Overview
- GitHub removed a network of 144 repositories after receiving a DMCA notice from Nintendo that named a parent repository and led to forks being disabled.
- Nintendo told GitHub the firmware is designed to bypass the Switch boot sequence and other technical protections so modchips can run unauthorized game copies.
- The takedown targeted open‑source firmware used by hardware modchips such as Picofly, SX Core, SX Lite and HWFLY, which perform voltage glitching at boot to load unsigned code.
- Reports note the removals were broad but not total because some related repositories and possible original sources for firmware remained accessible after the action.
- The move extends Nintendo’s recent pattern of aggressive DMCA enforcement against Switch emulation and hacking tools and draws on prior Team‑Xecuter prosecutions to justify the request.