Probably not, they don't provide copyrighted files and Nintendo reeeeeaaaally doesn't want to create precedent that decomp is fair use (which it probably is) which could make emulators 100% legal.

Emulators ARE 100% legal.

It's the roms that are illegal.

If they're not complete idiots, they'd license this to release all their stuff. But they're Nintendo, so...

Which is pretty fucked up logic.

Decomps are legal because they're clean room reimplementations of the original code rather than exact copies.

It's the same approach IBM PC compatible manufacturers used back in the day to create their own BIOSes.

Might as well link to it:
https://github.com/HarbourMasters/SpaghettiKart
You need to supply your own ROM of the correct version.

Nintendo hasn't really C&D any of the previous decomps. they can for people who upload the whole precompiled executable, but none of them that requires actually ripping the original assets yourself to create the required game.

Animal Crossing is next, as 6 days ago, the gamecube version of the game was decompiled to completion. It's a extremely big prime candidate for modding IMO.

There's no precedent. Nintendo sues, the developer doesn't have money for lawyers to defend themselves so they remove it.

That's how it's been going for a long time.

On what grounds?

Why do you say that?

It's like being handed a MP3 player but being told you'll go to jail for playing music you ripped yourself.

Generally, ripping for personal use is not litigated, only distribution. It may technically be illegal in most places, but then, reproducing someone's work without compensation should be prohibited.

Let me know when Diddy Kong Racing's done. GOAT.

For making a port? A succulent Japanese port of a 30 year old game? Unhand me, sir!

Not really; The emulator doesn’t use any copyrighted code, but the ROM is copyrighted. That’s just basic IP law.

What is fucked up logic is Nintendo encrypting their ROMs, then providing decryption keys on the console. So the emulator itself is legal, but actually booting a ROM requires decrypting it, which requires keys from a legitimate console. Nintendo has argued that those keys are illegal to use in an emulator, even if the user rips them directly from the console that they own. So you have the keys. You own the console they’re stored on. But it’s illegal to use those keys anywhere except on the console they came on, because Nintendo said so.

like they like to do with fan games/projects/etc.

Cries while staring at the defunct AM2R project

Its Nintendo, do they need grounds?

There was a point in the 1980s where PC games fully allowed and encouraged you to copy your games for backup purposes. They even had some companies who gave detailed steps explaining how.

What ended up happening is you owned a PC, your buddy owned a PC. You made two backups of the game. One for you, and one for your buddy. Now between the two of you, you buy half the games, because you buy one, your buddy buys a different one. And now you both have two games.

Now multiply that by however many friends you knew who owned PCs. You might buy 1 game, but own 15 games.

By the 90s, PC game makers did a 180, and were now trying to prevent archiving of their games, but it was too late. Laws had been written to allow for backup of personal data. Yes, you WERE breaking the law by giving your buddy the backup, but they couldn't prevent you from creating the backup.

And in a pre-internet world, how would they ever even know you made a backup?

Nice try, diddy