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the-pi-guy said:
Leynos said:

Or don't be a thief.

Emulation isn't the same thing as piracy.

At least in the US, you're legally allowed to emulate. You can even legally sell emulators, it's not a black market, it's not even a gray market. It's just legal.

While emulation is often facilitated by piracy, they are not the same thing, and one does not necessarily lead to the other. As such, they should not be conflated together.

Owning an emulator is legal, however an emulator is worthless without software.  Owning software that was not licensed by Nintendo is absolutely illegal.  When someone buys a game, you have bought a license, you don't own the actual software.