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A week ago, Nintendo reported that they had asked Valve to remove the Dolphin emulator, which they have had on Steam for quite some time now. This emulator emulates the games from the GameCube and Wii Nintendo systems and was very popular among players.
Even though emulators are perfectly legal, Nintendo had a pretty good legal reason to ask Valve to stop Dolphin's use because, unlike the other simulators, Dolphin actually uses cryptographic keys embedded into its source code without Nintendo's authorization, and that act itself is illegal on its own.
After Valve decided to remove Dolphin from Steam, the team responsible for its development made an official statement on their blog: "We were notified by Valve that Nintendo has issued a cease and desist citing the DMCA against Dolphin’s Steam page and have removed Dolphin from Steam until the matter is settled. We are currently investigating our options and will have a more in-depth response in the near future.”
Perhaps this news wouldn't have caused as much of a stir if it weren't for another official statement from Nintendo saying: "This emulator illegally bypasses Nintendo's security measures and runs illegal copies of games. Using illegal emulators or illegal copies of games harms development and ultimately stifles innovations."
According to many comments, mainly on Twitter and on other social media sites as well, such a statement coming from Nintendo is hypocritical, to say the least, because this company is still using the same development techniques and is heavily leaning on franchises that are more than 20 years old without any innovations to be presented.
It is more than evident that this is not the real reason Nintendo are banning Dolphin from further use on Steam, but since the low is on their side, we have nothing else to add.
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