Nintendo Targets Picofly Switch Modchip Firmware in GitHub DMCA Notice
Nintendo sent GitHub a DMCA takedown notice dated November 6, 2026, targeting the Ansem-SoD/Picofly repository, which hosts information and firmware for a Switch modchip built on the Raspberry Pi RP2040.
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Reporting from 2 sources: Automaton, GIGAZINE.
Why it matters
Nintendo's enforcement on GitHub has moved from emulator repositories to the modchip firmware that lets the hardware load unofficial code, and the 144-repository sweep shows the company is treating forks of a single target as part of the same violation.
Key Facts
- Nintendo's DMCA notice to GitHub is dated November 6, 2026, and GitHub published it on November 10.
- The notice targets the Ansem-SoD/Picofly repository, which hosts information and firmware for a Switch modchip based on the Raspberry Pi RP2040.
- Nintendo says the firmware circumvents the Switch's boot sequence and cryptographic signatures, violating DMCA anti-circumvention provisions.
- GitHub disabled a network of 144 repositories after the notice.
- Other modchip firmware repositories remain on GitHub.
Nintendo argues the firmware circumvents the console's boot sequence and cryptographic signatures, violating the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions. GitHub published the notice on November 10 and disabled a network of 144 repositories.
The notice, dated November 6 and published by GitHub on November 10, names only the parent Ansem-SoD/Picofly repository for removal. Nintendo told GitHub that most of the forks infringe copyright as well, and the entire network of 144 repositories is now disabled. Visiting the repository returns a message that it is unavailable due to a DMCA takedown request.
Nintendo's argument rests on the boot sequence and cryptographic signatures it describes as the Switch's technological protection measures. The firmware, it says, lets a modchip bypass those measures and run illegal copies of Switch games. Other modchip firmware repositories remain on GitHub.
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