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 **The Contributor's Guide has moved to [the suyu wiki](https://gitlab.com/suyu2/suyu/-/wikis/home).**
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 <h4>This project DOES NOT suppot piracy, you are required to source your own games and keys, we make no money off this project (mainly so that Nintendon't sue us lol)</h4>