Releases - Yuzu

, including the distribution of yuzu and Citra. Surrender the domain yuzu-emu.org to Nintendo. Post-yuzu: The Rise of Forks

Before the project was permanently shuttered, yuzu operated on two primary release tracks: and Early Access . yuzu releases

The release cycle ended abruptly when Nintendo of America sued Tropic Haze LLC (the entity behind yuzu) in February 2024. Nintendo alleged that yuzu was "primarily designed" to bypass technological protection measures (TPMs) and facilitated piracy on a massive scale, specifically citing over one million illegal downloads of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom . As part of the settlement, the developers agreed to: in damages to Nintendo. , including the distribution of yuzu and Citra

Released on March 1, 2024 , these builds were typically reserved for Patreon supporters and featured experimental optimizations, such as cutting-edge Vulkan renderer updates and memory management improvements. The release cycle ended abruptly when Nintendo of