Rockstar takes legal action over unofficial GTA 5 Nintendo Switch port

The team behind an unofficial Nintendo Switch port of GTA 5 is shutting down following reported legal action from Rockstar Games parent company Take-Two Interactive.

Paralympics Productions developed a version of GTA 5 that ran directly on the original Nintendo Switch, despite Rockstar never releasing the game officially for the console.

The project attracted attention after demonstrating that the game could run natively on Nintendo’s hardware rather than through streaming, Android or Linux.

However, the port reportedly used leaked GTA 5 source code. On September 28, lead developer M0jso announced that Paralympics Productions would close on October 3, citing legal action from Rockstar.

In a post on X, M0jso thanked supporters and apologised for not fulfilling their expectations.

“I am thankful for Take-Two’s mercy, so this is the definitive end,” they wrote.

M0jso also responded to a user who suggested Take-Two would lose if the dispute went to court. The developer said they did not expect to win and acknowledged that Take-Two had grounds for its case.

“I wouldn’t win in court most likely,” M0jso replied, adding that their own behaviour would undermine any argument that they did not understand what they were getting into.

The port required a modified Nintendo Switch and reportedly ran at around 10 to 25 frames per second without overclocking. An overclocked Switch OLED could reach roughly 30fps in less demanding scenes, although performance dropped in busier areas.

The shutdown follows other disputes involving GTA fan projects. In January 2025, the creators of the Liberty City Preservation Project took their GTA 5 mod offline after discussions with Rockstar.

Take-Two also issued takedowns against the Sentient Streets GTA 5 mod in 2023. In 2021, the publisher sued developers behind reverse-engineered versions of GTA 3 and Vice City before settling the case in 2023.

Meanwhile, a former developer has said bringing GTA 6 to Switch 2 “wouldn’t make sense” and could result in a “subpar experience”.