Nintendo Blocks Dolphin Emulator Steam Release Indefinitely.

Nintendo has issued a cease and desist against the Steam release of the popular GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin, citing the DMCA. The emulator includes the Wii Common Key, a cryptographic key used by the Wii to decrypt games, which means the software actively circumvents anti-piracy measures. Emulation expert Modern Vintage Gamer suggests that Dolphin may not be legally protected and that the creators of Dolphin may have to figure out a way to get around the issue in other versions of the software. Nintendo recently issued multiple DMCA takedown requests to GitHub to remove a homebrew tool designed to make it possible to play Switch games on an emulator.