Hardcore preservationists argue that ripping your own Switch cartridge (a "dump") is legal. In the US, the DMCA makes circumventing encryption illegal, but in practice, if you own the cartridge and dump the ROM for personal backup use only , the moral line is less severe. However, downloading a from a stranger on the internet is not preservation—it is distribution.

On the Nintendo Switch, the game is optimized to run at a consistent frame rate, which is critical for its "frame-perfect" platforming challenges .

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Extremely OK Games is an indie team, not a monolithic AAA publisher. Every illegal download of Celeste is a direct hit to a small studio that poured years of emotional labor into the project. The developers have even offered the game for as little as $5 during sales. By pirating it, you are telling the industry that heartfelt, original IPs are not worth paying for.

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