A Nintendo Lawyer has clearly described what the company may or may not deem illegal regarding the emulation of their consoles.

One of the heads of Nintendo's intellectual property department gave a speech outlining what Nintendo views as illegal use of ...

Koji Nishiura, Nintendo's patent attorney, weighs in on the legality of video game emulators.

This is why the company continues to target emulators that lead to piracy or disrupt fair play. For years, Nintendo fans have faced a hard line on emulators, but now things seem a little more ...

One of the key uses that has set Nintendo's alarm bells ringing in the past is when an emulator bypasses a console's ...

Nintendo is famously litigious when it comes to emulators. In March 2024, developers of Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu were ...

"To begin with, are emulators illegal or not," Nishiura asks. "This is a point often debated. While you can't immediately ...

Nishiura also emphasised the use of emulators is a problem for all developers making software for Nintendo devices, which is ...

However, when you play the same game on your own PC or phone, using an emulator that Nintendo doesn’t own, would it still be ...

Nishiura added that if the emulator also disables security measures like encryption, that could also be considered illegal.

Koji mold stored by the National Research Institute of Brewing is seen in the city of Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Nov. 15, 2024. (Mainichi/Norihisa Ueda) "Koji" mold, which is key ...