Nintendo says Yuzu\u2019s business model is growing the gaming piracy space and points to its Patreon support to show that. According to the Mario<\/em>-maker, when The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom<\/em> leaked online, it was downloaded more than one million times before its release. During this same time, it is alleged Yuzu\u2019s Patreon doubled in size.<\/p>
This leak was one of the biggest Nintendo has faced during the Switch era and it eventually resulted in the entire game, its story, and more leaking online before the actual launch. As you\u2019d expect, this meant many players had the game spoiled before getting a chance to play.<\/p>
In the lawsuit, Nintendo calls Tropic Haze out directly, claiming they have direct knowledge that Yuzu is regularly being used for piracy. To support this, Reddit forum \/r\/YuzuPirates was highlighted, along with the many links for Zelda: TOTK<\/em> that referenced the Yuzu emulator.<\/p>