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

AdmiralAsshat 2 years 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...

TillE 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago | | |

I bet citra is mostly accessed as a retroarch core these days

0xcde4c3db 2 years ago | |

Also, there is another good Switch emulator (Ryujinx) that people could reasonably use instead. The same is not (yet) true for 3DS.

Pykee 2 years 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 2 years ago | |

This should be the latest nightly:

https://archive.org/details/citra-nightly-2104

I understand this is a repository of backups too:

https://git.zaroz.cloud/nintendo-back-up

haunter 2 years ago | |

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 2 years ago | |

There's already a website for citra downloads at https://citra-emulator.com

SomeoneFromCA 2 years ago |

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

johnnyanmac 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago | | |

You'd be surprised how stupidly stubborn corps can be.

LaundroMat 2 years 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.

branon 2 years ago |

What was the relation between Yuzu and Citra?

gjsman-1000 2 years ago | |

Both were developed by Tropic Haze, the company that Nintendo sued.

hnthrowaway0328 2 years ago |

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

Narishma 2 years ago | |

Retaliate how?

sneedus 2 years 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.

daedalus2027 2 years 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 2 years ago | |

And i suppose you think you're the one to do it?

Reelix 2 years ago |

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

SserumM 2 years 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

giancarlostoro 2 years ago |

Gotta love that specific language.

tiffanyh 2 years ago |

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

croes 2 years ago |

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

jibaru 2 years ago |

Is this the end of all nintendo emulators?

ChrisArchitect 2 years ago |

VoidWhisperer 2 years 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

ChrisArchitect 2 years ago | |

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39594795

tehwebguy 2 years 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?

Woshiwuja 2 years ago |

did anyone manage to fork it before going down?