Learn the emails: Valve helped Nintendo kick the Dolphin Emulator off Steam

The Dolphin Emulator brand, on a black background. | Brand: Dolphin

Did you hear the one about how Nintendo blocked the Dolphin Emulator from making its solution to Steam, purportedly with a DMCA takedown? That’s not the entire story.

In accordance with copies of communication that the Dolphin Crew offered to The Verge, Valve helped Nintendo kick Dolphin out — first by bringing the Wii and GameCube emulator to Nintendo’s consideration within the first place, and second by unilaterally deciding to drag the plug with out giving Dolphin an out.

“We function Steam as an open platform, however that depends on creators transport solely issues they’ve the authorized proper to distribute”

Valve doesn’t dispute this. “Given Nintendo’s historical past of taking motion in opposition to some emulators, we introduced this to their consideration proactively after the…

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