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They made money on their patreon and Nintendo was going to go after the fact that they had a crazy increase in patreon subscriptions in May 2023 because the early-access builds worked with Zelda ToTK before it came out.
Ah, I see. So they are being taken down because the software is future proof?
I think they made patches for ToTK and released them in the early access build before ToTK even launched (the game files leaked online around a week or two before) so Nintendo's argument was that they were directly promoting and profiting from piracy (different from profiting from legal emulation).
Luckily because of the way they settled I don't think this actually implicates any forks that pop up so hopefully projects like suyu and whatever pops up for Citra can still continue development (not a lawyer tho)
I mean, I had homebrew at the time and I also played it pre releases so they just let that slip through?
It's a lot harder to go after homebrew since there isn't anything directly linking atmosphere/hekate/etc. devs to the promotion of piracy.
Since the Yuzu team had a whole company formed to manage their patreon funds and were clearly promoting functionality for a game that hasn't been released yet, they were an easy target for Nintendo. The same thing happened with Team Xecuter's switch homebrew/mods ages ago.
If Nintendo had definitive evidence to suggest the Atmosphere devs are profiting off of piracy, they'd do the same thing in a heartbeat. Same with Ryujinx, Luma3ds, or any other form of emulation/homebrew. The only reason they don't is because they know only way they'd stand a chance in court is if they make it about piracy, copyright protection, and stolen profits.