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The court has reached a judgement in Nintendo's lawsuit against Tropic Haze, which develops the Yuzu Switch emulator. The judgement finds that "Yuzu is primarily designed to circumvent and play Nintendo Switch games," and has issued a permanent injunction forcing its creators to cease all involvement with or distribution of the emulator.Tropic Haze has been ordered to pay Nintendo $2,400,000 in damages, as well as immediately ceasing to develop, promote, or distribute Yuzu or any of its associated…

Just a week after news broke that Nintendo was suing Tropic Haze, the developer of Switch emulator Yuzu, it appears the two have settled. As part of the settlement, Tropic Haze will pay Nintendo $2.4 million in damages and immediately cease operations of both Yuzu, the Switch emulator, and Citra, the 3DS emulator. The settlement details are quite cut and dry. Tropic Haze will pay Nintendo $2.4 million in damages and will halt all work on Yuzu and cease hosting Yuzu, distributing its code, or anything that promotes Yuzu…

Nintendo has a history of not just stopping video game pirates, but ruining their lives. The Mario maker sued Yuzu, a notorious free emulator of the Nintendo Switch just last week. On Monday, the developers behind Yuzu agreed to shut down the website entirely and pay Nintendo $2.4 million dollars, according to court documents. Citra, another free and open-source emulator for Nintendo’s 3DS run by the same company, will also shut down.What Was Your First Experience with Super Mario Bros? | io9 Interview“We write today to…

Believe it or not, at one point in time, the Nintendo 3DS was considered a large handheld with its XL model, but it’s just not when you compare it to newer portable consoles like the Switch. The 3DS XL is now relatively small, which was apparently a problem for one fan, who came up with a way to supersize it—dual screens and all—using another, beefierhandheld: the Steam Deck.This isn’t the first time Reddit user ‘rising_tony’ has attempted to recreate the Nintendo 3Ds—minus the namesake 3D effect—on a larger scale using…