Nintendo Now Going After Switch Modchip Firmware

Nintendo has issued a new DMCA takedown notice that targets Switch modchip firmware, and this is the first time it has gone after modchip firmware on GitHub.

The notice named modchips including Picofly, SX Core, and HWFLY. GitHub disabled 144 repositories in response, though only the parent repository was named. Because the network was larger than a hundred repos and Nintendo said all or most forks were infringing, the whole network came down. Some modchip firmware is still online. TorrentFreak found other GitHub repositories with Picofly and HWFLY firmware that remain accessible.

Nintendo cited the case against alleged Team-Xecuter members in its notice. Gary Bowser, one of its members, was arrested and sentenced in 2022 and later released early for good behavior. The DMCA was sent on November 7, and it also targeted the emulators Citron Neo and two single copies of yuzu. Nintendo also removed more than 400 Switch emulator repositories in a single day a few months ago.

Sources and links TorrentFreak