On January 18, cemu simulator officially announced that it plans to open source this year and is committed to developing an emulator adapted to the Linux system. As the most popular Wii U emulator, its open source will mean that we can play Nintendo games more freely on the PC platform.
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Most of Nintendo's first-party games are exclusive to themselves and will not be launched on other platforms, which leads us to buy a handheld Switch or home console Wii U when we want to play Nintendo games. At present, switch and Wii U have been cracked, and there are simulators, of which the Wii U simulator is more mature, with the help of some simulators, we can play Zelda Legend: Breath of the Wilderness on the computer.
Compared with Switch and Wii U, PC play "Zelda Legend: Breath of the Wilderness" has two major advantages, one is that you can play mods, some high-quality mods can improve the picture effect and game fun, and the second is that the PC configuration is higher, although the simulator translation will lose some performance, but the overall flow is still higher.
Of course, Xiao Lei does not support cracking simulators and games, which is illegal. If you've already bought a Switch, Wii U, and those games, it doesn't hurt to experience it. But if everyone plays pirated copies and doesn't buy games, where will Nintendo get the money to continue to develop new games?
In addition to users who are reluctant to pay for Switch and Wii U, some people use the emulator to play pirated games because the performance of Nintendo consoles is too poor, and it is even difficult to run Zelda Legends: Breath of the Wilderness smoothly on 720P. The total sales of the Switch have exceeded 100 million a few days ago, and according to Nintendo's previous commitments, it is time to start preparing for the next generation of Switch handhelds.
Now Nintendo needs to think carefully about whether the open source of the Cemu simulator will affect the sales of the next generation of handhelds. It is said that the Nintendo legal department is called the strongest legal department in the Eastern Hemisphere, juxtaposed with Disney in the Western Hemisphere, so why not play a role in this time and teach pirates a lesson.
According to Xiao Lei,Nintendo has sued a lot of simulation companies, companies that can crack Switch and Wii U for profit will be punished by law, and those simulators that are only developed for interest are difficult to get. For example, Cemu, after completely open source, the circulation will definitely be higher, and it is not used for profit, Nintendo simply can not block all, if the movement is too big, there may be free advertising for the simulation.
As Marcin Iwiński, founder of CD Projekt, said, there is no point in encrypting games, piracy will appear sooner or later, but the encryption process requires a lot of resources, and it will also increase the burden on the player's equipment, as long as the work is good enough, the player will make up the ticket. (PS: the two founders of CD Projekt started by selling pirated CDs)