Nintendo's IP manager admits "you can't immediately claim that an emulator is illegal in itself," but "it can become illegal depending on how it's used"

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“To begin with, are emulators illegal or not,” Nishiura asks.

“This is a point often debated.

If it disables some of the game’s built-in security features, it can also be illegal.

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