Dolphin Progress Release 2407 and 2409
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Dolphin Progress Release 2407 and 2409
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#2Even after skimming the fine article I have no idea what Dolphin is.
Re: Dolphin Progress Release 2407 and 2409
#3Even after skimming the fine article I have no idea what Dolphin is.
From the homepage:
>Dolphin is an emulator for two recent Nintendo video game consoles: the GameCube and the Wii. It allows PC gamers to enjoy games for these two consoles in full HD (1080p) with several enhancements: compatibility with all PC controllers, turbo speed, networked multiplayer, and even more!
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#4Why doesn't Nintendo's lawyer army go after Dolphin when it went so aggressively after Yuzu? Is it just because Gamecube/Wii are EoL'd so they don't care as much (vs. Switch which is still actively supported and selling games)
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#5Why doesn't Nintendo's lawyer army go after Dolphin when it went so aggressively after Yuzu? Is it just because Gamecube/Wii are EoL'd so they don't care as much (vs. Switch which is still actively supported and selling games)
This is from what I remember. I can't provide any proof because it's just from glances at the Yuzu Discord.
From what I recall, the Yuzu dev team (or at least some members) kept a private "stash" of pirated Switch games on a private Discord server and constantly used it to talk about Switch piracy and the like.
If the lawsuit progressed, it would have come out in discovery. Not a good look.
This explains why Nintendo went after Yuzu but not Ryujinx, which employs the same decryption mechanisms as the former.
Re: Dolphin Progress Release 2407 and 2409
#6Even after skimming the fine article I have no idea what Dolphin is.
From the homepage: > Dolphin is an emulator for two recent Nintendo video game consoles: the GameCube and the Wii. It allows PC gamers to enjoy games for these two consoles in full HD (1080p) with several enhancements: compatibility with all PC controllers, turbo speed, networked multiplayer, and even more!
It was also the working code name for the gamecube;
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/guide/1781/gamecube-faq-t...
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#7Why doesn't Nintendo's lawyer army go after Dolphin when it went so aggressively after Yuzu? Is it just because Gamecube/Wii are EoL'd so they don't care as much (vs. Switch which is still actively supported and selling games)
As I understand it, Yuzu was backed by an actual company that they setup to process their "donations", and by getting donations you could get privileged access to new builds.
So for Yuzu there was an legal entity making money off (Nintendo argued) selling access to playing pirated games.
Dolphin doesn't accept donations, so there's no good way of arguing anyone is making any money off it. Sure, Nintendo could go after individual contributors to Dolphin (if they can find out exactly who they are - presumably many of them are aware of the risks and try to stay anonymous) but it would be costly and it's unlikely to yield any positive results.
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#8Why doesn't Nintendo's lawyer army go after Dolphin when it went so aggressively after Yuzu? Is it just because Gamecube/Wii are EoL'd so they don't care as much (vs. Switch which is still actively supported and selling games)
Moon Channel has a pretty great post mortem.
https://youtu.be/7rzWR9JP1WE?si=wbsDoWLD7DatWlS3
The main TLDW: Yuzu was reaping huge income and bragged about delivering at-launch support for major Nintendo Switch games, thus directly diverting paying customers from Nintendo. The other major aspect was Yuzu was facilitating encryption key distribution which is how Nintendo was able to bring forth a legal attack.
Re: Dolphin Progress Release 2407 and 2409
#9Why doesn't Nintendo's lawyer army go after Dolphin when it went so aggressively after Yuzu? Is it just because Gamecube/Wii are EoL'd so they don't care as much (vs. Switch which is still actively supported and selling games)
This is from what I remember. I can't provide any proof because it's just from glances at the Yuzu Discord. From what I recall, the Yuzu dev team (or at least some members) kept a private "stash" of pirated Switch games on a private Discord server and constantly used it to talk about Switch piracy and the like. If the lawsuit progressed, it would have come out in discovery. Not a good look. This explains why Nintendo…
The Ryujinx team (all? most? just the main dev?) are qlso based out of Brazil instead of the US, which probably makes it harder too.
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#10As usual from Microsoft, the answer to the Visual Studio issue is, "Fuck you." Not a surprise, but I'm grateful for the Dolphin devs working through all this.