Sad news tonight. Nintendo of America has requested for 717 games and their images to be removed from The Vault. Each download plus it’s box art and screen shots are no longer available.
well this took literal years longer then I thought it would.
If you look at the replies a lot of people are thinking copyright trolls are responsible and it’s not actually Nintendo
They said the same thing when the Garry’s Mod takedowns were issues and Nintendo later confirmed it was them. So, I’m not gonna hold my breath
I don’t really use vimm’s layer since everything is on archive.org that I wan’t (it plus aria2 is quite nice) but it would be nice if they could put them back up
Fair enough. Most people don’t seem to use Vimm’s Lair for downloading sets. They mostly seem to use it for sporadically downloading a couple titles. Especially for newer systems like the PS3 or Wii for example.
Their labeling of what hasn’t been archived is also neat to see.
When is Nintendo going to learn that you can’t beat pirates? It’s impossible.
I mean the piracy community is a hydra, if you cut off one head there’s another waiting, but they do make it annoying. Look at how many websites are hesitant about posting Switch content. It might be a “dragging heels in the sand situation” but it does provide a bit of resistance towards piracy.
All that said I don’t think Nintendo realizes how many people are in the piracy headspace of “they wouldn’t have purchased it even if piracy wasn’t an option”. I imagine a lot of people who pirate Switch games don’t even own a Switch. They just want to play one or two games don’t view the cost of the console and game as worth it.
Nintendo seems to be going harder than ever. Probably preparing for their new console which I will never buy out of principle.
Would you not buy it at all or buy it used then mod it afterwards to run your “homebrew” applications?
With the steam deck and the various related options out there, wouldn’t it make more sense to get one of those and run some emulation?
Note: I haven’t bought anything Nintendo since the 3DS.
