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3DS Emulator Citra is closing up shop and removing all their sites/code

105 points by morder 3y ago

branon 3y ago
What was the relation between Yuzu and Citra?
- gjsman-1000 3y ago
  Both were developed by Tropic Haze, the company that Nintendo sued.
Pykee 3y ago
Anyone manage to find a mirror of the source? I didn't know that Citra would've also been caught up in the kerfuffle.
- bcraven 3y ago
  This should be the latest nightly: https://archive.org/details/citra-nightly-2104 https://archive.org/details/citra-nightly-2104 I understand this is a repository of backups too: https://git.zaroz.cloud/nintendo-back-up https://git.zaroz.cloud/nintendo-back-up
- haunter 3y ago
  https://archive.org/details/citra-latest-builds-4th-march-2024 https://archive.org/details/citra-latest-builds-4th-march-20... Wayback Machine also saved them if you use it on the nightly release page
- citrafan 3y ago
  There's already a website for citra downloads at https://citra-emulator.com https://citra-emulator.com
giancarlostoro 3y ago
Gotta love that specific language.
AdmiralAsshat 3y ago
I'd argue this is actually a bigger loss than the Switch emulator closing up shop, because the Switch is still actively being sold and developed for. The 3DS is dead at this point, and Nintendo shut down the online shop. I have a 3DS with a bunch of digital games I purchased and downloaded onto the device that I haven't gotten around to playing yet (mostly JRPGs, because 40 hours a pop is a tall order). If my 3DS dies and all the emulators disappear, I'm outta luck. Time to start lobbying Atlus for a Radiant Historia Switch port, I suppose...
- 0xcde4c3db 3y ago
  Also, there is another good Switch emulator (Ryujinx) that people could reasonably use instead. The same is not (yet) true for 3DS.
- TillE 3y ago
  Nothing's disappearing except for the official hosting of Citra. Citra already fully supported every notable 3DS game, I think, and recent development work has mostly come from outside contributors rather than Tropic Haze.
  - Eiim 3y ago
    Nothing's disappearing, except the binaries and source. Good-quality archives will surely be assembled, but it at a minimum makes Citra significantly harder to access.
    - slim 3y ago
      I bet citra is mostly accessed as a retroarch core these days
    - haxf4rall 3y ago
      [dead]
SomeoneFromCA 3y ago
Massive idiocy on Nintendo side, as these sources for these emulators are already backed up and will already resurface again.
- johnnyanmac 3y ago
  I think the goal is simply to mitigate, not eliminate. I'm sure by now software companies know trying to eliminate piracy is like trying to make cockroaches go extinct.
  - Spoom 3y ago
    I think part of the goal is to have, in the record, a statement that any app that is otherwise legal but requires the user to download cryptographic keys to use is a de facto violation of the DMCA. I think that's why they're settling so easily here and likely paying the settlement for the Yuzu folks. They're hoping that they can use that as precedent for future cases.
    - GabrielTFS 3y ago
      I don't think a random settlement where no judge never decided much of anything can serve as useful precedent in a meaningful way...
  - SomeoneFromCA 3y ago
    You'd be surprised how stupidly stubborn corps can be.
- LaundroMat 3y ago
  It's also about the asset value of IP. Most if not all media companies have IP on their balance sheets. (Showing that you are) protecting IP is part of its value justification.
croes 3y ago
So I guess CitaVR for the Quest is a collateral damage.
ChrisArchitect 3y ago
Related: Some more here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39594795 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39594795
- ChrisArchitect 3y ago
  Related: Yuzu emulator developers settle Nintendo lawsuit, pay $2.4M in damages https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39594795 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39594795
- VoidWhisperer 3y ago
  They are related but not a dupe. Citra and yuzu are separate emulators and these are separate links. While technically maintained by the same developer, I feel like the argument can be made that the separate topics are warranted
hnthrowaway0328 3y ago
I'm so surprised that the hacker/emu community did not retaliate against Nintendo all these years.
- Narishma 3y ago
  Retaliate how?
  - sneedus 3y ago
    maybe stop putting your face online when you know you are stepping on the toes of a family friendly yakuza ran international megacorp known for suing people into eternal debt slavery maybe try hosting in countries that arent american satellites and dont enforce dmca, which somehow became a global law... and finally, support and encourage piracy, fuck em.
tiffanyh 3y ago
This is: "[Nintendo] 3DS", not "[EMV] 3DS"
tehwebguy 3y ago
> In particular, we have been deeply disappointed when users have used our software to leak game content prior to its release With an emulator?
deleted 3y ago
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daedalus2027 3y ago
Examine all Nintendo software releases for potential violations of Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) licenses, and if any are identified, take legal action to ensure compliance, similar to their approach with emulator developers.
- halJordan 3y ago
  And i suppose you think you're the one to do it?
jibaru 3y ago
Is this the end of all nintendo emulators?
Woshiwuja 3y ago
did anyone manage to fork it before going down?
Reelix 3y ago
Backup: https://archive.org/details/citra-latest-builds-4th-march-2024 https://archive.org/details/citra-latest-builds-4th-march-20...
SserumM 3y ago
so is it only the website that gone or even the software that we already download and play also gone ? i just finish my daily play on story of seasons and suddenly "X" trending have yuzu and nintendo on trending and i just found that citra also involved of takedown , MANNNNNN what a luck TnT

105 points by morder 3y ago

branon 3y ago

What was the relation between Yuzu and Citra?

gjsman-1000 3y ago
Both were developed by Tropic Haze, the company that Nintendo sued.

Pykee 3y ago

Anyone manage to find a mirror of the source? I didn't know that Citra would've also been caught up in the kerfuffle.

bcraven 3y ago
This should be the latest nightly: https://archive.org/details/citra-nightly-2104 https://archive.org/details/citra-nightly-2104 I understand this is a repository of backups too: https://git.zaroz.cloud/nintendo-back-up https://git.zaroz.cloud/nintendo-back-up
haunter 3y ago
https://archive.org/details/citra-latest-builds-4th-march-2024 https://archive.org/details/citra-latest-builds-4th-march-20... Wayback Machine also saved them if you use it on the nightly release page
citrafan 3y ago
There's already a website for citra downloads at https://citra-emulator.com https://citra-emulator.com

giancarlostoro 3y ago

Gotta love that specific language.

AdmiralAsshat 3y ago

I'd argue this is actually a bigger loss than the Switch emulator closing up shop, because the Switch is still actively being sold and developed for. The 3DS is dead at this point, and Nintendo shut down the online shop. I have a 3DS with a bunch of digital games I purchased and downloaded onto the device that I haven't gotten around to playing yet (mostly JRPGs, because 40 hours a pop is a tall order). If my 3DS dies and all the emulators disappear, I'm outta luck. Time to start lobbying Atlus for a Radiant Historia Switch port, I suppose...

0xcde4c3db 3y ago
Also, there is another good Switch emulator (Ryujinx) that people could reasonably use instead. The same is not (yet) true for 3DS.
TillE 3y ago
Nothing's disappearing except for the official hosting of Citra. Citra already fully supported every notable 3DS game, I think, and recent development work has mostly come from outside contributors rather than Tropic Haze.
- Eiim 3y ago
  Nothing's disappearing, except the binaries and source. Good-quality archives will surely be assembled, but it at a minimum makes Citra significantly harder to access.
  - slim 3y ago
    I bet citra is mostly accessed as a retroarch core these days
  - haxf4rall 3y ago
    [dead]

SomeoneFromCA 3y ago

Massive idiocy on Nintendo side, as these sources for these emulators are already backed up and will already resurface again.

johnnyanmac 3y ago
I think the goal is simply to mitigate, not eliminate. I'm sure by now software companies know trying to eliminate piracy is like trying to make cockroaches go extinct.
- Spoom 3y ago
  I think part of the goal is to have, in the record, a statement that any app that is otherwise legal but requires the user to download cryptographic keys to use is a de facto violation of the DMCA. I think that's why they're settling so easily here and likely paying the settlement for the Yuzu folks. They're hoping that they can use that as precedent for future cases.
  - GabrielTFS 3y ago
    I don't think a random settlement where no judge never decided much of anything can serve as useful precedent in a meaningful way...
- SomeoneFromCA 3y ago
  You'd be surprised how stupidly stubborn corps can be.
LaundroMat 3y ago
It's also about the asset value of IP. Most if not all media companies have IP on their balance sheets. (Showing that you are) protecting IP is part of its value justification.

croes 3y ago

So I guess CitaVR for the Quest is a collateral damage.

ChrisArchitect 3y ago

Related: Some more here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39594795 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39594795

ChrisArchitect 3y ago
Related: Yuzu emulator developers settle Nintendo lawsuit, pay $2.4M in damages https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39594795 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39594795
VoidWhisperer 3y ago
They are related but not a dupe. Citra and yuzu are separate emulators and these are separate links. While technically maintained by the same developer, I feel like the argument can be made that the separate topics are warranted

hnthrowaway0328 3y ago

I'm so surprised that the hacker/emu community did not retaliate against Nintendo all these years.

Narishma 3y ago
Retaliate how?
- sneedus 3y ago
  maybe stop putting your face online when you know you are stepping on the toes of a family friendly yakuza ran international megacorp known for suing people into eternal debt slavery maybe try hosting in countries that arent american satellites and dont enforce dmca, which somehow became a global law... and finally, support and encourage piracy, fuck em.

tiffanyh 3y ago

This is: "[Nintendo] 3DS", not "[EMV] 3DS"

tehwebguy 3y ago

> In particular, we have been deeply disappointed when users have used our software to leak game content prior to its release With an emulator?

deleted 3y ago

[deleted]

daedalus2027 3y ago

Examine all Nintendo software releases for potential violations of Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) licenses, and if any are identified, take legal action to ensure compliance, similar to their approach with emulator developers.

halJordan 3y ago
And i suppose you think you're the one to do it?

jibaru 3y ago

Is this the end of all nintendo emulators?

Woshiwuja 3y ago

did anyone manage to fork it before going down?

Reelix 3y ago

Backup: https://archive.org/details/citra-latest-builds-4th-march-2024 https://archive.org/details/citra-latest-builds-4th-march-20...

SserumM 3y ago

so is it only the website that gone or even the software that we already download and play also gone ? i just finish my daily play on story of seasons and suddenly "X" trending have yuzu and nintendo on trending and i just found that citra also involved of takedown , MANNNNNN what a luck TnT