In August 2026, Nintendo submitted seven DMCA takedown notices to GitHub in a single day, resulting in the removal of more than 400 Nintendo Switch emulator repositories, and has been taking action against emulators and hacking tools on GitHub. In November 2026, it was found that Nintendo had also sent a new takedown notice targeting repositories that provide information about and firmware for Nintendo Switch modchips.
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Nintendo Targets Picofly Switch Modchip Firmware in GitHub DMCA Takedown * TorrentFreak
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The repository targeted this time by Nintendo was “Ansem-SoD/Picofly.” Ansem-SoD/Picofly provides information about and firmware for a Switch modchip based on the Raspberry Pi “RP2040,” and is used to load unofficial programs onto the Nintendo Switch.
According to Nintendo's notice, the Nintendo Switch's technological protection measures include the console's boot sequence and various cryptographic signatures, and the modchip firmware violates the anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) because it bypasses this boot sequence. Nintendo explained: “This firmware enables Nintendo Switch modchips to improperly circumvent Nintendo's technological protection measures and run pirated copies of Nintendo Switch games.”
In the takedown notice Nintendo submitted to GitHub dated November 6, 2026, and which GitHub published on November 10, only one URL—the parent repository's—was listed as the removal target. However, the network encompasses more than 100 repositories, and Nintendo claimed that most of its forks infringed copyright. As a result, GitHub disabled the entire network of 144 repositories.
At the time of writing, accessing the“Ansem-SoD/Picofly” repositorydisplays the message: “This repository is unavailable due to a DMCA takedown request.”
TorrentFreak, which publishes news about copyright infringement, reports that this is the first time Nintendo has targeted modchip firmware on GitHub. Several modchip firmware repositories nevertheless remain on GitHub, and similar takedown requests may be made in the future.
