{
  "id": 19727209,
  "title": "Nintendo Takes Down Switch Emulators, Mod Chip Firmware in Massive GitHub DMCA Sweep",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/nintendo-takes-down-switch-emulators-mod-chip-firmware-in-massive",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-12T23:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Slashdot",
    "slug": "slashdot",
    "url": "https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/11/12/212237/nintendo-takes-down-switch-emulators-mod-chip-firmware-in-massive-github-dmca-sweep"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nintendo has initiated four DMCA takedown notices, targeting two Nintendo Switch emulators, Yuzu and Citron Neo, as well as mod chip firmware like Picofly, SX Core, and HWFLY. As a result, GitHub removed 144 repositories containing firmware aimed at bypassing the console's copy protections. The DMCA notice states that the Nintendo Switch console and video games have technological protection measures (TPMs) that only allow legitimate Nintendo video game files to interact with the console, protecting Nintendo's copyright-protected games and preventing unauthorized device usage. Although the takedown had a significant impact, the mod chip firmware is still accessible on the platform, possibly hosted elsewhere on GitHub. Nintendo's action follows a 2024 takedown of 8,500 copies of the emulator Yuzu across 12 mirror sites, and comes shortly after emulators enabled the PC release of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake.",
  "summary": "Nintendo has issued four DMCA takedown notices targeting two Nintendo Switch emulators, Yuzu and Citron Neo, along with mod chip firmware such as Picofly, SX Core and HWFLY. As a result, 144 repositories containing firmware used to circumvent the console's copy protections have been removed by GitHub and replaced by a DMCA takedown notice. IGN reports: GitHub has posted Nintendo's November 6 DMCA…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "IGN",
        "title": "Nintendo Takes Down Switch Emulators and Mod Chip Firmware In Massive GitHub DMCA Sweep",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/nintendo-takes-down-switch-emulators-and-mod-chip-firmware-in-massive",
        "published": "2026-11-11T20:14:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "XDA Developers",
        "title": "Nintendo's latest DMCA crackdown wipes over 200 Switch projects off GitHub, but Switch 2 emulators are safe for now",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/nintendos-latest-dmca-crackdown-wipes-over-200-switch-projects-off",
        "published": "2026-11-12T17:23:53.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}