from Hacker News

First beta of Nintendo Switch emulator Suyu goes live

by brandrick on 3/20/24, 1:26 PM with 93 comments

  • by speps on 3/20/24, 1:53 PM

    The key bit:

    > Unlike Yuzu, the Suyu team does things differently in regards to Nintendo Switch emulation than their predecessors. Whereas Yuzu only required prod.keys, Suyu will also require you to dump your title.keys and firmware from a hacked Switch to run games. The devs also clarified that they are doing this for nonprofit (there's no Patreon) and do not condone piracy.

    We'll see how long it lasts...

  • by wiz21c on 3/20/24, 2:19 PM

    If Nintendo sued Yuzu because they were indirectly causing damage, then I can sue car makers for making air polution.
  • by 10GBps on 3/20/24, 2:38 PM

    In some ways Nintendo suing the original project was a good thing. It brought the project to the attention of a lot more people. Now there is a new version with a bunch of bugs fixed. Who knows how many new developers will be working on it now.

    I have to think Nintendo knew this. They had to defend what they could and did so because the original project actually seemed to be doing some sketchy stuff. They know they can't stop everything though.

  • by setToNull on 3/20/24, 1:54 PM

    “Sue You,” as in Nintendo will…
  • by saintradon on 3/20/24, 1:57 PM

    3 things in life are certain. Death, taxes, and Nintendo emulators.
  • by TheCaptain4815 on 3/20/24, 2:03 PM

    Why don't any of these major emulator teams build and release anonymously?
  • by burrish on 3/20/24, 2:27 PM

    What's the big fuss when we still have Ryujinx ?
  • by prophesi on 3/20/24, 3:36 PM

    Is there a definitive fork of Citra as well? That was the actual tragedy of the Yuzu aftermath.

    I do know there are forks for Citra VR, Mac, and Android that were unaffected which is great however.

  • by k12sosse on 3/21/24, 11:55 PM

    I would pay Nintendo the price of a physical switch console - and then each game individually - for the ability to play their games legally in top graphical fidelity using my supercomputer. I'd even be open to the idea of paying a subscription fee to do it, instead of buying individual titles, and includes back catalogue
  • by urbandw311er on 3/20/24, 2:14 PM

    On my Mac, the .dmg mounts but the executable says "“suyu” is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Bin."
  • by sswezey on 3/20/24, 2:04 PM

    Is the name intentionally a pun on sue you?