You'll never guess who's to blame.

Update May 27 at 2:00PM (ET): According to several sources, the issue isn't with the Dolphin Emulator per se, but rather the fact that the Dolphin team includes the Wii decryption key, aka: Wii common key, with their releases of Dolphin. This is obviously a big "no-no" as those are Nintendo property and are used to break DRM for Wii titles.

You can see at least one take on this from Modern Vintage Gamer on YouTube starting at...

Rachel Bryk, a regular contributor to the development of the Dolphin emulator passed away on April 23 at just 23 years old. The Dolphin team wrote up a fantastic memorial post about Bryk's life and shared some kind words from friends and those that knew her.

Rachel worked hard to provide tool-assisted speedrunners (TAS) the support needed to get the Wiimote working properly with Dolphin. She also helped work on improving savestates, netplay, the UI, and more.
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Rachel Bryk, a regular contributor to the development of the Dolphin emulator passed away on April 23 at just 23 years old. The Dolphin team wrote up...