors rather than Tropic Haze.

Nothing's disappearing, except the binaries and source. Good-quality archives will surely be assembled, but it at a minimum makes Citra significantly harder to access.

Re: 3DS Emulator Citra is closing up shop and removing all their sites/code

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Post by Spoom »

johnnyanmac wrote: post #14
SomeoneFromCA wrote: post #9

Massive idiocy on Nintendo side, as these sources for these emulators are already backed up and will already resurface again.

I think the goal is simply to mitigate, not eliminate. I'm sure by now software companies know trying to eliminate piracy is like trying to make cockroaches go extinct.

I think part of the goal is to have, in the record, a statement that any app that is otherwise legal but requires the user to download cryptographic keys to use is a de facto violation of the DMCA. I think that's why they're settling so easily here and likely paying the settlement for the Yuzu folks. They're hoping that they can use that as precedent for future cases.

Re: 3DS Emulator Citra is closing up shop and removing all their sites/code

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Post by SomeoneFromCA »

johnnyanmac wrote: post #14
SomeoneFromCA wrote: post #9

Massive idiocy on Nintendo side, as these sources for these emulators are already backed up and will already resurface again.

I think the goal is simply to mitigate, not eliminate. I'm sure by now software companies know trying to eliminate piracy is like trying to make cockroaches go extinct.

You'd be surprised how stupidly stubborn corps can be.

Re: 3DS Emulator Citra is closing up shop and removing all their sites/code

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Post by VoidWhisperer »

ChrisArchitect wrote: post #13

Related: Some more here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39594795

They are related but not a dupe. Citra and yuzu are separate emulators and these are separate links. While technically maintained by the same developer, I feel like the argument can be made that the separate topics are warranted
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