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Because companies aren't cool about stuff like this (even companies you think are cool are not always cool).
This is not direct action, but remember that this shows the thinking to avoid the wrath of a super-litigious company:
(context note for above: Nintendo 64 version of Portal)
I wouldn't doubt the library used to make these games catching a DMCA (even if there was no legal standing for it).
I also doubt a company would even bother talking about licensing cartridges for platforms so old, though even if they did I don't think pricing would even be viable for most games/developers.
Side-note: I can also see newly-made games as an extremely clear-cut non-piracy use for emulation which sounds like something companies would foam at the mouth to prevent.
I don't know why you're being down voted for being informative. Nintendo are a notorious bunch of greedy dicks and they do go out of their way to shut down anyone possibly enjoying stuff they no longer support.
It was 1 vote and I can't even see Lemmy downvotes on my instance (Kbin). Also lots of people seem to have an oddly trusting/nonchalant attitude with this, it reminds me of crocodile vs log (especially when it comes to all of the destroyed fan projects, although in this case it'd make more sense if the one eaten said it was a log and the one on the shore was saying crocodile the whole time)