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\nNintendo is suing the creators of Switch emulator Yuzu, and claims more than 1m copies of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom<\/a> were pirated ahead of its release.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe lawsuit is against Tropic Haze, the creator of the Yuzu game emulator, which Nintendo said allows users to play its games illegally by circumventing its software encryption.\n<\/p>\n

\nAs such, Nintendo claimed Yuzu facilitates piracy “at a colossal scale”, with pirated versions of Tears of the Kingdom used as an example.\n<\/p>\n

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Nintendo is suing the creators of Switch emulator Yuzu, and claims more than 1m copies of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom were pirated ahead of its release. The lawsuit is against Tropic Haze, the creator of the Yuzu game emulator, which Nintendo said allows users to play its games illegally by circumventing its software encryption. As such, Nintendo claimed Yuzu facilitates piracy “at a colossal scale”, with pirated versions of Tears of the Kingdom used as an example. 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