Nintendo has expanded its copyright enforcement efforts against Nintendo Switch modification tools, targeting the firmware used by popular modchips through a new DMCA takedown request. The action resulted in GitHub disabling 144 repositories, marking a new development in the company’s ongoing efforts to restrict console modification and piracy.
Nintendo Targets Picofly, SX Core, and HWFLY Firmware
According to TorrentFreak, Nintendo of America submitted a DMCA notice dated November 6, targeting the Ansem-SoD/Picofly repository. The notice also identified firmware associated with Picofly, SX Core, SX Lite, and HWFLY modchips.
Although Nintendo named only one parent repository, GitHub disabled its entire network of 144 repositories after the company claimed that all or most of its forks were infringing.
Nintendo argued that the firmware bypasses the Switch’s technological protection measures by interfering with its boot sequence, allowing unauthorized software and game copies to run.
The takedown has not removed every copy of the targeted firmware. TorrentFreak reported that several other GitHub repositories containing Picofly and HWFLY firmware remained accessible.
Nintendo also targeted the Citron Neo emulator, resulting in 71 repositories being disabled, alongside two individual yuzu repositories.
The company referenced the Team-Xecuter criminal case in its notice, continuing its legal campaign against tools associated with Nintendo Switch piracy. This latest action marks its first reported GitHub takedown specifically targeting modchip firmware.
