Comments on: RetroDECK Discontinues Switch Emulation Support After Nintendo DMCA Strikes

By: Noah Kupetsky

Noah Kupetsky — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 18:02:32 +0000

In reply to Cameron Bosch. As much as some people are going to be upset, I can understand their reasoning. They want to avoid Nintendo's wrath, who are coming down on emulating a console that is still in circulation and has games being actively developed for it. Ultimately, just have to respect their decision. If people are going to fork, people will fork.

By: Noah Kupetsky

Noah Kupetsky — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 17:58:09 +0000

In reply to Felix. I don't think so. EmuDeck doesn't ship with emulators, while RetroDECK does. RD is an all-in-one package, while EmuDeck is essentially a script that pulls from repositories.

By: Cameron Bosch

Cameron Bosch — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:08:19 +0000

Yeah, like that's going to go over well, and won't lead to forks and Streisand Effects... 🙄

Big mistake from RetroDECK.

By: Felix

Felix — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:58:24 +0000

Disappointing, but I'm not surprised. I wonder if this will be a problem for EmuDeck in the future? It's already far more difficult to set up Switch emulation than anything else so I'm a little worried they'll follow in RetroDeck's footsteps.