Switch Modder Agrees to Pay Nintendo $2 Million After Being Sued

The ongoing fight against piracy by Nintendo continues, with a new lawsuit filed against Modded Hardware and its owner. This lawsuit follows a previous one settled in March 2024, where Nintendo sued Tropic Haze, creators of the Switch console emulator called Yuzu. As part of the settlement, Yuzu’s makers agreed to pay Nintendo $2.4 million and shut down operations permanently, as per an injunction.
Nintendo argued that because Yuzu used specific tools to run Switch games like “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom” before its official May 2023 release, it infringed upon the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).







