Nintendo has issued four DMCA takedown notices in the past week, removing roughly 217 GitHub repositories tied to Nintendo Switch emulation and hardware modding — but Switch 2 emulators remain untouched for now. The bulk of the removals hit forks and derivatives of Yuzu, including Citron Neo, which alone accounted for 72 deleted repos.

A fourth notice targeted Picofly, a solder-based modchip designed to bypass Switch security, the same legal logic Nintendo used against Team-Xecuter in 2022, which led to Gary Bowser’s 40-month prison sentence. Nintendo’s filing explicitly accuses Picofly of circumventing ‘technological protection measures that permit the Nintendo Switch console to interact only with legitimate Nintendo video game files.’ Two active Switch 2 emulators, Eglantine and Lichii, share code lineage with Yuzu via Eden, making them legally exposed despite not yet being targeted.

That vulnerability comes just after Nintendo patched a jailbreak exploit on the Switch 2. The takedowns follow Nintendo’s 2024 $2.4 million settlement with Tropic Haze, Yuzu’s parent company. GitHub has complied with all notices. No court filings or counter-notices have been reported.

Nintendo has not commented publicly on the timing or scope. The next likely flashpoint: whether Eglantine or Lichii draw formal legal action before or after the Switch 2’s global launch.