Nintendo has been actively taking down YouTube videos that feature its games being emulated or modded, which has sparked significant discussion and concern within the gaming community.

    • katy ✨
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      2 months ago

      steam deck is the best switch online device i’ve ever used ;)

      • tux7350@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Which switch emulator do you use? I’m pretty savy with Linux and run it on my desktop but haven’t really taken the dive to set any of them up. Metroid has been calling my name lately and I’m thinking it’s now or never. Got any suggestions?

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          2 months ago

          oh i meant switch online for older games (nes, etc) since thats mostly what im into. havent done any current gen emulators. i think psone is the highest ive gone.

        • PancakeBrock@lemmy.zip
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          2 months ago

          I used emu deck and it made emulators too easy to setup. Never did the switch stuff but have ran cemu for breath of the wild for wii u. Also have the original Xbox emulator and GameCube going.

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      2 months ago

      People got way too greedy with Switch emulation

      The fact emulators are faster than the real hardware, can you blame them? Also, modding games is vastly easier, and people like mods.

      Nintendo is just shooting themselves in the foot by not making these things more accessible. its a service issue. But nintendo prefers to invest in lawyers and not into their engineers.

      • Kelly@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        The fact emulators are faster than the real hardware, can you blame them?

        This is a problem Nintendo has had a few times before, choosing weaker hardware makes it much easier for other platforms to match and outpace them.

        My first time playing Pokemon was emulating Pokemon Red on PC. For some reason they put it in Australian stores around a month after the US release so emulation was the only way.

        Similarly GBA was playable on PC very early in its cycle. DS/3DS was a bit less attractive because of it screen layout and inputs but that kind of quirk aside underpowered handheld hardware is just asking for emulator support.