James Ratcliff joined GameRant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is a ...
Tico’s latest release allows GameCube and Wii games to run on the Switch’s Horizon OS (via CFW), eliminating the need to install and reboot into Android or Linux. The latest v0.7.0 alpha uses a ...
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Ryujinx After the Ban: How 2026's Forked Emulator Scene Handles Performance and Legal Risks
When Nintendo successfully shut down Ryujinx in October 2024, it seemed like the end of an era for high-fidelity Switch emulation on PC. Yet, as of May 2026, the emulator's spirit lives on through ...
Nintendo’s fired off a new volley of legal notices against the Switch emulation scene. Close to a dozen GitHub pages were hit with DMCA takedown requests over the weekend. However, while several of ...
If you’ve been waiting for Nintendo to finally bring the GameCube library to the Switch, your wait is officially over ... but ...
Wind the clock back to 2024 and Nintendo’s legal attack on Switch emulators RyuJinx and Yuzu. The emulators had incurred the wrath of the notoriously litigious company by, in some cases, openly ...
A representative for Nintendo has sent a DMCA notice to every Switch emulator on GitHub. Switch emulator repositories are still up, but likely not for long. Active projects are still hosted outside ...
Charles Feng, Lian Xue, and Chenxi Cui of Tahota Law Firm draw on the case and several other legal disputes to explore the fractious relationship between games console emulators and manufacturers On ...
It was always going to happen. Nintendo has come down hard on hackers and pirates, so those particular communities are going to always double down in their efforts to hit back. To what ultimate ...
For many years the ZSNES emulator was the prime choice for playing SNES games on PC. Originally released in 1997 for DOS, it ...
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Handheld Emulation Evolves in 2026 with Retro Deck, Ally X, and Hall Effect Controllers
In early 2026, the handheld emulation scene has reached a tipping point where the gap between 'can it run' and 'does it feel right' has narrowed significantly. The Steam Deck's Retro Deck update has ...
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