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Star Fox 64 is getting a Native PC port from the devs of Ocarina Of Time and Zelda Majoras Mask ports

By Liam Dawe, Nov 25

The Harbour Masters community of developers who are behind the PC ports of Ocarina Of Time and Zelda Majoras Mask have revealed a Star Fox 64 Native PC port is coming.

Unofficial PC port of Zelda: Majora's Mask, 2 Ship 2 Harkinian has a big new release out

By Liam Dawe, Nov 18

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Released originally back in May, 2 Ship 2 Harkinian allows you to play Nintendo's Zelda: Majora's Mask properly on PC and a new release just shipped.

Palworld dev details the patents Nintendo and The Pokemon Company are suing for

By Liam Dawe, Nov 8

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Back in September Nintendo and The Pokemon Company filed a lawsuit in Japan against Palworld developer Pocketpair, and now we actually know why.

Nintendo Switch emulator Ryujinx gets shut down

By Liam Dawe, Oct 1

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Well, there it is. After what happened with yuzu, many wondered if it would happen, and now it has. Nintendo has shut down the Nintendo Switch emulator Ryujinx.

Pocketpair respond to the Nintendo and Pokemon Company lawsuit for Palworld

By Liam Dawe, Sep 20

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Pocketpair, developers of Palworld, have put up a statement on the new lawsuit that has been filed against them from Nintendo and The Pokemon Company.

Nintendo and The Pokemon Company file lawsuit against Palworld maker Pocketpair

By Liam Dawe, Sep 19

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You might want to grab a big bucket of popcorn for this one, as the big fight is about to begin. Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have formally gone after Palworld maker Pocketpair.

Wii U emulator Cemu 2.1 out now with AppImage and Flatpak support for Linux

By Liam Dawe, Aug 27

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After going open source back in mid 2022, the Wii U emulator Cemu started providing experimental builds with Linux support and now it's out proper with the new Cemu 2.1 release.

GameCube emulator Dolphin adds RetroAchievements support

By Liam Dawe, Jul 16

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Another nice win for people who love hitting challenges, as RetroAchievements support has now been added to Dolphin for GameCube.

GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin moves to a more rapid release cycle

By Liam Dawe, Jul 4

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The team behind the free and open source GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin have announced a big change to their plans, along with a new much more rapid release schedule.

Garry Newman of Facepunch comments on the Nintendo takedown of Garry's Mod content

By Liam Dawe, May 30

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Recently it was pretty big news that Nintendo issued takedowns to Facepunch for Garry's Mod content, and now Garry Newman of Facepunch (developer of Garry's Mod and Rust) has written up a blog post with some comments on it.

Zelda 64: Recompiled, the Majora's Mask PC port v1.1 brings various upgrades

By Liam Dawe, May 28

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Zelda 64: Recompiled was pretty interesting news recently, a PC port of Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask using the new N64: Recompiled tool and now a fresh update is out to improve it further.

2 Ship 2 Harkinian, another unofficial PC port of Zelda: Majora's Mask is out now

By Liam Dawe, May 27

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While we only recently had the Zelda 64: Recompiled release, we've now also got another PC port of Zelda: Majora's Mask thanks to the Harbour Masters team with 2 Ship 2 Harkinian.

Zelda: Majora's Mask gets a PC port with a new open source tool for Nintendo 64 games

By Liam Dawe, May 14

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Well, Nintendo aren't going to be happy about this one are they. A developer going by Mr-Wiseguy released an open source tool for bringing Nintendo 64 titles to any platform, and released a PC port of Zelda: Majora's Mask.

Nintendo DMCA nukes 8,535 GitHub copies of Switch emulator yuzu

By Liam Dawe, May 3

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The battle continues! The fallout is ongoing from the legal battle between Nintendo and yuzu that saw the yuzu team fold.

Garry's Mod forced to remove Nintendo content after takedowns

By Liam Dawe, Apr 25

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Facepunch issued an announcement for Garry's Mod players, to explain that a whole lot of user content is being taken down due to Nintendo.

Lemonade is an attempt to continue on the Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra

By Liam Dawe, Apr 3

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While Nintendo took down the Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu, the collateral damage was the Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra which was also taken offline but Lemonade is an attempt to keep it going.

GitLab takes down Nintendo Switch emulator suyu due to the DMCA

By Liam Dawe, Mar 21

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Well, that didn't last long did it. After a first release, GitLab have already pulled down the Nintendo Switch emulator suyu, due to a DMCA hit as a result of it being forked from yuzu which Nintendo shut down.

Nintendo Switch emulator suyu continues on from yuzu - first release is up

By Liam Dawe, Mar 20

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There's a new Nintendo Switch emulator named suyu, which has been forked off from the original yuzu before Nintendo shut it down and a release is now available.

Nintendo DS emulator DraStic became free of charge after Yuzu case

By nwildner, Mar 7

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After Yuzu emulator owners agreed to pay Nintendo $2.4 million USD and EmuDeck also announcing Yuzu and Citra removal right after the court settlement became available on the internet, Nintendo DS emulator DraStic is now free.

Yuzu agrees to pay Nintendo $2.4 million and will entirely shut down (Citra for 3DS too)

By Liam Dawe, Mar 4

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After Nintendo recently filed a lawsuit against the Yuzu team, it was pretty much inevitable this was going to happen wasn't it.

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