A YouTube channel has been hit by Nintendo after showing its games running on emulators, as the company continues to crack down on piracy.

Ryujinx, a popular open-source Nintendo Switch emulator, announced it is shutting down after receiving pressure from Nintendo to cease operations.

Switch emulator Ryujinx has reportedly ended its development following a request by Nintendo, and the platform holder

Amid copyright strikes against popular channels like Retro Game Corps, the video-game giant escalates its enforcement of intellectual property rights.

Nintendo has shuttered another emulator, this time putting an end to Ryujinx. The program was an open-source emulator for playing Nintendo Switch games on Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems. A message shared today with the emulator's Discord server stated that the developer was contacted by Nintendo with a deal to cease work on the project.

Popular open source Nintendo Switch emulator Ryujinx has been removed from GitHub, and the team behind it has reportedly ceased development of the project after apparent discussions with Nintendo. Ryujinx developer riperiperi writes on the project's Discord server and social media that fellow developer gdkchan was "contacted by Nintendo and offered an agreement to stop working on the project,

Nintendo shut down the most popular Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu earlier this year. Now, the company has shut down the other one, Ryujinx.

The emulator scene for Nintendo is one fraught with cease and desists, and the latest to feel the wrath of Nintendo is Ryujinx. The project was working on emulating Nintendo Switch titles. On, X user OatmealDome brought it to the social media platform’s attention that Ryujinx has ceased development with all downloads and GitHub repositories having been removed.

The makers of the Nintendo Switch emulator Ryujinx pulled the open-source project offline after being contacted by Nintendo, one of its developer announced Tuesday on Discord. If you’re counting, that’s the second Nintendo Switch emulator to be pulled offline in 2024;