Nintendo is gunning for Switch emulator Yuzu with new lawsuit

Nintendo is suing the creators of Switch emulator Yuzu for allegedly enabling piracy.

In a lawsuit spotted by Game File, Nintendo claims the emulator "unlawfully circumvents the technological measures on Nintendo Switch games and allows for the play of encrypted Nintendo Switch games on devices other than a Nintendo Switch."

It also describes emulators as software that allows users to "unlawfully play pirated video games," and claims one of Yuzu's lead developers has "publicly acknowledged" that most users pirate their software.

"With Yuzu in hand, nothing stops a user from obtaining and playing unlawful copies of virtually any game made for the Nintendo Switch, all without paying a dime to Nintendo or to any of the hundreds of other game developers and publishers making and selling games for the Nintendo Switch," reads the lawsuit, which you can fin…