Take down this video, Nintendo. I dare you. - Switch games on Steam Deck

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Nintendo made news for taking down KZbinrs so much as showing emulation of Switch titles on Steam Deck. We’re taking it a step further and showing you how to do it. The right way.
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro & Switch games on the Steam Deck!
3:33 Why we blurred the gameplay (floatplane.com)
4:00 Why should you do this?
4:40 How to jailbreak your switch & pull games off of it
8:41 How to setup the Steam Deck & emulator
11:13 Drawbacks & benefits
12:00 Disclaimer about legality & piracy

[@MasterBaker2020]

My respect for LTT just grew significantly. For standing up to overbearing corporations in defense of the enthusiast community they’re a great community resource!

[@unicornsrdabest]

bruh they have the screen blurred

[@Gatorz_Gaming]

@@unicornsrdabest they have to for legal reasons, they are trying their best

[@relklarsen]

@@unicornsrdabest Well yeah, obviously. Nintendo literally DMCA strikes anything showing their games, running on anything other than their own systems.

[@CaleBorde]

What they're doing isn't all they can do, but caution around Nintendo is a good idea.

[@Spazza42]

LTT cares about authenticity. If they don't agree with something, they'll let everyone know regardless of the cost.

[@MODDEDWARFARE]

Will be interesting to see if Nintendo tries anything with this one. Explaining how to boot the switch into RCM mode with the jig is the same thing that resulted in Nintendo issuing a CTM (Circumvention of Technological Protection Measures) complaint about one of my videos. It was subsequently removed from KZbin.

[@Jadebones]

If it can be done (and works as a means to access internal menus designed to be used) then there is no such "circumventing" nor "protection". Just because they left their backdoor open does NOT MEAN people are "breaking in".

[@MODDEDWARFARE]

@@Jadebones I agree but Nintendo clearly doesn't see it that way.

[@Shadman261]

Huge fan

[@d4n93r]

Oh its Mr. Warfare! Iove your content!

[@CrowdedLight]

@@destructodisk9074 wouldn't that analogy be more like using a lockpick to open your own door? Which is totally legal. You are getting access to a diagnostic menu of hardware device you own.

[@3ftninja132]

Wow, I can't believe Linus was found in a ditch after shooting himself 50 times in the chest and snapping his own neck, what a coincidence.

[@vilebastage]

Strange that they found a Luigi Amiibo in his pocket....

[@3ftninja132]

@@vilebastage I thought it was a Wario one.

[@thegrizzler534]

This is a really dark comment the deeper you think about it

[@gabemaurer4969]

@@thegrizzler534 then don't think about it lol

[@andrewpfeifer2808]

@@thegrizzler534 not really that derep, being shot in the chest 50 times and snapping your own neck is pretty dark without digging deeper what?

[@sadisticgamerpodcast1186]

its very impressive that LTT are bassically calling out nintendo and standing up for fair use. Great job.

[@WhoTheDev]

It's called Legal Emulation for a reason :)

[@Bargate]

@@WhoTheDev Yeah this is easily the best video about it because they are actually honest about the legality of it and talk about all the upsides (all being on one device, runs better if its more powerful device than a steam deck) as well as the downsides (no online play which makes games like Splatoon or Mario kart pointless on emulator and the steam deck having much worse battery life, and the imperfections of early days emulation with stutters or crashes). Most people are just like "free games lol fuck Nintendo" which obviously isn't helpful for anyone.

[@Austinfdp]

LDN u can play with modded switch and other emulator players. Been doing this with all my friends and its fun@@Bargate

[@basr7373]

imagine having to blur out gameplay, what a weird world we live in, big ups LTT for all you do for the enthousiast community

[@generalbutz8477]

imagine having to blur your house window..

[@davidfernelz]

@@generalbutz8477 if your referring to the Linus house videos he does that too protect himself because sharing the view out your window online can reveal what your address is and for obvious reasons he doesn't want random strangers ("fans") showing up at his house

[@gonzalolog]

​@@davidfernelz yeah sure, but it's still taking stuff out of context, it's not about having to blur, it's about the loophole a stupid situation that Nintendo sadly has the power to do whatever they want...

[@Ayoul]

@@gonzalolog barking at the wrong tree there mate.

[@nightwing8666]

@@gonzalolog how does that have anything to do with him blurring out his house windows? Are u high?

[@Snoop_Dugg]

This is ballsy and especially comforting given the recent Ubisoft news, that at least someone has our backs for game preservation, right to repair and actual ownership of the things we pay for.

[@Thornskade]

You mean the server shutdowns? They don't actually sell you access to their servers, the game you bought just allows access to them for free, and they are entirely in their right to shut down these free services at any point. Companies can't be expected to keep paying for servers forever, so I think that's reasonable. However, I do find it annoying as they could have made multiplayer modes available in LAN rather than always rely on external servers.

[@AquarialTV]

@@Thornskade Except Ubisoft in their infinite wisdom decided that you should have to connect to their servers to access DLC content, meaning that, for example, if you bought the deluxe edition of Assassin's Creed 2 on steam you're unable to access any of the extra content including two whole story chapters in the middle of the game. They had to remove "deluxe edition" from the title because of this last year and now this is going to affect all the other games on the list

[@theninjamaster67]

@@Thornskade I would say they should still have an obligation to make it where DLC you PAYED for is still accessible somewhere if they're gonna pull this crap though otherwise they're just screwing people over.

[@ronnie3044]

@@theninjamaster67 Thats how things are going to be in the future. Look at what Bungie has done with Destiny 2. Years and hundreds of dollars worth of content just gone.

[@Snoop_Dugg]

If I remember correctly the cost for running a server is roughly $10/month. That's peanuts in terms of total revenue and a single server can support many multiplayer games especially if the total online presence is low. Or yeah, P2P conversion would be a good option for them to do too, or allow the community to make themselves. With the DLC, the original titles are losing the dlc but not the remastered copies. So they are trying to force you to buy the same game again... On PC!

[@mariofanl1ve]

"this video could be gone tomorrow" 4 months later.

[@bobobobobobobobobobobob]

it proves that theyre too afraid to delete the video the big ones are dragging the dim spotlight to themselves then

[@tranquility6789]

"Could"

[@mariofanl1ve]

4 months later from when this comment was made

[@Heroheenie]

@@mariofanl1ve It's now been at least a full year since this video was uploaded.

[@andhaynes]

Still going 1 year later

[@SkipperWing]

Good news! Nintendo didn't take the video down. Bad news! Nintendo took down the emulator instead!

[@amivag]

Thing's that get to the internet never go away, you can use suyu/try to find a working trusted link for last version of yuzu

[@stopdavidlane]

Absolute example of which LTT deserves their massive fanbase - they're doing it FOR THE CULTURE. Well done.

[@benwu7980]

They are somewhat in a special place at moment, they actually have the resources to fight Nintendo. They are Canadian, so certain legal tactics from Nintendo would need to actually stand up against a legal system that is not completely controlled by corporations. I may disagree with Linus on what are basically superficial points, but his overall position is something I am behind 100%. This video is an intentional challenge to Nintendo, but also the broader industry. Every single thing within video, and how precisely it was worded and delivered, is pretty much the definition of 'come at me bro'

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

@@benwu7980 what did you disagree with Linus on?

[@Battlefox64_RL]

*well said sir.*

[@benwu7980]

@@user-op8fg3ny3j As I said superficial stuff, I give no cares about smart home stuff, generally. A phrase I sometimes use is ' the S in IoT stands for Security'. I can't really point to anything specific, I think he aligns with most of my views.

[@vincentwong3156]

doing it for potential support for piracy? well done.

[@preyingshark4878]

Note: It is possible to set things up so you can connect to WiFi safely on a hacked Switch but if you don't follow the instructions *EXACTLY* you'll get banned and LTT likes to keep things as simple as possible so they probably just felt that things like DNS settings and the difference between SysNAND and EmuNAND was too complicated for a general audience. But the instructions are in the guide they linked if you are comfortable with that stuff.

[@CmoIsDaNam3i]

Hmmmmm... 🤔...

[@randomusernames]

Yeah, running my switch with wifi on the sysnand and still with wifi but blocked nintendo servers on the emunand

[@Monoir2010]

pretty sure they didnt mention dns settings because that's technically circumventing nitendo.

[@oamioxmocliox8082]

;)

[@Vanilla_Wh0op]

Combined with incognito it's great!

[@monkeybase01]

They didn't bother taking down this video, they took down the whole emulator in stead. Wonderful bullying from Nintendo once again!!

[@krisyannuruha5147]

ryujinx still active.. yuzu on other hand is gone..

[@Willowposting]

Yuzu did it to themselves by doing shit like allowing online play by circumventing nintendos servers. They were practically asking for it and I’m surprised that didn’t get them taken down sooner. Ryujinx has multiplayer but only between other ryujinx users and hacked switch consoles, with no connection to real Nintendo servers. I still think it’s bullshit, but to call it bullying is a bit strong. Not defending the billion dollar corporation, just pointing out a big mistake yuzu made.

[@monkeybase01]

@@Willowposting Why would that matter though?

[@rafario448]

4 months have passed and this video is still surviving nintendo

[@ruinfox4108]

Anthony is a sneaky sneaky boi, he knows how to evade those laywers.

[@zx-3948]

I thought it was a new video, honestly. Until I saw the publish date.

[@PSUNATION]

Grow

[@metalhead-6448]

[@lamppost101]

8 now lol

[@Nachokinz]

All hardware eventually breaks down over time; software preservation via emulation is essential to keeping these pieces of history intact for future generations to experience.

[@pickle24]

something i can hold and feel is cooler than data stored inside computers

[@Unfamous2423]

@@pickle24 but whatever you can hold can be broken, this the point of preservation

[@celphalonred1999]

Technically mine never has in the past, hell even my 360.

[@Duaality.]

@@celphalonred1999 I can assure you that there'll be a component that doesn't work as well as it used to or at all - that's the point of their comment

[@obamacare4262]

@@celphalonred1999 Wait till it red ring of deaths, or the HDD fails, or the graphic cards fails, or the CPU fails. itll happen

[@Mischiefs]

Nintendo's number one fear, emulation

[@TravisFabel]

The funny thing is it's perfectly legal in the US, just like game cartridge rental... But It's illegal in Japan and since Nintendo is japanese-based the considerate theft regardless of it actually being legal in the US... So they pursue it relentlessly.

[@Silverhazey_]

Pog. A wild Mischief appeared.

[@CmoIsDaNam3i]

Hey-o. How it going my dude?

[@rhysjones8506]

@@TravisFabel emulation is. As long as it's a copy of your own game. Though I believe in UK and Europe it's also illegal or on the way. But people confuse piracy and emulation. Piracy isn't legal..

[@StemLG]

@@rhysjones8506 well, it is legal until you get caught ;)

[@FlightTrack101]

I know I'm 6 months late but just a heads up to anyone wondering, Yuzu and Ryujinx (Switch emulators) both use what's called shader caches. Basically you can download shader caches from different places of people that have completed them (I believe there are some subreddits out there) or you can do certain actions and inputs in the games and those shaders will cache overtime. So that's why you see a lot of stuttering seemingly at completely random intervals, because it's caching those shaders. (Assuming the LTT team didn't know this and just ran the dumped games right away without prep)

[@negithekitty]

I really want to see the watch analytics after the yuzu shutdown

[@indyandherjones]

"50cc because I'm a games journalist" made me laugh more than it should

[@jkm4505]

Emily is not the hero that we deserve but the one we need

[@shawn3817]

You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain

[@charlescote3989]

He is the one Nintendo deserves

[@oleksandr5463]

My here

[@Rex-lb7yu]

​@@shawn3817 Nintendo sees him as the villain but the people sees him as the hero

[@soulrion7313]

YESSSS

[@isthismarvin]

Rest in Peace Yuzu

[@Yamagatabr]

"Pirating" Nintendo is a moral obligation of any honorable citizen.

[@DemoniteBL]

Indeed

[@Ncloud]

It's crazy because if Nintendo had their own online service like Xbox game pass for all their heavy hitter classic games they'd be filthy rich

[@kennypowers1945]

@@Ncloudexactly, they’d be drowning in dollars

[@Shea7TDM]

I can smell Nintendo’s lawyers snooping through the entirety of LTT as we speak.

[@Just-View]

Let’s prepare our 50TB servers that Linus taught us how to build, a make a backup of the channel :)

[@philjeffrey840]

hopefully they dont get them for something else now that they are in the spotlight~

[@sokolum]

@@Just-View PetaByte

[@JD-lx2yf]

Honestly, I can easily see Nintendo not only going after LTT for copyright infringement, but I can also see Nintendo going after them for piracy. They just created a video instructing people to pirate Nintendo's copyright.

[@bundles1978]

something tells me LTT videos are all backed up somewhere(s)

[@AuctorisMors]

This is why they, publishers, want to push cloud gaming. :) Cant "pirate a rom" if you never touch the real data. They see legal, rightful use of their old products, as loss of profit. Cant lose profit if we can never own the game.

[@Smokinjoewhite]

Exactly this.

[@alminhelex]

Similar to films exclusive to streaming platforms. Owning anything nowadays is either made a chore or you end up sailing the high seas. Yo ho yo ho...

[@_GLXC]

I think the reason Nintendo specifically is so aggressive with anti emulation is because their product is mostly reliant on the fact that it's their system. Sony and Microsoft might compete to make a more powerful system, but at the end of the day, they're not relying on the fact that their consoles are "unique" to stay afloat, especially since they're also putting their games on several platforms. Nintendo on the other hand depends on people buying into whatever special gimmick they have to get people to buy their console and games. At first I thought this was just a hunch, but researching into it, this difference is actually true. While other game console companies sell their consoles at no profit or even at a loss, Nintendo is the outlier where they make the majority (55%) of their money from the console sales. This actually makes sense from a hardware perspective too. People are confused by Nintendo's decision to intentionally stick with extremely outdated hardware despite better alternatives being available, but viewing it from a consoles profits first perspective would clarify why Nintendo doesn't want to come out with a "Switch Pro". They probably don't want to cut into those profits by messing with the supply chain and buying more expensive parts for new switches.

[@vadnegru]

@@_GLXC their games and IPs are what makes Switch works. Nobody would buy it only to play The Witcher in 480p.

[@MegaManNeo]

@@alminhelex Except that there are plenty of ways to capture a video stream whereas you can not do such things with interactive media.

[@TheDavidcoji]

Nintendo played the long game on taking this video down.

[@serkandevel7828]

1:57 "let's just to 50cc because I'm a games journalist" If only other news industires have an easy button

[@crashbandicoot5636]

Bless the LTT team for being on the side of game preservation.

[@ziggbro]

In what world is current gen emulation "Game preservation"??????????????????

[@HilbertXVI]

@@ziggbro All games get old eventually????????????????

[@ziggbro]

@@marcogenovesi8570 Sure you're not wrong, but can you really make that argument when the game has no death in sight?

[@ziggbro]

@@HilbertXVI can't tell if you are serious or just trolling but I'll answer anyways. Current gen emulation is ALMOST always a pirate thing, as you lose alot of the benefits of the console and game playing on a emulator. like online and other experience.

[@jimkubak]

woah

[@secureb00t39]

Any video promoting the emulation scene AND the homebrewing scene is an incredibly important one. So much misinformation is spread in both areas.

[@plumjet0930]

I agree

[@ChineseWinnie]

@@plumjet0930 thanks for agreeing

[@totallyfrozen]

Thanks for sharing this. I’m viewing it “for informational purposes only” because this isn’t something I’ll ever do. Honestly, I’m too lazy to bother. The Switch OLED is good enough for me, but I appreciate the free sharing of information and I’m sure other gamers really wanted to know this stuff.

[@neighfarious]

Just a heads up: if you have multiple Switch consoles, the console you're backing up *must* be marked as your primary console in the Nintendo eShop, ideally before you start this process. Otherwise, your system's keys won't be valid for the games you back up and yuzu might fail to launch certain games.

[@flamingkillermc2806]

Anthony as a smuggler looks so funny

[@dedu15]

Dangerous*

[@chickenfart4728]

its the most threatening thing ive ever seen

[@plumjet0930]

Yeah

[@sorathecrow751]

You got any more of those *scratches neck* nintendo games??

[@manoz6194]

He run fast too!!

[@ControllerTape]

Once again: it's great to throw your weight around and all, but Nintendo _knows_ they'll lose fights like this in court so they _will not_ pick them. It's much better for them to leave it in a grey area and be able to threaten the little guy with legal action that the little guy isn't sure they'll win or can even afford to win. In order to stop Nintendo's blatant BS, somebody needs to file suit _against Nintendo_ asking for a declaratory judgement that all this stuff is legal. That would pin them against the wall and help to neuter their litigiousness by giving the little guys more surety of victories in court and a greater likelihood of recovering attorney's fees. Somebody with chops needs to take the fight to Nintendo, Game Genie-style.

[@GSBarlev]

Here's the thing, though. If tomorrow Jimmy-nobody posts a video tutorial to his three subscribers showing far less and gets hit with a takedown, he can appeal it by pointing out that similar content remains up. Maybe he gets ignored, but just maybe Jimmy happens to have the resources or connections to take the case to court, and that case is far stronger the more videos like this exist and stay un-challenged.

[@tmicecave]

I am not a lawyer but I am pretty sure in my country it is forbidden to bypass and or disable anti-piracy measures. It is like as if I would film myself robbing a bank.

[@colinhobbs7265]

@@tmicecave This isn't piracy

[@Nostradankus]

@@Psychx_ It isn't just money though. Actually letting a matter like this go to court means spending years embroiled in a highly technical legal matter too. It means that if you or your lawyer fuck up Nintendo get a beneficial judgment and you just turned legal bullying into case law that any company in a similar situation can fall back on. If public support dries up midway through the case - than can take years - then you'll have to drop the whole thing. This isn't H3H3 getting sued by another KZbinr, this is hoping that public support and whatever lawyer that support can buy will stand up to team of legal experts with all the financial backing they could ever need. And even then, if Nintendo is suing you they can always retract their suit if it becomes inconvenient for them, or offer to settle out of court without creating precedent.

[@tmicecave]

@@colinhobbs7265 Read again. I said nothing about this being piracy.

[@lpcamargo]

I'm glad the video is still up after months of chickening out. I used to just run Android for RetroArch and casting sometimes. But I also want to try the emulators, and a simple guide like this helped a lot to just get a copy of the software I bought. Btw, could have a "doing this on Linux" appendix at the end. Thanks LTT.

[@Nick404]

Nintendo would be the company to not take this down and then go after the emulator -_-

[@Hotrob_J]

Was hoping you wouldn't need to blur the screen, but happy to see emulation getting a shout out. A lot of my old childhood ps1 disks are toast, but I made backups of them years ago so still get to enjoy them without having to pay hundreds of dollars for Digimon World 2 on ebay

[@florianwerner1186]

there was one unblurred loading screen with a nintendo logo and appearently it's not blurred on floatplane. i am eager to see how nintendo reacts

[@C4chorroSa1sicha]

Look at the hipster over here playing the objectively inferior Digimon game on the PSX.

[@C4chorroSa1sicha]

In case it is not clear: just kidding.

[@MrMe01]

I just watched the FP upload, it's shown in all its bloody glory. I guess owning your own video platform means you can react to DMCA requests any way you see fit

[@jarencascino7604]

The short that was posted on the channel does not have it blurred.

[@DavidGossettMusic]

Years ago I dumped my whole GameCube library, just for my own personal use. My original GameCube stopped working, and some of the disks had gotten scratched over years of play sessions. Yeah, I could go buy a beat up Wii or GameCube at a flea market, but even my old laptops could easily run Dolphin at upscaled resolutions. Nintendo and most of the third parties won't rerelease the games I owned from that era. I would buy most of them again if they were properly ported to new hardware, but only a few like LucasArts bothered to take the effort. Until then I feel completely fine about emulating my old library.

[@killertruth186]

If only Nintendo see further than the yen they can count...

[@Thornskade]

I dumped my GB, GBA, DS, Wii/Wii U and PlayStation 1/2/PSP games from my consoles/memory cards. I'd just like to note that I didn't do this because I gave a crap about the legality of downloading games I own from the internet, because I don't. The outcome is the same. However, I wanted to get ahold of my save files. I got worried when one of my cartridges died so I saved the rest. I'm glad to have these backed up, it was worth the hassle. My DS and PSP are both dead and no doubt the other consoles won't be lasting too long anymore either. Instead of scrolling through eBay to buy ancient overpriced hardware every few years, it's simply much more reasonable and comfortable to play these games on modern devices with open platforms. I got a vertical controller attachment for my Android phone for DS games and the rest I play on whatever I feel like, such as the Steam Deck.

[@bulletpunch9317]

I feel fine pirating current switch games too, never wouldve bought them anyway with those prices.

[@PseudoResonance]

If I remember correctly, the ridiculous part is that you can only legally emulate a game, if you have a working copy of the original. So if your game cartridge gets worn out or the console dies, you are required to stop emulating, completely defeating the purpose of archival...

[@prgnify]

I swear there are games I bought like 3 or 4 times, sometimes in different platforms, sometimes just because I lost the floppys or cds or w/e. Now with the current internet speeds I "pirate" those games, don't care if it is my own backup. Even back in the day I went on IRC channels to get NOCD cracks for games I owned, DRM is a pita

[@ligmaballs674]

The fact that the 300$ Steam deck is comparable to a 1200$ gaming laptop is insane

[@RomeDrori]

It's an insane value but there are plenty of gaming laptops at that price range that blow it out of the water, unfortunately they aren't exactly portable

[@edewar6004]

@@RomeDrori even the 64g model with a cheap SD card?

[@ikenseeu5026]

@@RomeDrori laptops?? maybe a pc but definitely not a laptop

[@Apple_Beshy]

@@RomeDrori no 300$ laptop is comparable to steamdeck though?

[@ethyr]

@@Apple_Beshy yes there is? the steam deck is comparable to like a mid/low range 2018 gaming laptop, which you can easily find for $200-300 nowadays. they'll have better screens, too.

[@wanderingwobb6300]

Anthony is astronomically based for making this video. We're so lucky to have him delivering such great content so consistently.

[@fynkozari9271]

Sus.

[@jiali5165]

yes, but did he tested GPD WIN.MAX 6800U, i think the performance is better.

[@Shidera5721]

@@jiali5165 That thing is borderline a Handheld, so a comparison doesn't make much sense imo. All Reviews i watched said that the formfactor is not nice to hold at all, the display weights so much that your arms get tired fast and the battery life, even at a conservative TDP setting of 15W is just in the 1,5-2h range. So in the end, sure the performance is better, but my Tower-PC has also better performance, doesn't tell the whole story.

[@cbs1710]

"Based", I so hate that word. Don't we have plenty more eloquent and better words to describe/ascribe the concept?

[@DoughReeToe]

"astronomically based"

[@MrSujano]

Thanks for supporting the emulation scene!

[@tegaidogun]

You're that guy who lives in the mountains with a Steam Deck

[@elbarriotrucker]

Love your content too.

[@kurtgentry6257]

@@tegaidogun you make him sound like a gaming Yetti 😆

[@andrewmulert]

RIP Yuzu

[@randomdude12370]

Thanks to the community, I was able to take an old game boy advanced game I had as a child, and was able to get these save file off of it, so in the future I can use it for emulated games, and if my cartridge ever breaks, I'll never lose my precious Charizard

[@ucheorugoji301]

Thats wholesome. I could never believe losing my very first pokemon. This also reminds me to backup my old pokemon fire red save

[@gardwateva]

So much respect for Anthony writing this video, Linus allowing it to go ahead despite the possible legal issues, and all the support from the rest of the team! Though, knowing LTT this is a fight they would enjoy to have, regardless of how much of a pain in the ass it may end up being. Good work Guys!

[@ArniesTech]

Im not sure if Anthony or any host writes the content himself. But Anthony is my #1 favourite presenter/host period 💪😌

[@gardwateva]

@@ArniesTech I think Anthony is also part of the writing team, based on videos they posted if their writers meeting, but yeah im sure a lot of the scripts are a team effort. No one person can make content of this quality and consistency, which is what makes LTT so special!

[@theartworkhub]

@@ArniesTech It's on the credit at the last who wrote it, an dit was Anthony alone.

[@x86DualBooter]

Anthony doesn't write the videos so calm down.

[@ZubinSaxena]

This is Linus’s idea. In one the WAN shows way back he promised they will make a video like this and that he is prepared to fight Nintendo over this.

[@KibSquib48]

glad you showed how to legally get ROMs to emulate, I'm so tired of everyone defaulting to "emulation = piracy"

[@minetech4898]

Doesn't stop Nintendo from calling it piracy, lol.

[@Alias_Anybody]

I do not think there's a strong argument in favour of emulating software WHICH IS STILL ACTIVELY SOLD thought. The only reason to emulate here is "I don't want to pay for a Switch" which basically proves Nintendo right in their "emulation equals piracy" line.

[@MelodyMecato6156]

Who cares if it's illegal or not. Nintendo's own service for retro games is trash.

[@possibly_meta7389]

@@Alias_Anybody To be fair with certain emulators you can use mods to increase performance or resolution. But yeah most people just use emulators to pirate because they don't want to pay for anything.

[@Betacak3]

@@Alias_Anybody If you buy a Switch used, Nintendo doesn't make any money either. So, is buying used consoles piracy now? Of course not. Doesn't prove anything Nintendo says right.

[@thegamer1072]

Him : This video could be gone tomorrow The Video : 1 year ago

[@nanmwahrki1263]

1:58 "Let's just do 50cc, because I'm a games journalist" lol

[@stefanocampoccia3984]

Seeing Anthony smiling warms my heart! He has changed a lot through theese years. I do believe that while on his first days at ltt he wasn't at ease being filmed, he now is really enjoying the situation and he finally has the fun he deserves. The support and all the good comments that came from the community are awesome. Thank you man for sharing your knowledge and experience with us while making difficoult things easy and fun. People like you was, is, and will be the reason why pcs are fun. Thank you Anthony and thank you all!

[@hpswagcraft]

i fuckin love anthony, dude

[@jaejunha]

He is one of my favorites lol. Know what you mean

[@jaymac6758]

The guy looks like Jabba the Hutt.

[@johnbergmann2896]

Anthony is one of their best on camera people.

[@yaseemanac]

He's really good these days

[@nickryan3417]

This is not so much Nintendo hitting LTT directly, it's also about Google's lowly paid compliance team who will just roll over and say "yes sir" when Nintendo demand that the content is taken down. In many ways it is up to Google to revert back to Nintendo and demand that Nintendo prove that the content should be removed. Therefore this is not just a potential fight between Nintendo and LTT, it's Nintendo via Google and LTT via Google.

[@maxlyrenhex]

Google can't do that without putting themselves in a high amount of risk (hence their hands-off approach). Submitting a DMCA request requires accepting to the possibility of going to court over it (which does not include Google). Legally, it's Nintendo hitting LTT. Using the platform to do it is just how DMCA tends to work.

[@UndercastEsmeganitrospeed]

@@maxlyrenhex it's not even dmca at this point, Nintendo has access to KZbin's CMS system to directly take down a video

[@ella4406]

@@UndercastEsmeganitrospeed that's still dmca

[@UndercastEsmeganitrospeed]

@@ella4406 well, the end user gets the same form as if it was a dmca but the company itself is not even monitoring it really since you can just enable it to match X using KZbin's system or use an API and match automatically whatever you want... Once you got access abusing it is stupid easy since you're assumed to be correct on your claim

[@TheClearSight]

there is no google paid complience team, its all automated. ltt may have a contact at google, but if a big company like nintendo flags something, its only about an automated "review" in 99,999999999% never a human eye will review anything.

[@samurie894]

Perfectly put on why Nintendo is such a frustrating company to be a fan of. Maybe it's that same stubbornness that attributes to the quality of Mario and Zelda games (although everything else falls to the wayside). We would all hope that they are a few more weird choices away from being humbled, but time has shown that that is not the case.

[@dcard228]

Nintendo, to me, just feels like the Mario and Zelda company at this rate. They're the cash cows and it's obvious. Maybe Smash as well

[@OwenTurnbull]

@@dcard228 pokemon. You literally forgetting pokemon. Its pokemon, zelda and mario

[@dcard228]

@@OwenTurnbull I didn't say Pokemon because they haven't made a good one in years

[@wolfdaze292]

@@dcard228 Second this. As someone who's been a fan of Pokemon/ Nintendo through my youth, it's gone down hill. The Xenoblade and Fire Emblem franchises are also good IPs, but other than those two as well as Mario, Zelda and Smash, Nintendo really has nothing else unique to it. I still love my switch, but once Valve makes a Steam Deck 2.0/ 3.0 with a significantly better battery life or at least one that rivals the switch, I'm dropping it.

[@dcard228]

@@wolfdaze292 the Steam Deck is fantastic. The battery life isn't fantastic for sure though. I'm hoping when they release a new Deck with better batteries that they're backwards compatible with the OG Deck

[@hafuketo9458]

After doing emulation on various devices most of my life I realized a few years ago that the most conventient way is just to use your laptop + a USB/Bluetooth controller. Only other type of emulation I find useful is editing the games on the mini consoles/having a retropie for party games

[@thechargedcreeper3967]

Here's the problem. This generation Nintendo is extremely aggressive at preventing aftermarket software from running on their hardware. They're lobbying to make it illegal to mod consoles in Japan and they have even stated in court that they have redesigned the Switch specifically to prevent running non-Nintendo software multiple times. Unlike going through a similar process for, say, the Wii and Dolphin, Nintendo is arguing you're in the wrong either way. You can either pirate the stuff, which is illegal, or you can jump through these hoops and have them come at you for 'circumventing protection measures'. They will only look at the illegal stuff you _could_ do to it, and decide that you are immediately a criminal the moment you even think of buying an RCM jig. They don't care about you, the costumer, not breaking the law or even their ip, they just care about money. Unfortunately for us, they have enough money to make sure they can impose their envisioned way of using a product we bought onto us

[@madboyokc]

They're so desperate about killing emulation because they know hardware from 1880 could run their titles. Anyone with a blackberry could play their games. Patents and IP's are all they have.

[@muizzsiddique]

I mean, they call emulation illegal, despite them emulating their own games and selling that to their customers.

[@nathansstuff1547]

Sound worse than Apple.

[@toukoenriaze9870]

they can't sue everyone kekw

[@dv_xl]

Even if it's illegal in Japan they'll have a hard time lobbying this on EU or US. I feel bad for Japan but at least in all likelyhood we won't be subject to that, especially as "right to repair" movements grow

[@CaleBorde]

Finally someone gives Nintendo what they deserve.

[@isgn1088]

The video was posted a minute ago, how have you watched the entire thing in that time? Like 10 comments are saying the same shit. Stfu

[@KGBSpyGeorgeCostanza]

@@Mr1Senk hello brother what slavic brotherhood nation are you from

[@dexterrible91]

@@isgn1088 he didn’t but who cares

[@EnigmaticGentleman]

TBH I dont think the "It can emulate Switch" Is a valid reason to say the Deck is better, you still have to buy a Switch (a specific model at that), and the games to do it legally after all. Though if you do actually own the Switch and games there is no problem in emulating them, only problem is a lot of people dont

[@Blaze6108]

Yeah, the fact that smaller youtubers are prevented from showing this despite it being COMPLETELY LEGAL is kind of insane. Talk about the justice system being a plutocracy. Also, if it wasn't for Nintendo's psychotic behavior, you wouldn't even need a Switch, a company could just build a device that automagically copies the data from the card.

[@LunchBXcrue]

Hey Anthony, I have one question that I haven;t really gotten a clear answer on, I recently started playing skyrim again and really don't want to have to start a game over again because I want to install it on the steam deck. I'm wondering copy my entire game file over (mods included), install vortex and then mod all the mods from my PC vortex file and copy them to the new one, would vortex should recognize the mods and right? Or should I just install all the vortex mods again to make sure I have all the ones my save file has been using and pray my save file will open without issue? as it seems like the mods installed via in game mod shop should move over fine. I just don't want to have to start over again.

[@vedicboul]

HOLD THE LINE THEY'RE COMING

[@GatoPaint]

I haven't laughed this hard from an LTT intro until now, lmao good job Emily!

[@TheRogueWolf]

Like the _actual_ pirates who sailed the seas, Nintendo has targeted those without the ability to defend themselves. LTT has become a ship of the line, with Captain Anthony at the helm, saying "come at us, scoundrels, if ye dare".

[@bipbop3121]

LTT didn't entirely dare though. They went the route they knew Nintendo wouldn't dare on YT 🥱

[@bigdaddyumi]

Fr man 😂

[@_GhostMiner]

With captain Anthony? Isn't linus the head of LTT? But this kinda sounds like Barbossa vs Sparrow

[@mikeuk666]

attention seeking kids award

[@MN-jw7mm]

The people you're talking about were slavers. Not the greatest analogy.

[@HeavyBreathing]

Fuck it, it's morally correct to pirate nintendo games

[@SteelSpurs]

Careful, they're on the prowl now.

[@M3K1E]

Big respect to Anthony. Any big corporations believe that media preservation had nothing to do with piracy if library was lost, really need to rethink.

[@tobiwonkanogy2975]

we lose games all the time . I think a few have been saved by some random person related to the office saving the main copy away in some area while the company loses the files .

[@TerranigmaQuintet]

@@tobiwonkanogy2975 Only Ninterndo aren't one of those, they usually keep their sources and files properly backed up. it's why we got that meg aleak with SNES/N64 era Nintendo stuff a while ago. In the meantime S-E and Sega for one, have been notorious with losing their source code for ,many of their older titles.

[@KS-zt4nd]

"Nintendo believes that any emulation is piracy" That wouldn't happen to have anything to do with the fact that they love charging high prices for old games on their Virtual Console, which don't carry over to the next console generation, thus forcing people to buy the same decades old game multiple times right? No that has to be a coincidence.

[@HKlink]

Which is hilarious because Virtual Console / Nintendo Online titles are emulated. They don't port stuff either. If any emulation is piracy, Virtual Console is piracy ;)

[@tbuk8350]

Nintendo consoles are my favorite to homebrew (aside from the switch) because of how usually simple it is, and how powerful they can be. I have a homebrewed Wii U (the Wii U port of BoTW on CEMU is better than any other version of the game), DSi, and 3ds. I haven't homebrewed the Switch because the people over at Nintendo are incredibly annoying and will likely ban your account. Anyway, despite the low specs, it's amazing how good something like a 3ds can be when you have the power to install any software you want. Also, something I would be REALLY interested in is portable Xbox 360 emulation on the Deck using Xenia. It works decently well on PC, though the emulator isn't super good yet. I would love to see how the Steam Deck's specs can handle 360 emulation. Oh yeah, and to finish off my comment, on the topic of getting banned from Switch for dumping games, I prefer to enter the Gray Area™ and just download ROMs for games I own because I technically still bought the game.

[@yeetmaster9010]

You can tell how bad he wants to tell you to download a ROM from the internet.

[@farminglol]

I love the big "TRY ME" from Linus with this video, after Nintendo have been so blatantly anti-consumer for so long. Now we know what the backpack money is going to ... those lawyers don't work for free afterall.

[@davidfernelz]

I like the joke but if you watch the WAN show you know all their money is going into LTT Lab lol.

[@SamuelBenedicic_of_NSK]

Lawyers run on water, drank from our LTT.store bottles.

[@DriveCancelDC]

Nintendo don't care about videos on here. There's hundreds of videos of Switch emulation and RCM guides on KZbin. IDK why LTT is running with this narrative that they're doing something risky when they're not.

[@Icetea-2000]

But in the end, any lawyer just represents their client as best as they can, the entire responsibility is with Nintendo

[@ziggbro]

They are anti-consumer because people pirate their stuff. and now they are gonna be MORE anti-consumer cuz people like you are now gonna pirate games.

[@thamuswitwill]

Anthony shows us the moral path and tells Nintendo how immoral they've been. I love it and I doubt this video will be up in a week.

[@gavinthecrafter]

Not only the moral path, but the legal path. As he said, US copyright law has set a precedent that consumers have a right to use software they own as they wish

[@MrGamelover23]

@@gavinthecrafter no, they only set the precedent that emulators themselves are not inherently illegal, they never said anything about actually using them.

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

@@MrGamelover23 gonna wait for someone else to chime in on that one

[@tobilinz_]

I think it will be down soon but LTT will bring it up again even if it means going to court against Nintendo

[@therealpbristow]

I *really* hope lots of people aren't, *right now*, using whatever browser plug-ins they have for downloading KZbin videos to grab and keep their own permanent copies of this video... I mean it would be just *terrible* if Nintendo went to all the trouble of making LTT cease and desist, only to then have thousands of other KZbinrs all re-posting the same video *everywhere* on KZbin, on Facebook, on Twitter, on the side of the Houses of Parliament... =:oo =>;o]

[@CaptainRex332]

The fact that someone tried to emulate portal on the Steamdeck is hilarious

[@green.s.]

that's hilarious

[@Tipper6842]

Looks like Nintendo didn’t care

[@shadowwolfmandan]

A couple years ago a port of Super Mario was released on the Commodore 64 (yes, really), and Nintendo performed a cease and desist. Really for the independent programmer who spent 8 years making it work they should have praised his achievement.... but they have proven over and over again that they actually hate their fans.

[@MN-jw7mm]

Why do fans think they can infringe on other peoples property and say, "Well, look, you should be happy we paid you in exposure, right?" Nintendo doesn't give a shit. Buy the game and play it on the console it was made for is their business model.

[@Greninka]

@@MN-jw7mm literally nobody was going to use the commodore 64 fan port as a way to play it instead of playing the original. the only people who'd give a shit about it have already got the original game. it doesn't hurt sales at all.

[@shadowwolfmandan]

@@MN-jw7mm Troll much? This was a fan product of a game over 30 years old to prove it could be done with no financial incentive as they were giving it away. But hey, you should go order that brand new NES and Super Mario in ~2018 when it came out to make yourself feel better... Oh.. .wait, you can't! Because it was a 30 year old game on obsolete 30 year old hardware. There is literally no financial loss to Nintendo.

[@shadowwolfmandan]

@@MN-jw7mm But hey, Sonic the Hedgehog C64 was release too, for free.. and guess what? Sega, who still exists, didn't give a damn.

[@CounterFlow64]

@@MN-jw7mm Copyright is not property. It is a limitation of property. Treating it as property is dysfunctional, and gives companies like Nintendo way too much power. Remaking a 30 year old game should not "infringe" on the rights on anyone, and morally speaking, no one is getting hurt.

[@Carnage8]

Love the risk LTT just took for the betterment of smaller content creators and to spread suppressed information to a larger audience amazing work everyone involved and exceptional presentation Anthony :)

[@billigerfusel]

@Stein Mauer this, plus the more drama they get, the more views they get, which results in more money. They hope Nintendo will try to remove this.

[@zaidlacksalastname4905]

Risk? It's all legal

[@ignitionnight]

@@zaidlacksalastname4905 So, doesn't mean there isn't risk. Nintendo can still sue, likely lose, but force LMG to incur legal fees that would hurt their bottom line. The risk is there regardless of the expected outcome of a lawsuit.

[@Maximara]

@@ignitionnight LMG could counter sue or have an attorney who takes it pro bono (ie for free). One of the bad workplace videos elsewhere had somebody who had the some idea (drag it out rack up legal fees) but the other person had a pro bono attorney so not only did they loose but they lost even more money even though they settled out of court.

[@DriveCancelDC]

@@ignitionnight Why would Nintendo sue LTT? There are many videos of Switch emulation and modding guides on KZbin with no blur. This is just LTT clickbaiting and being drama queens.

[@LlamarFX]

Nintendo did not remove the video about emulator but strike Pointcrow for modding BOTW is mind-boggling.

[@Gramini]

Big N also abused DMCA to take down a tool to do all this legally (Lockpick and Lockpick_RCM).

[@0106johnny]

LTT is not showing gameplay footage for a reason

[@Jan12700]

I need some help. I tried to update BotW, but it don't work. Yuzu says it's on version 1.6.0 with DLC 1 and 2 installed, but in-game it's only version 1.0.0 without the DLCs. I copied the cartridge (trimmed), the updates and the DLCs from my switch and installed the updates and DLCs via .nsp file. Did I do something wrong? I had no problems updating other games like this. And I also can't get the data of the game cadence of hyrule. There is no data of the game in the installed games folder, but it is installed and I can play it on my Switch

[@MajoraZ]

If you all really wanna poke the bear, make the title of the video actually have "Nintendo Switch", "emulation" and "Steam Deck" in it. They might not pick up on it otherwise.

[@trotskiftw]

They absolutely will catch wind of this

[@Jonathan-fw6ty]

They know, which is why they didn't do it. They're just dumbass edgelords that are actually scared of lawyers lol

[@corruptedpoison1]

LTT is one of the largest channels on KZbin. Someone at Nintendo probably watched this video within the first hour.

[@neoasura]

@@corruptedpoison1 Yeah, but they may think twice about trying to take LTT down. They can go after the smaller channels, but they would have to shell out some money for something that isn't even illegal.

[@corruptedpoison1]

@@neoasura they are made of money it would be a very costly legal battle for Linus. It could even go up to the Supreme Court

[@sinful9347]

This is legitimately easier and more user friendly to back up your save game data then the options Nintendo gives you, and this is what I've been saying for years, not everything involving jailbreaking is illegal rom downloading, we just want completely fair and legal access to our video game consoles that we paid for and own, I should be able to play my Animal Crossing island on multiple switches if I so choose to

[@Atsuru]

As someone who lost their entire deck of save data, I will likely look into this more as the official Nintendo method is indeed shit.

[@user-ng2ts8xr5s]

I think it is illegal if it goes against the company policies.

[@refrigerator1]

@@user-ng2ts8xr5s company policies aren’t laws

[@baconwizard]

@@user-ng2ts8xr5s Nintendo isnt the government, they dont make laws, you have no obligation to listen to them if your country’s law allows for it

[@leonro]

@@user-ng2ts8xr5s 1. You don't agree to any policy when you purchase the console, and that can be circumvented by going into recovery before pressing "agree" to whatever they force you to do on startup. 2. Any EULA term (or policy) that is deemed to be against the law will not stand in court, so if they say that you are not allowed to do this but it's protected by law, they will get nothing. Generally, backups and modifications of your physical goods are protected ny law. 3. Even if you breach a EULA that is legal, at most you'll have to pay a fine if you didn't do anything illegal. Breaking the law and breaking a contract are two different things. Especially since if you own all the games, they cannot claim any damages having been done to them and hence will not be able to have you pay a fee. Nintendo only bans hacked switches that go online because it is so hard to prove that you did anything. At most they might have proof of you pirating games, but since you weren't buying them anyways and didn't share them, there's little to earn from the trouble they'd go through. Not to mention how hard to prove this may be; you can smash the switch before they can check if you pirated anything. You can purchase the game they found you playing once they banned you. Only if you actually distributed them online can legal pursuit have any worth.

[@MrLvngscrfc]

There's a lot of "as you can see" that I in fact cannot see.

[@rajgill7576]

HELP: At 9:15 he says copy "those keys from earlier" earlier when?? I've only got a steam deck not a switch and I'm trying to do this and stuck right at the gate. Anybody know where I can find the keys/goldleaf/ whatever he said you need to move to yuzu??

[@WhoTheDev]

He's referring to the Keys for loading Switch games in Yuzu, you need a switch to get these keys and a Switch to backup your games

[@yty2780]

If you need keys bro I gotchu

[@rajgill7576]

@@yty2780 nice. I found one. Ow but it's something I hear you wanna update every so often so new games that come out have keys too?

[@yty2780]

@@rajgill7576 yeah just cause some games will crash on older keys sometimes, but if its working for you rn you should be fine

[@Xmanant03_Mr03]

I need help trying to copy the game firmware form gold leaf I couldn’t follow along with Anthony zooming past that part. Can someone tell me how he copy his system firmware files during the gold leaf part step by step?

[@mrfashionguy1]

I find it hilarious that Nintendo will just never understand that you can't stop a globally connected network of gamers, engineers and programmers to get what they want anyway, even if they say no. Fuck you, Nintendo. And god bless you, Anthony and every unknown person who made this all possible

[@Tenchigumi]

Yeah, it's also incredibly frustrating that Nintendo can really only take down the guys who genuinely and transparently attempt to archive video game history at little or no profit, while countless shady Amazon vendors of 100,000-in-one rom packs and malware-ridden pirate sites are basically immune and laughing their way to the bank. It's even MORE frustrating when Nintendo's digital stores are historically the worst place to buy games, because once those stores (or your consoles) disappear, so do your game libraries. For that reason I'd happily jailbreak a Switch just to backup the games I've bought, because god knows when Nintendo's gonna just remove those games from existence.

[@happysatanproduction8854]

i find it hilarious that you and your family will just never understand that you cant stop junkies, robbers, and cold hearted criminals to get your hard earned money, assets and life, even you beg them no 😈

[@mooseeggs4999]

@@happysatanproduction8854 it does not harm Nintendo rofl

[@LemtemPoktui]

​​@@mooseeggs4999 I hope one day you become an indie dev and watch people pirate your games. Rolf

[@mooseeggs4999]

@@LemtemPoktui this video doesn't show piracy at all actually, it shows an owner of a 1. NINTENDO SWITCH 2. GAME FOR NINTENDO SWITCH 3. STEAM DECK Jailbreaking their Nintendo switch (legal), then dumping the ROM of the game (legal), and putting it on a steam deck to play using emulation (also legal!)

[@shane956]

I have been a LTT viewer for many years, and I've always enjoyed the content from every staff member. In the last few months, I find myself watching more and more of Anthony's videos and they are truly incredible. We live in a pretty blessed time for tech enthusiasts. There are so many resources and youtube channels at our fingertips. But I don't see many that can effectively 1) take on a major corp with class and tact, 2) show you in detail how to jail break a console, 3) show you in detail how to run emulation software, all while having 4) a great host and great video production quality. The combo of Anthony's knowledge and resourcefulness, with LTT's incredible resources, budget, and editing & support staff, make these videos truly shine. I think what makes me respect Anthony so much is that he is simultaneously a complete expert, but also an excellent educator. One conundrum in life is that it tends to get harder to think like a noob the more you become an expert on a subject, which can make teaching difficult topics to new students a challenge. But Anthony really breaks down complex and technically challenging tasks into bite sized pieces and explains the process along the way. As a long time PC gamer who is flustered by archaic console exclusivity, thank you for content like this. Great idea for a great video, I look forward to the next. PS: I really like the series where you bought a bunch of dollar store electronics junk and tested it with legit tools to see which are worth buying expensive vs buying cheap. As much as I love the reviews on crazy expensive tech, I also really enjoy the more practical series like these, too.

[@audimaster5000]

The assimilation of knowledge is so empowering!

[@hpswagcraft]

Always loved Anthony's videos. Total Chad.

[@aaronjones818]

King

[@caspargeelen]

My man’s typing an essay over here.

[@TheRedstonelabz1]

It is a pretty simple concept. Right person in the right place. Would not eatch a bathing suite review with Anthony but for tech video's he is the perfect guy with the amount of stuff he knows.

[@TheBorhork]

I love that this video is still out. I’m getting my steam deck this week and I’m gonna be following tutorial so I don’t have to carry around a switch and a steam deck.

[@Incognito-gh5qi]

Great video, I love how at ease Anthony seems to be on camera nowadays and dare I say even confident. :) Good job guys on the video and good job community for being so supportive.

[@iloveyoushima4953]

You mean Emily?

[@verrial4558]

no@@iloveyoushima4953

[@GavinSeim]

With what we pay for these games, it should be illegal to for makers dictate where they are played. We owe no loyalty to hardware.

[@rickastleygaming]

I agree, Nintendo shouldn’t take down videos showing the games on the steam deck, but then again it is their intellectual property.

[@circuit10]

@@rickastleygaming A video of the game being played that’s literally just being used to show how it runs isn’t copyright infringement, it’s fair use otherwise reviews would be illegal

[@MauroSanna]

@Gavin Seim It's called Intellectual Property for a reason. Just so you remember that.

[@beni5149]

@@rickastleygaming That's not how it works. It's fair use, you paid for the game and under fair use you are allowed to film yourself playing ot

[@gundoxcrit1652]

@@MauroSanna once it's paid for and delivered, it's the consumers, the manufacturer has no say anymore. That's why you're free to customize your car however you want. Could you imagine if Samsung sued you for adding an extra wash cycle to your washer or took out the basket and used it in a separate base? And that even is actually a dangerous appliance not a console.

[@JustCliff]

I respect LTT even more for having the guts to make this video. Emulation is all about letting consumers have a right to play THEIR games on the platform THEY decide to. No piracy was mentioned at all.

[@Renuclous]

While I totally agree with everything said in the video and Nintendo can eat it, it would be a bit naive/willfully ignorant to suggest that anything less than 99% of all emulation is done with ROMs of games people do not own.

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

@@Renuclous does it count if I used to own it?

[@s4shrish]

@@user-op8fg3ny3j Not really, because you then sold it, gave it away or lost it. In which case there's a chance somebody else might be using it.

[@TheDeathmail]

@@Renuclous To be fair, many of the games are no longer sold or were once bought by the users. Also, most people who download a lot don't actually play the games... meaning the so the so called damage is much more minimal than these companies would like to admit.

[@kavinshanbhag3417]

While true, majority of the games aren’t easily available to buy. Majority of people emulate older stuff

[@dapper4839]

Nintendo: you must BUY our games or don't play them Also Nintendo: no i wont distribute them

[@magnesg1459]

Switch is still on the shelves

[@youtubeshadowbannedme]

@@magnesg1459 they meant older games

[@Aeonia92]

Easily still the best intro I've ever seen on an LTT video

[@idkDev]

“50 cc because i’m a games journalist” made me belly laugh

[@sentinelk9]

Damn LTT. I almost never comment on YT videos: but two thumbs way up. Good on you for standing up for what is absolutely right. And legal. Screw you nintendo for being butt heads. This actually convinced me to go pre order a steam deck (not to do this specifically, but to support projects like this overall).

[@S7ARBOY]

your money will be well spent if you want to support this kind of stuff! valve is one of, if not, the most consumer friendly, pro right to repair companies in the video game space. they straight up said if you buy a steam deck, you own it. do what you want with it. they actively encourage people to break into it and have fun. they even posted a how to break down and repair guide themselves. when's the last time you saw a game company offer any of that?

[@S7ARBOY]

@@marcogenovesi8570 ever heard of the concept called competition?

[@S7ARBOY]

@@marcogenovesi8570 before we continue, are you genuinely that dense? or are you just being argumentative?

[@firc9936]

@@marcogenovesi8570 well clearly cost wasn’t a concern since the most bought steam deck has been the $650 model.

[@ridge4649]

@@S7ARBOY pro right?!?! conservative gabe newell 😲

[@_denzy_6310]

Let's seee how long this will last after the Yuzu hit

[@themetus2190]

Ohho This aged like fine wine Especially today :D

[@TheFrantic5]

We at Red Alert boyos save the gits!!!

[@gettingmitches1323]

Anthony: Puts Nintendo games on a Steam Deck. Nintendo: He's too dangerous to be left alive.

[@ClearAlera]

@@Prophes0r I'm confused... are you suggesting LMG make and post YT videos of them doing illegal things? That wouldn't be bravery, that would be stupidity. What do you propose they do that isn't illegal? Apologies if I misinterpreted your post.

[@ShR33k]

I love the fact Linus, Anthony & LTT has had enough of Nintendo's bully-boy tactics and challenging them now! As long as you legally own the game (have a licence) you can legally play it on any device/emulator.

[@Rickbearcat]

A "license" only gives you limited ability to do with it what the license says you can do. A license does not mean that you own the game or the software that makes the game playable. That license might only give you rights to play it on official hardware. In which case you would be in breach of contract playing it on any other console other than the one it was designed for.

[@FAQUERETERMAX]

@@Rickbearcat yeah most licenses try to make you agree with strict terms to tell you as an owner can't do what you want with your own stuff. Just because those terms exist doesn't mean they hold any legal value, as proven again and again by rulings in many countries. In most countries, you are the owner of whatever you bought and can do whatever you want with it. The only limitations by law are the distribution of said content to be utilized by many people at the same time in any given moment

[@Rickbearcat]

@@FAQUERETERMAX ...Is not LTT "distributing" protected IP information on content made for the express purpose of playing it on only official hardware?

[@accountid9681]

@@Rickbearcat No, they're not... Everything they're doing is 100% legal, and the intent of the publisher is not protected in the context of consuming legally owned content (unless you live in japan).

[@MrGamelover23]

@@FAQUERETERMAX that's great, America isn't other countries, in America what corporations say matters more than what the people say, they literally write the laws.

[@CivilChev]

Using the Steam Deck for Switch games means I can finally do what I've wanted all along. Use my Series X controller as my universal controller. Literally the biggest reason my Switch has been locked in its carrying case for so long is because the "Pro Controller" feels like a toy compared to the base Xbox Series X controller and ESPECIALLY the Elite Series 2 controller.

[@jonathandawson3091]

Sunk many hours on Nintendo, everytime I feel guilty of having my progress hostage. Over time this actually caused me almost to resent the damned thing. Now we have a solution.

[@joshuawalker7054]

When I was in the Sony vs Connectx lawsuit, one of Sony's arguments was that the mere act of copying data from *from the media* to elsewhere, including to a computer's memory so it can be played by an emulator constituted copyright infringement so therefore all emulation is illegal. That was a wild ride :)

[@esiotrot1018]

Ah yes. Let me just copy this .exe from my usb to my pc. Whoops just breached copyright. (Joke)

[@PrograError]

Well... Who won? Don't hang us ...

[@TurtleSauceGaming]

No one mention to them that you have to copy a game to memory to play it even on native hardware. We've all been pirating by playing our PS4 discs. These companies need to fucking stop.

[@Gaklioo]

@@PrograError from a google search it sounds like connectx won they ruled that copying bios or whatever was not copy right infrigment but I suck at law and court endings so I could be wrong

[@PrograError]

@@Gaklioo * Johnny Depp smuck Italian lips *

[@xorinzor]

I love how LTT stands up against nintendo and their BS practices.

[@TiVo2Go]

So what you think would happen if I re-posted all of LTT videos on my channel, would he let me "stand up" against KZbin or will he copyright strike me.* *STOP THE CAP!!!*

[@Hack--rz1io]

@@TiVo2Go completely unrelated? You want to steal LTT's content whereas they want to emulate something they already bought and own

[@TiVo2Go]

@@Hack--rz1io LOL stop the cap, so the whole emulation scene is for people that own all the games they plan to play on their SteamDeck. Yeah no one is going to go to ROM sites and download these games, this is ONLY for people who onwn their Nintendo games.

[@Hack--rz1io]

@@TiVo2Go people using a tool wrongly doesn't make all uses of the tool invalid. Sure some people use emulators to bypass paying but what LTT is doing and advocates is completely different. They do not encourage stealing but preservation, flexibility, and right to own software. Your comment is again making a completely void point

[@youtubeshadowbannedme]

@@TiVo2Go delete your account, or ill delete it for you

[@Thatguy101987]

In the words of Jim Sterling, it is morally okay to pirate Nintendo games.

[@0106johnny]

I'd say it's your civil duty

[@blackeyewearer]

Nintendo is too scared to shut this video down

[@alexcoley137]

I'm imagining Nintendo will come out in full force for this one. That said, I'll be delighted if this comment ages poorly :)

[@CheapBastard1988]

If they don't, it only shows Nintendo doesn't have the guts to go after a major player. And by major player I mean a channel that doesn't get their video blocked by an automatic process and can spend a week calling tech support to put things right. Only for Nintendo to do the same after it's no longer blocked and the creator can start over again (UFD Tech for their Android on Switch video, before Linus did it).

[@trapical]

@@CheapBastard1988 I'm sure Nintendo will attempt to issue a takedown, but honestly I don't see KZbin rolling over on this one. Linus has repeatedly said he can pick up the phone and talk to higher ups at KZbin, so unless laws are actually being broken I don't think Nintendo has the authority to demand anything here.

[@neoasura]

Idk, even Nintendo has to realize the Switch is starting to wane and is severely outdated now. They may just ignore it.

[@Clawthorne]

I doubt it will be taken down since they didn't show anything illegal, and they even blurred the screen to avoid showing nintendo "property" (characters and content). Sure nintendo can file a DMCA but if they do LTT can sue them for abuse of DMCA, since DMCA isn't just "youtube take down pls", it's an actual legal filing involving lawyers. And if it's used incorrectly, you can easily get sued for whatever damage your false DMCA caused. In this case revenue loss for LTT for having a video taken down. Super illegal.

[@alexandrebelair4360]

@@CheapBastard1988 LTT also gave them no ground. They did their best to give Nintendo no case. They should've done the nopposite if they wanted a legal battle. IOf anything LTT chicken out a bit (I understand why). Nintendo not going after LTT would just show that they are smart.

[@mercuriete]

We need more videos like this. Digital preservation is important.

[@mercuriete]

@@Prophes0r I would like to see your video where you fight against Nintendo and you talk pro right to use emulation. You are doing well helping people, keep going. Please share the link. ;-)

[@SpectraPhantom2497]

@@Prophes0r do not deep throat the boot

[@Alias_Anybody]

Preservation of something that's still sold both digitally and in retail?

[@mercuriete]

@@Alias_Anybody You are right about games being sold nowadays. But the more you use your copy the more It gets broken. Emulation allows to people to keep their copy on a good state longer. So physical preservation of the copy and digital preservation at the same time. Yeah, It is counterintuitive that a person likes to emulate the same system he owns.

[@nicwelch]

@@Alias_Anybody Come on. You know why so many old games had to be recreated from scratch essentially? Because nobody at the time thought to preserve the code then. They couldn’t or wouldn’t see into the future in just a few years to the potential they truly had.

[@holloworacle635]

Why would they take this video down? Nintendo never taken down videos on how to mod even their own systems?

[@holloworacle635]

Bro the comments are like " omg he's so brave " lmao

[@youtubeshadowbannedme]

Except they have many times before

[@raculpeper]

I gotta say, I really enjoy this channel especially when Anthony is presenting, kudos!

[@DannTheMan]

Glad to see the big boys taking a crack at Switch Homebrew. Nintendo's shady business practices and non-existent return policy makes custom firmware a must have for switch owners.

[@UNSCPILOT]

Wii, 3DS, and Wii U are objectively better with homebrew mods too, I can play my PC copy of Halflife on my "new" 3DS now and it's hilarious yet cool that that's possible

[@OriginalKanyeTPain]

they dont have to let you return anything

[@Thornskade]

@@OriginalKanyeTPain Technically they do as not offering returns is against consumer protection laws in many countries

[@Graviteo]

What do you mean non-existent return policy? It's listed right at the bottom of the My Nintendo Store under Returns & Exchanges.

[@nicwelch]

@@will_it_work IP is such a joke. And yes they do have shady business practices. Remember when they took a kid to court??

[@Anonymous4045]

I agree with stuff like this. You bought both the switch and the game, so you should be able to use them as you wish (without distributing the games, of course)

[@rhysjones8506]

Yea I'll back this

[@CheapBastard1988]

I could see potential legal trouble with playing a game on both devices at the same time. But for the rest this method is pretty much legal in most western countries. If you care about the legality of running Nintendo games that is.

[@Markus-zb5zd]

Yeah but like 80% or more of people doing this do it to play games they haven't bought

[@itisabird]

@@CheapBastard1988 If you're capable of playing both games at the same time, I really doubt there'd be any problem. If, however, it's you and your brother playing the game at the same time, it could be called "distribution".

[@itisabird]

@@Markus-zb5zd That's the usual argument: remove rights from people because some individuals might commit crimes. Knives are not banned because people can use them to kill other people, neither ban cars because some crackheads might run on purpose over some pedestrian. Piracy is illegal, so when anyone is caught distributing the games they'll have to pay for it. There's no need to ban a perfectly reasonable practice just because Nintendo is greedy.

[@josephalbert-ey6xh]

does border-less window mode make a difference? I have had to leave it in fullscreen so I can use the pause and start function as the games freeze whenever I put the steam deck to sleep and the only remedy I know of is pausing and unpausing the game by mapping f4 to a backbutton

[@coacao]

borderless window mode makes leaving the game (alt-tabbing out on PC) quicker and doesnt pause the game at all

[@FuzzyBrunty]

"lets just do it at 50cc cause I'm a games journalist"

[@mrhbn9251]

Criminal Anthony needs to be a character that stays around