"To begin with, are emulators illegal or not," Nishiura asks. "This is a point often debated. While you can't immediately ...

As reported by Japanese site Game Watch (and translated by Automaton), this comes from a conference about "The Importance of ...

Nishiura explained that it's because of the subsequent illegal application of emulators that Nintendo is focused on fighting ...

A 58-year-old man from Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, was arrested for selling modified Nintendo Switch consoles designed to play ...

Top Nintendo IP lawyers appeared at the Tokyo eSports Festa and said emulators are technically legal, despite Nintendo ...

Nintendo lawyer Koji Nishiura describes what may make an emulator illegal, according to Nintendo. If an emulator directly gives away Nintendo's own software, it could cross legal grounds.

Koji Nishiura, patent attorney and deputy general manager of Nintendo's intellectual property department, spoke on behalf of the company at a joint lecture on "The Importance of Intellectual ...

Last year saw significant trouble for the emulation community, particularly with Nintendo aggressively targeting and shutting ...

As reported by Automaton West, Koji Nishiura, patent attorney and deputy general manager of Nintendo’s intellectual property department, held a lecture at the Tokyo eSports Festa 2025 about this ...

Despite all the legal threats While the former maker of playing cards, Nintendo was pressuring and shutting down emulation ...

Last year, the world of video game emulation faced significant challenges as Nintendo ramped up its efforts to shut down ...

After shutting down several popular emulators over the years, Nintendo's top IP lawyer just admitted that emulators are legal.