![]() ![]() Begin your ascension today! General Information They had to do it all from scratch, burning third party devs in the process as they moved onto own, unofficial, emulation of their retro platforms and selling it as bundles on multiple platforms.Official Subreddit of the PC Master Race We're the largest community of PC enthusiasts on the Internet. Yet Nintendo does not put effort into legacy titles as much as they used to despite the Virtual Console's huge pool. No Wii or GameCube ports from Nintendo themselves have been made yet, aside of a single remastered (arguably remade) GameCube game which is considered good despite lower than expected sales but that could be partially attributed to the shadow drop of the title, lacking marketing, and an additional HD port of a Wii game with slight QoL features locked away behind a plastic figurineĪn unofficial emulator bringing more to the table than in-house offerings shouldn't be seen as innovation stifling, but encouraging. But just know that the law has been there to protect emulators like this for a long time now.ĭelivers a subscription-only service to play 2D and 3D legacy titles until the N64 and GBA, not touching GameCube nor Wii games in the slightestĬreates an entire new emulator for the Switch for both GameCube and Wii, only to use it once, only for an entire year for two games, and having graphical artifacts compared to unofficial emulation from years ago If I’m missing crucial information for this specific maneuver please let me know. The copyright law, however, does not confer such a monopoly.” Sony understandably seeks control over the market for devices that play games Sony produces or licenses. For this reason, some economic loss by Sony as a result of this competition does not compel a finding of no fair use. ![]() “Because the Virtual Game Station (AKA the PS1 emulator Sony was trying to sue at the time) is transformative, and does not merely supplant the PlayStation console, the Virtual Game Station is a legitimate competitor in the market for platforms on which Sony and Sony-licensed games can be played. Here’s the key quote from that court ruling: Connectix upholds the existence of Dolphin today for the same reasons as emulators back then: reverse engineering for the sake of study, and fostering competition to avoid commercial monopolies. Just a reminder that emulators like these should be unambiguously protected under fair use law, as legal precedent has been established to protect their actions since the turn of the millennium. Six subreddits from this multireddit are randomly shuffled every hour. You can also read the rules in more depth on our wiki. Putting text into this format will hide spoilers: (/spoiler) becomes Nintendo. Don't put spoilers in post titles at all. Please be considerate when discussing plot details for games new or old. However, please read other subreddits' rules before submitting there. We will try to tell you how you can resubmit, or recommend a more a suitable subreddit. ![]() However, we do ban users who make personal attacks or buy/sell/beg. Our moderation policy is not to keep track of every rule infraction, and everything is evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
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