Is Team Xecuter behind the Nintendo Switch MIG Flash Cart ?

[@TheDomis4]

to be personally warned by MVG must be crazy

[@Gameboygenius]

If anyone knows when mistakes were made, it's him.

[@jomoju]

as MVG said he technically didnt do anything illegal so far, and if you take a look on the website basically Mig Switch team is trying to stay in that thin line between of whats legal and what is not

[@ryobibattery]

"leaks for me not for thee" - Jason (schrier)

[@otterdonnelly9959]

@@jomojuwhich I’m not sure why MVG sounds so mad at him about this? I thought he was down with flashcarts and mods?

[@jomoju]

@@otterdonnelly9959 i guess because GaryOPA said he wants to moved on and reform his life, but if he is involved in this project he became a liar which then MVG has the right to be mad about it

[@bgjck]

Nintendo has been on record saying that when you buy one of their games (physical or digital) that you are truly just buying 1 license to play the game and that they can take that license away from you at any time for any reason. This reminds me of a Louis Rossmann quote: "If paying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing."

[@guyverjay1289]

That isn't something invented by Nintendo. Try reading the terms and conditions for software on something even as far back as the PS1

[@espressomatic]

@@guyverjay1289 Damn, you know what? I have every PS1 game ever made, but I don't have any of the paperwork that came with any of the titles. Shame.

[@guyverjay1289]

@@espressomatic - that because "paperwork" doesn't come with isos you get from the internet

[@SicketMog]

I pirate MANY of the games I own. In fact, and this is funny to me, a good 10+ years back I backed an indie Dreamcast release and due to some behind the scenes reasons (it was not the deal beforehand) the developer's representative was talking about putting the backers in the manual. Told him plain and simple that people WOULD pirate the game so they should put us in the credits instead. The game has since been ported over and over and I pirated it myself for the PC the other day. 😛 Just own a Lite currently but I have proper PC screens. I'm not going to be forced to play shmups on the Lite when I can play them on PC in TATE; ESPECIALLY when I own the titles (sometimes for multiple systems like I do with Don- and Dodonpachi/DOJ/Mushihimesama etc). Forget that. I also pirate instead of playing demos (that I sometimes can't find). Not going to buy blindly. I did that as a child; that's how I ended up with The Crow for the Sega Saturn...

[@maramba32]

@@SicketMog i use to pirate but now i just do it for old games i cant buy anymore (gameboy/ds). now i just own games that i actually like or watch stuff before hand. still be good getting stuff for free

[@pogzie]

As usual MVG explains it in detail. Some other videos are just garbage. I was reading the implementation of it from reddit threads and other youtubers justs go "brrr brrr new r4 for switch" without even mentioning the certificate checks. Thanks MVG. Videos are always informative and easy to understand.

[@EWARS_2]

Agreed

[@sucaNaitoraven951]

🤡

[@LSNRGaming]

Yeah, thanks for the breakdown. I've avoided watching anything about this flashcart until someone had hard info to mention. That old Bowser is at it again making trouble for Nintendo and the Mushroom Kingdom.

[@PoutingTrevor]

After Time = After Prison X = Xecutor I'm starting to think Gary Bowser wants to get caught.

[@SuperNerdAdamsGarage]

Never thought about that, nice thinking

[@LRM12o8]

Or someone else made that name up to mislead people into thinking Bowser is behind it, not them...

[@TwistedSoul2002]

⁠@@LRM12o8Or Gary made up that name believing people would think it’s too obvious and can’t be him, so it must be someone else pretending to be Gary…

[@neepha7324]

​@@TwistedSoul2002Or someone else made that name up believing people would suspect that Gary made it to look too obvious to be him, so it would direct blame back to Gary...

[@wettuga2762]

From what I understood, this product is being sold from Russia, where certain piracy laws were suspended due to sanctions imposed by other countries. Nintendo can't do anything about this being sold in Russia, but can go after any reseller outside of Russia.

[@Kuroji07]

Then chinese manufacturers will start producing it and sell it to any online store they can.

[@turolretar]

it’s a genius move by Gary, honestly

[@NasifIstiak]

That explains its name

[@noname7271]

@@Kuroji07 I'll buy one if I can emulate older games or run Linux. The Switch is a great handheld platform.

[@sonyx5332]

In Mother Russia, piracy goes after Nintendo xD

[@Wilboforce]

Awesome. I was just thinking yesterday, "I wonder how long it will take before the Switch has a flash cart"

[@DrewKratz]

It's been all over the Internet for a few days now so maybe you saw or read something subconsciously

[@potatopotatopotatopotatopo8746]

​@@DrewKratzmost likely that

[@Tweaked818]

Thats what i said when the 3ds dropped

[@Matanumi]

Wasn't supposed to get one- the card slot has been protected from this kind of thing. A firmware update will make it incompatible. Has no one learned from the 3DS era? Gateway and sky3ds were awful. What we have now with mod chips is far better

[@IceBlueLugia]

@@MatanumiSky3DS was amazing though and enabled you to play whatever you wanted assuming you stayed within the game limit. This looks to be a massive improvement. Definitely picking this up day 1. Keep the hate to yourself

[@LogicalError007]

MVG 11 days ago: Bye for now.... MVG 11 days later: Let's talk about this shady thing. Love it.

[@Matanumi]

Mistakes were made...

[@googlesucks6029]

He's actually posted more frequently after they video.

[@bugsisland3061]

The gamecard dumper interests me the most but not sure how useful it would be without being able to dump updates + DLC without use of CFW.

[@Matanumi]

Updates maybe but not DLC

[@shanematthews1985]

@@user-pm9nb4fg1d Right but they mean the dumper itself, it will be able to preserve the game cart only as it can't then backup the updates or DLC you own from your switch console, meaning that in terms of actual preservation this will only do part of the job

[@DatGuyWithDaGlasses]

Game updates are never installed onto the game cartridge itself just the console, I can see the games pulling an update as a normal cartridge would and a user would just download their DLC from the eShop as one would normally do.

[@armyofninjas9055]

Dumping it yourself doesn't make it legal anyways. Just download them, my dude.

[@alexordway43]

@@armyofninjas9055my understanding is making copies of game carts, dvds, cds etc is perfectly legal as long as it’s for personal use. Am I missing something?

[@trus0und]

I’m glad you continue to make content MVG. Always high quality and covering the facts in these cases! Happy New Year to you and your family 🎉

[@ransamfast]

I imagine that this will create a serious headache for Nintendo if they were indeed planning on backwards compatibility and the same cartridge format for the switch 2.

[@shanematthews1985]

Yes and no, its unlikely the carts will be identical, it will probably be the same thing as UHS micro SD cards do, they added an extra row of pins further up the card which is how it gets faster speeds in a compatible reader etc That way the physical layout of the cart doesn't change enough for it to matter but it would mean the switch would be unable to load switch 2 carts but the switch 2 could do both

[@adultacount]

Lol thats not what he was implying, he was implying nintendo doesnt want new switch to be able to run backed up games ​@@shanematthews1985

[@janzibansi9218]

​@@ransamfastthey did something like that with Gb/gba/ Nintendo DS. Due to different notches, it is not possible to put a GB cartridge in the GBA slot on the ds. The GBA takes both gba and gb carts.

[@aikesscs]

​​​​@@janzibansi9218 This is not akin to that, this is about making a new cartridge similar to the previous device's cartridges that will only fit in the newgen device so that players can play both lastgen and newgen games on the newgen console (The 3ds cartridge has a little extra piece on the side that makes it impossible to fit in the DS's slot, whereas DS cartridges fit easily in the 3ds.) GB/GBC cartridges not fitting in the DS is the opposite situation, where by design Nintendo cut backwards compatibility with those two on the new console, only allowing GBA.

[@Elzilcho87]

I was personally worried about that since Nintendo was quietly talking about not even having a cartridge slot in the Switch 2 and all future consoles. If the MIG team could've just waited for the Switch 2 to get released we would've been able to not only get the Switch 2 with the normal cartridge slot for backwards compatibility, but with the ability to use this cartridge slot hack on it. They just needed to be patient and we all could've benefited, but knowing Nintendo they’ll do everything in their power to put a stop to this by changing the Switch 2, even going as far as taking out the cartridge slot completely. They’re petty enough to do it, it's Nintendo we’re talking about after all.

[@CodeIndigo]

I don't think I've EVER heard you drop the F-bomb on this channel. Honestly that's a HUGE thing underscoring how serious this whole thing could be for him. If he IS still involved and is still farting around with the crew that landed him in prison once, the odds are good he's not going to learn his lesson this time. Technical aspect aside-- this will be a very useful tool in like ten or 15 years when the Switch has been EOL and gear for it dries up-- he needs to Not Be Doing This Right Now.

[@CallMeRabbitzUSVI]

It's a useful tool now 😊

[@dog_knight]

Assuming he knows this video will be seen by him and it’s delivering a very direct message. But he would be crazy to get back into it so soon after getting out of prison. No judge will offer any leniency for repeat offending.

[@geeknproud321]

@@CallMeRabbitzUSVI The point is this is bad timing. The Switch is still being actively patched and is still Nintendo's current flagship product. It's too high profile and there is a good chance Nintendo will patch it into not working. Not to mention there's still way too much chance of Nintendo taking legal action. The best strategy is to save all hacks, jailbreaks, and workarounds for a console until it hits end of life. The nature of the product and its high profile means it likely WON'T be a useful tool in a few years as Nintendo starts to wrap up patching the Switch. EDIT: A similar thing happened with the 3DS. There was way too much dicking around and openly advertising the capabilities of the flashcarts being sold. Nintendo eventually locked down and knocked out a good chunk of the older flashcarts and hack methods unless you can downgrade your console.

[@ForeverNoob14]

It threw me off a bit as well. Wasn't expecting it from MVG, but it really does point out the seriousness.

[@natebrooks774]

I could swear I've heard him swear before, but it's been a long time

[@NickMoses05]

I talk to Gary and Max often. Gary I doubt has anything to do with it but he is very close for comfort. Max moves by the beat of his own drum so I cant say for sure. Both of them have been cool with me and I talked about what we discussed on the show last night. Your video was well done and you know the scene better than me. im just not sure if it is a good thing or not that I am in the "In" crowd. lol

[@mbcrump]

I doubt that Gary had anything to do with this. He was in prison when the "Mail Server" was first seen.

[@MacGuffin1]

Take MVG's advice Gary.... Much love bro... TX can eat a bag of proverbial, if this involved them stealing someone else's idea/invention/IP then I could believe it....

[@NickMoses05]

@@mbcrump I believe the same

[@galebourn]

Soo... if Gary Bowser is actually involved in this and he uses the profit to pay off his debt, does that mean we're supporting Nintendo by pirating their games now?

[@unlimited-6183]

Good question there....hmmmm 🤔

[@StealthNinja4577]

It's one of those you need the guy to continue his operation if you ever want to see the money you want to get out of him

[@regis_c]

I now wonder if the debt was made high on purpose as a way to monitor Gary's financial activities. If he's barely making payments, he's doing fine. If he's paying off the fine like a breeze, send a fed to his door.

[@jonmayer]

I want one and not for piracy. I buy physical games because, we all know why, to own them. But it would be nice to be able to switch to any game I own without swapping cards. My kids have already lost 2 of my games (they never lose their own games) and having them backed up and put away and stored would be great.

[@DungarooTV]

True, but 90% of people will use this for piracy...Nintendo would be stupid to not act and act quickly with vengeance!

[@tomykong2915]

​@@DungarooTV nah, it wouldn't be stupid, it'd just be out of character for them. Piracy doesn't actually harm game studios usually, the people pirating the games wouldn't have bought the game originally most of the time

[@ruineka_one]

It would be nice to have an official cart that could handle this...

[@DungarooTV]

This will never officially happen because again, 90% if not more, of people will use it to pirate games - so from Nintendo's standpoint - you either buy their games or not - it's that simple unfortunately but I know what you're saying @@ruineka_one

[@DungarooTV]

This is looking at it from an emotional perspective - I agree with you, but to Nintendo it's black and white - you either buy games from them or if you seem to want to copy their games and replay them for free - then it's piracy 101 so why would they allow this - they simply wouldn't!@@tomykong2915

[@fders938]

Cool to see a flashcart finally being made, just gotta wait for someone else to clone it. Remeber, these are the same guys who will destroy your console if their software thinks you're trying to pirate their piracy tool. They've done this with several of their products across multiple consoles, including the Switch. I'm hoping this could lead to hardmod-less CFW.

[@shanematthews1985]

This won't enable CFW in the slightest, the cart reader isn't accessed during the boot process so you aren't going to be able to inject anything early enough

[@fders938]

@@shanematthews1985 That's a damn shame. From what I've read now, this is only capable of running signed retail games, so the only use for this is pira...excuse me...umm...backups! I'd just picofly my (patched) switch, but I'm not comfortable sending my switch to some guy somewhere to mod it for me, and I'm not risking the microscopic soldering myself. I've been waiting for either a software exploit or some non-intrusive hardware exploit, looks like I'll still be waiting...

[@IceYetiWins]

​@@shanematthews1985I may be wrong but didn't ninjahax on the 3ds cause an overflow somehow, which then caused errors and allowed code execution? Unless games are completely cut off from any sort of system files, there should be some way to run code.

[@Patrick-y4d1z]

@@fders938 To me, this is interesting for those digital-only games on the Switch. I'm a believer in physical collections, so I buy hundreds of games on each console to play. But this whole "you get part on the cartridge and part download" thing we're going through at the moment can get fuck*d to be frank. I don't care if it's piracy, if you're not letting me buy a physical copy, then I'm going to do it myself.

[@shanematthews1985]

@1GlowingJar not ever, cfw requires injection before the OS even starts and nothing is getting booted via the cart slot before the OS has loaded as there are no drivers present

[@ChuckBerrington]

Fascinating as this is not technically not illegal, just extremely gray. I do think that this is very important for game preservation.

[@butchdeadlift7551]

It's irrelevant for preservation. You have been able to dump Switch games for half a decade now and this is using a proprietary format which may not ever be compatible with anything else.

[@fadedpuppygirl]

@@butchdeadlift7551and you realllllly think the community wont RE this/their software to allow it to use .xci/.nsp? That will be week 1 after release id bet

[@tezcanaslan2877]

I doubt there is much to preserve when it comes to physical about a system still in production right now.

[@HcKingPin]

​@tezcanaslan2877 thats exactly it, preserve it now while you can. Waiting till its no longer in production is exactly how you end up missing out.

[@brandogg]

Has absolutely nothing to do with preservation

[@Chalky.]

If it is them then I have more faith in the quality of the product.

[@kenrickeason]

I hope it is.. They are the standard when it comes to quality of hacking devices..

[@randybobandy9828]

I already have a modded switch, I'm hoping this will allow me to use a second addition sd card for more game storage.

[@DCG909]

Iirc. They were alao behind the sky3ds card, which contained bricking software if you avoided the limited amount of games you could use it with. If you want homebrew, get one of those micro pi's, program it yourself and have someone solder it in for you...

[@ougonce]

@@randybobandy9828you can already do that

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

@@DCG909wasn’t that some group called Gateway?

[@tim.martin]

G'day from Aus. Wishing a happy and prosperous new year MVG! This upload is good; and my dude, the F-bomb :)

[@Hawkwreak]

So the worst thing is, I remember listening to an interview with Gary on the podcast Darknet Diaries. He went through his entire history before going into prison, and I thought to myself, man... hes done alot, and now hes out of prison. I hope he has a good life with his head low, maybe helping the homebrew scene or something... and... Nope, here we are again. (Also, would highly recommend the episode "Team Xecuter" by Darknet Diaries on whatever your podcast app of choice is, as it goes into technical details, and details about Gary's life in general)

[@ChronicNewb]

Oh THAT’S where I’ve heard this story befofe

[@cloudsquall45]

Things are about to get very exciting

[@saiyanraoh5109]

According to THEIR rules, I don't own the games I pay for. So, it's not piracy if I never owned their games in the first place. I will have this day one if possible. I truly hope Team Xecuter is behind this. I love this.

[@PO0YA]

As Cory Doctorow says: If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing

[@Fruelein]

Honestly this is the future of this companies want, streaming and renting everything in their servers to have full control of our products and assets we bought.

[@trinitybingham2406]

An f bomb in an MVG video?? Almost thought it was my birthday or something... Kidding aside, this is quite the discovery. I saw all the articles covering it, and I figured it was some new upstart group of hackers. Guess it pays to dig deeper. Happy New Year! Great way to start it out.

[@ReaperMan1010]

As much as I’m intrigued by the MIG Switch, if Gary Bowser is even tangentially involved with it then Nintendo are going to go out of their way to ruin him. It isn’t worth having his life completely destroyed, he needs to take a step back & consider everything.

[@kakkoiradio]

I mean, if your name is Bowser, you can bet that Nintendo will be trying to ruin you. What else are they supposed to do with their arch enemy?

[@blacksunshine7485]

It'll be OK. MVG told him to 'get the f out'.

[@gesi7072]

Ironically NoA ceo is also named Bowser... ​@kakkoiradio

[@FrostyTheClown]

They've already ruined him. He has to pay Nintendo an unimaginable amount of money over his lifetime. They will be garnishing his wages for the rest of his life. What more could they do?

[@zergslayer69]

@@FrostyTheClowndon’t underestimate Nintendo lawyers

[@dsuess]

Wow, wow, wow, you're back already?!! Ooooh lovely :)

[@terryterryd]

This is why you are an important part of the game preservation movement, MVG ❤

[@nicholasfarley5967]

Game preservation for a system that's still current? Come on. This is a piracy tool for 99% of those who use it.

[@JayBoyModz]

Gary the absolute legend can’t keep a champ down😂😂

[@zerofpsstreams]

For some reason you've missed a very important thing about MIG Switch. It comes from Russia (well, claims to). And that is important, since there is no legal representation of Nintendo in Russia. And thus it might be very hard for Nintendo to do anything about MIG Switch before sanctions on Russia ease up. And that might take quite a long time.

[@shanematthews1985]

Not really, because it requires other retailers to sell it, so unless all of them operate out of Russia they will easily be able to crush anyone who chooses to stock this flash cart

[@zerofpsstreams]

@@shanematthews1985 yes, but worldwide shipping exists (even now). So people who want MIG won't have much of a problem getting it. It just won't be through easily punishable retailers. And even so - I'd say that Nintendo likely not being able to do anything about the cart itself is still a rather important part about MIG.

[@MagnumForce51]

@@zerofpsstreams Yeah tons of shell companies will spring up to distribute it. It will be endless game of whack-a-mole. Kinda like trying to prevent people from buying R4 cards for the Nintendo DS back in the day. Sure Nintendo won a lawsuit against the makers of the R4 but since China gov isn't really gonna enforce anything on the matter it never really prevented them from being exported and turning up in the west not to mention clones quickly sprang up too. So even if Nintendo gets close to destroying the company, they could leak/sell the secrets behind how the card works to others when they feel their window for profit is over. I suspect this is how the R4 clones started appearing.

[@HimmelFlugzeug]

Happy 2024 and thanks for the great content as usual!

[@LerrySanders]

Team-Xecuter is the GOAT going back to the OG xbox days, into the 360 and beyond.

[@RevolutionFalls]

MVG hearing you drop the F-Bomb while warning someone is something that’s never happened, and it’s kinda scary, man.

[@hardworkingsloth]

Yes , was waiting to hear your take on it !

[@delresearch5416]

This is the best explanation about this so far. If you disassemble the code in the leak the keys are there(they might of used different keys for production units). I didn't know they got them also from the hardware. Nvrom is down to 60nm (trust me 4gb to 64gb can use much larger nm and nm is not true nm)and they got optical down to 30nm for checking wafers so the decap would be not too hard.

[@Geneo-en5km]

I wish I understood this?

[@delresearch5416]

Some people remove plastics etc with acids, sulphuric and nitric the clean in acetone. Then take pictures of the rom to get the code of a secured device.

[@WackoMcGoose]

@@Geneo-en5km I think it's about some type of ultra high res microscope that can read decapped chips and extract the data from them?

[@pancon5]

​@@Geneo-en5kmSearch for decapping ICs or decapping chips here on KZbin, it's very interesting what they manage to do (and dangerous! as acids are involved).

[@Darrenprender]

Oh man, MVG swore 😂 Run Gary, RUUUUUUUN!

[@sugaryhull9688]

Xbox Series preorder, anyone?

[@jvaldez5]

This has come to mind lately. With all the legal troubles this team did in sure they learned a thing or 2 about copyright laws. This has enabled them to walk the line and they know where to push and where to not push by now. 🤫

[@TheFrantic5]

If it starts raining, it may be a sign that the orbital ion cannon owned by Nintendo's legal team is powering up.

[@MikeyTaylorGaming]

Not a long hiatus! Good to see

[@Mr_Top_Hat_Jones]

Hey, I thought you were taking a break. I was really happy to see this video!

[@scotdotwtf]

this has to be the best coverage in this topic yet, it’s amazing. thank you mvg ❤

[@dafuzzymonster]

Nothing makes me sleep better at night than the thought of people pirating Nintendo games.

[@DDosAndDonts]

based.

[@bigbeast103]

"I'll do it again" -Gary Bowser, probably

[@_-Lx-_]

Hyuck hyuck! Guilty!

[@tnaplastic2182]

I've got no issue with Gary. We had a really cool experience back in 2011. 😂🎉

[@TheDeadmandillon]

That was a down right solid, and straight forward choice of words to tell generally anyone, especially after they've served prison time. Not that it's any of my business, but if I were Gary, I would take your advice and walk away before a longer prison sentence sneaks up and fucks me over for a longer duration. Anyhow, hope you're having a good start to the New Year. I for one am looking forward to the new content as it comes out of course. Cheers from Texas!

[@nathanddrews]

At this point in the hardware cycle I'm so impressed by Ryujinx and Yuzu that I don't even care about using original hardware anymore.

[@Greyhoundsniper]

Tbf I do want this just to use said Yuzu so I can play xbc1 and 2 on PC

[@jonathancarranza6046]

Yep, it's just a better way to play the games.

[@Spewa-em8cm]

Same, I sold my Switch years ago because Yuzu is an infinity better experience and Nintendo doesn't deserve my money.

[@pegcity4eva]

They are both awesome.

[@joeroeinski1107]

Everyone gangster until MVG drops the F-bomb

[@TigerTT]

Finally something worth buying for my Switch lmao.

[@NecroBanana]

Happy New Year, MVG. Much love!

[@tonycurry5545]

I wouldn't worry about online capabilities considering both Yuzu and Ryujinx (LDN build) have the ability of playing your backups online. And it's likely legit as all popular Nintendo cartridge based systems have flash carts.

[@SoapyTF]

Wait, yuzu can do online?

[@shanematthews1985]

@@SoapyTF It likely uses the "LAN" mode that certain games support, it will enable you to do things like local multiplayer but online, it won't allow access to actual online services

[@tonycurry5545]

@@SoapyTF Yes, go to create room or join room. Make sure you have set up a profile if you have not done so yet. Just be aware if you've been playing games your saved games are under the default profile name of Yuzu. Simply make another profile with a preferred name, then make IT your default. Don't forget to move all of your saved games to the new profile. Once you've done this... create a room for yourself and some friends, or join a room and have fun. Ryujinx with the LDN build can be used online as well. I believe Citra can do the same with 3DS games.

[@regis_c]

Iirc it replicates the "local wireless" mode and can't use the actual Nintendo online mode. That said, Yuzu DOES have online support oddly enough; if you run the h0mebrew store nro in the emulator, the program will work

[@ComicConScott]

My first day back in the office after a week off and I get a MVG video! Happy New Year!!

[@DaarkCloud]

I really hope this doesn't mess up potential backward compatibility on the next console from Nintendo.

[@Sheepy007]

@@jenks4879why should they?

[@Ohthatguy64]

​@@jenks4879top 5 reasons why you shouldn't buy Nintendo products 1.uhh 2.and uhh 3.something but i uhh 4.yet another thing but uhh 5.because i said so

[@darinherrick9224]

@@Sheepy007 is that seriously a question? Nintendo shuts down eShops, won’t let you redownload games you paid for onto a new console for 3DS and Wii, they are hostile to their own customers, they price gouge to keep their products out of customer hands and pursue “prestige brand” shortages. Their Switch is not backwards compatible. Licenses for purchases on 3DS and Wii are not transferable.

[@spht9ng]

@@jenks4879yeah I’m waiting to get one second hand when I eventually get the next console. And I’m not gonna buy one until there’s a hack/exploit.

[@JohnSmith-xq1pz]

@@darinherrick9224 Sounds like par for the course for for all game consoles... and why they're all their own worst enemies that'll bite them in the end

[@mikeclark4480]

Great to hear from mvg so early in the year. Hope you had a great New Year

[@itchyisvegeta]

This device looks awesome. I'd be interested in picking one up along with a used Switch Lite for a spare just for traveling or something. Also, score one for preservation since too many cartridges require online day 1 downloads. My concern is the rumored Switch 2 hardware isn't finalized yet, and this device could cause Nintendo to eliminate physical Switch cartridge backwards compatibility as a precaution.

[@shanematthews1985]

This won't resolve the issue with day 1 updates being required, its only going to back up the physical cart, so if data is missing from the cart it will remain missing from the dump

[@itchyisvegeta]

@@shanematthews1985 Day 1 updates just makes it less likely that people who believe in video game preservation will buy physical games. I know I won't.

[@cleatusvandamme716]

"Of course, any Nintendo Switch can be hacked" wait what? Even Switch Lites?

[@Syndiate__]

Yeah with a modchip

[@qlum]

Sad to see Gary involved in this, that being said, if his life is actually miserable out of prison he may just think he doesn't have much to lose. After all it took a long time for him to get convicted the first time.

[@Cr3zant]

Fines made the dude broke multiple times over, considering the leader threw the whole of the consequences entirely on him as the PR guy, it'd make sense that his only options would be to fall back in or just die.

[@Magikarp-4ever]

Interesting how the justice system works like that ain't it?

[@josh-rz3uq]

Gary is a grifter. He has a GoFundMe to help him get his life back together.

[@yakmage8085]

He’s a smart dude that used to make video cards for the 8 bit computers in the 80s, I’m not sure I buy the “I’m just the web guy”. Interesting the timing of him being released 6 months ago and now they have a new product. But regardless of his involvement one way or not at all the dude is still a bad ass. Hope he manages to stay out of jail

[@WalleBot]

Didn't this guy sell cartridges that bricked a switch unless you paid a ransom?

[@BigReecey]

This is the content i look forward to the most by MVG

[@RonsonDenmark]

Gary OPA is a legend

[@straubulous9511]

Happy to see you! Happy new year. I watch your videos every week. Probably my favorite creator. Just so down to earth and I'm the industry

[@Kekimus]

Gary really living up to his name… MVG warning is crazy tho

[@Izquierda]

I already got one pre-ordered (from a Chinese re-seller). Will only use it on a spare hacked console offline. I really like the convenience a device like this can offer.

[@GamSin1981]

Not heard MVG swear and warn some so it has to be serious. Great video as always.

[@veinerschnitzel]

Luckily i dont take my purchasing or moral advice from MVG

[@redscorpion9325]

What is MVG?

[@DieEineMieze]

​@@veinerschnitzel channel name you tool

[@DieEineMieze]

​​@@veinerschnitzelWhy do these weird people write the same comment about him swearing. He is a grown man and nothing has happened yet.

[@dcoidua]

Just pre-ordered, I've always been happy with Xecuter products even back in the xbox 360 era.

[@LuisHernandez-m4j3o]

You can preorder?

[@timli1871]

Wait? How much is it?

[@DieEineMieze]

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[@GawdddammitMont]

Nintendo has removed my digital purchases without a way to recover them. So this is a game changer for sure.

[@jasonxhx7854]

Crazy that two giant names in the Nintendo scene are Bowser...

[@rangokfunkazuul8344]

I was like "too bad MVG retired, I would've love him cover this", it's a late Christmas miracle

[@Matanumi]

What? No he didn't he just said he's slowing down

[@LarryDavis2099]

that was just a regular "i'm leaving" clickbait video, pretty lame

[@mechadeka]

@@LarryDavis2099 Why is everyone doing this meme lately?

[@quaz1moto241]

Happy New Year MVG!

[@TravisStamper]

Strong possibility it could be. Thanks for the video

[@mangobear3028]

MVG great video, but please do more console security cracked videos. They were by far your most in depth, incredible videos by far. Love your channel and hope you’re having a fantastic 2024 so far ❤️

[@barryconvex416]

The glory days of hardware mods is sorely missed. GaryOPA should continue to move forward with his plans. I see plans, within plans.

[@xBruceLee88x]

Another great video! Welcome back and happy new year MVG!

[@NervousNoodles]

First time MVG drops an F-bomb in a video. Shit must be getting real.

[@bigmike102]

Love the detail there MVG. Interesting how Gary is involved with this after hearing him talk about things to Darknet Diaries.

[@Keifus666]

Why doesn't Nintendo just go ahead and hire Gary? They would benefit greatly from his contributions.

[@Valery0p5]

"It's always the same fucking sharks" -Hykem pastebin

[@skunksecond]

i REALLY hope this turns out to be something good for the homebrew community eventually, otherwise there is going to be a whole bunch of piracy and no homebrew like if there was an exploit like ntrboot on 3ds or something for the switch using this flashcart

[@Matanumi]

Flashcarts are ONLY EVER used for piracy now.

[@jazuqua]

Nintendo can easily patch any hardware exploits, they only chose not to with the 3DS line because it probably wasn't worth it with the Switch selling so well. Unless the Switch 2 releases soon, Nintendo is just going to release new hardware to fix said exploits. Also the homebrew community has their own exploits already, if you want you can use an RCM exploit to boot custom firmware on unpatched Switches to run homebrew.

[@yurab1834]

@@jazuqua but that's the point - it only works on unpatched Switches, so anything that's been produced in the last... 4 or so years is out of the question. That's the majority of Switch units just being unviable, unless the user wants to play around with microsoldering. Once Nintendo moves onto the next console, we could see more exploits cropping up - Nintendo wouldn't be fixing the old consoles with new hardware revisions, and even software updates would dry up eventually. I'm hoping that we see a repeat of what happened to the 3DS.

[@veinerschnitzel]

piracy is great

[@Kangiru_Noah]

Sure piracy will be the main thing, but homebrew will be the most curious thing i will be looking for, even though i will buy another switch just to play the homebrew cartridges

[@Alex_Power]

Great vid and good to see you starting the year strong MVG

[@sakuyaizayoi1945]

One interesting thing that was possible for the Sky3DS cards was to have your own header set up for all games you play online. So, I did the following thing: I used one of my singleplayer 3DS games (I think it was Majoras Mask 3D). I grabbed the unique header from the game and set it as my unique header. Since even offline Games have unique headers even if I were to sell it at some point (I won't) I still will always be the ONLY person with that header online - unless someone were to take my cartridge and grab the header without my knowledge. If anything like that is possible on the Switch, it will be easy sailing - I literally played dozens of online 3DS games and my 3DS is still 100% functional and not banned.

[@Cee_Nelly]

Happy New Year MVG!!! Nice vid to start this year off with!

[@ZackD710]

Bowser is def acting like a big goof, probably getting setup but shouldnt be apart of it at all honestly, hopefully he put points into his luck stats.

[@dirkkrohn1907]

Happy New Year MVG. Here's hoping you have a great one.

[@MindBlownModz]

They me cease,,, but they will never desist! ツ

[@Justdiespawn]

MVG, never stop making videos! As a fellow reverse engineering and gaming entusiast, your channel is so interesting for me and so many thousands of others.

[@Jim26D]

If Nintendo lowered game prices on 6 year old games they wouldn't have to worry about stuff like this

[@kebabimpaler]

Was waiting on this for the definitive summary thanks.

[@pexijsanchez]

This might be the catalyst to me finally getting a switch of my own.

[@adacPROKYON]

based on what we saw in the video getting a unpatched switch is still the way to go.

[@theluminousone5883]

Homebrewable switches are the ones released around launch, anything else including the "switch 2 (a fan-name given to patched original models)", OLED and Lite can't be homebrewed

[@ianswift3521]

the newer switches can be modchipped but it's not for the faint of heart, shaky hands, or people without soldering experience. also it's very difficult and expensive these days to even get the chips. as far as I know they're not produced any longer. @@theluminousone5883

[@dennieh7360]

@@theluminousone5883 theyre hackable with a modchip. the install isnt easy but if you arent into microsoldering its not that expensive paying someone to do a picofly install for you or just buying a prechipped switch

[@adacPROKYON]

there are modchips that work and reliable shops that sell pre modded consoles, its just not worth the extra cost for a lot of people.@@theluminousone5883

[@mattlane2010]

Great video to start off the new year. Cheers!

[@bitelaserkhalif]

10:14 fbomb, very unusual

[@bitelaserkhalif]

I want more

[@vipertt100]

When I first saw this device I was waiting for MVG to post a video. I was not disappointed and no mistakes were made..except by Gary bowser if he does not listen to MVG,S warning. Cheers and happy new year

[@ZeroHourProductions407]

Any sympathies I might have had for Nintendo's stance on these peripherals melted away years ago. Between them lobbying to make console modding illegal in japan, basically using legality to end the DS capture cards, how ungodly impossible to repair 3DS's are, and their latest movement making _the knock off modchip_ cost $500 versus the $60 or so the genuine SX chip was, I'm of the opinion that pirating Nintendo is not only ethical, but morally correct. Their stalwart head in the sand attitude about preservation or even respecting the fans with how they made several fan games instant ban material on Twitch, has me more than fed up with their abuse of the law and their tantrums in court.

[@xtr.7662]

It isnt but the fact you only realized this because of these events is immature preservation has never been about legality and piracy was never a moral choice because you cant be arrested

[@Kakeen]

Care to elaborate on the "impossible repair of 3ds's" some more? I haven't had to repair a 3ds yet (but have opened a few up already) and haven't heard much about this. I'm genuinely curious what's impossible to repair just Incase I ever find myself trying to repair one.

[@fgfhjfhjfbhfghf5771]

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[@ZeroHourProductions407]

@@Kakeen Regarding the _New 3ds_ (non-XL) model, even finding parts for it are just impossible. Mine has several issues that I can't even begin to start with, because nobody has parts available for it. Not least of which, the shell needing to be replaced, and the B button and the circle nub not having the range it should. I tried to solve this with picking up a _New 3DS XL_ finally since parts were more readily available on ebay. The unit I did get, had a rather mangled exterior (paint was flaking) and the digitizer was having issues with touch along the top left. The hinge design on the 3DS systems was meant to solve the constant fracture cracks that the DS/lite/i all developed; but it is goddang horrendous to try and actually extract to indeed transfer the guts safely out of one shell and into the other. The layers of nested PCB's and ribbon cables, and the utter inability to remove and replace the main circle pad is insane. I also had a normal 3DS and 3DS XL; the normal 3ds won't _not_ do 3D on the top screen at all times, and I was never able to take apart the xl to do a shell swap without critical cables getting torn along the way, either. Even replacing the shells of the Nintendo Switch Joycons was dramatically easier and safer to do.

[@Kakeen]

@@ZeroHourProductions407 Thank you for that, I'll definitely keep this in mind the day I ever attempt to fix one.

[@Bassquake76]

Team Xecuter. Now theres a name Ive not heard in a long time... since OG Xbox days 👍

[@miganhawkins8390]

That would be pretty cool. Much like the system I had on the PSP

[@mahdiyussuf9804]

holy shit! I haven't heard the name garyopa for like 20 years, since xbox-scene days 😂😂

[@xxXxBluecheddarxXxx]

Companies like Nintendo are the reason I root for teams like these. Nintendo needs to learn a hard lesson.

[@RippahRooJizah]

Not really a pro Nintendo guy but what lesson would Nintendo learn from this, specifically?

[@master_matthew]

@@RippahRooJizahthe same one the record companies learned. Yes, you may stop Napster. You may sink some ships waving the Jolly Roger. But your battle will never end. And for each ship at the bottom of the sea, there are at least 1,000 upset customers back on the land. “The tighter you squeeze, the more systems will slip through your fingers.” - Leia Organa, Star Wars (1977)

[@RippahRooJizah]

@master_matthew It's Nintendo, if there was a point they would have learned that lesson, we are far past it. I doubt this will do little more than to justify Nintendo's stance.

[@NickNieves112]

​@@master_matthewI don't think you thought this through... Where's Napster? The record companies won. You don't own your music anymore. People willingly pay a monthly subscription to listen to music that is no longer packaged, sold and owned. You pay repeatedly to hear the same songs you could've bought once. The rebel alliance lost. The galactic empire, galactic federation always win. Nintendo will win. There's nothing to learn here. Of they can go after a 10 year old girl on KZbin who learned to play the Mario theme on recorder in school AND WIN, then they'll have no qualms crushing this. That said, I'm ordering three day one.

[@Doc4]

​@@NickNieves112I see your point, but I think you're wrong in this case. Yes, casuals will still waste money paying for a music streaming service. Meanwhile, thanks to the past, a lot of digital music sales are DRM-free, and even lossless. If that fails, you can still buy a CD and make your own. We did win because at the point of sale you effectively own it regardless of whether they say you do or not, it's a digital audio file with universal compatibility, a far cry from the days of sony putting rootkits on their audio CDs

[@Haki1112]

If it is Team Xcuter, im definitely buying one.

[@TheOfficialDaBoogaloo]

As someone who's worked on CFW and in the homebrew scene for Switch since launch, the amount of unaware people commenting about the cart without understanding the almost 100% ban rate is mind boggling. People just don't understand that you can't just go download Switch roms and play them like normal. Someone even said that they'll just remove the cert and that "Nintendo will have no way of knowing"... someone even said "Nintendo will just think we're playing a used copy!"... They think Nintendo is braindead. If you value your Switch NOT being banned, don't buy the MIG Switch. Also, Gary may be the biggest idiot of all time if he's involved (which he almost certainly is IMO). I highly doubt there's a group of people "framing him" or whatever he's trying to say is happening. He spent 16 months in prison, and owes Nintendo like, what, $15,000,000? Yeah, I'm sure this will end well, lol. Edit: This was typed before watching the video. I'm happy to see this echo'd in the video.

[@DCG909]

It's a classic... A fool and his money will soon be parted :/ That goes for users and Gary.

[@Skullet]

For me personally there is zero downside to my Switch being banned, I have no interest in Nintendo's online services. I'd imagine a lot of people feel the same way so this wont be an issue for them.

[@ThePolicenaut]

I imagine youd have to keep the switch offline when using it

[@Skullet]

@@DCG909 The OP is assuming that people care if they get banned, I'd imagine a lot of people don't since Nintendo's online service is pretty garbage anyway.

[@nkw1985]

@@Skullet - Yeah play any game I want without swapping carts each time or stick with the lame online service? I think i'll take the first option lol.

[@its_elser]

pretty kool if it works without any hassles now and in the future. as someone with a massive switch collection, i would love this

[@_SYDGAMING_]

Yeah but you'll need a hacked switch for the roms since you can't flash xci or nci roms

[@its_elser]

@@_SYDGAMING_ ahh ok, yeah i couldnt be bothered with that

[@_SYDGAMING_]

​@@its_elseryeah it makes absolutely no sense why they'd use a different format 😂

[@vanillarootbeer]

@@_SYDGAMING_ MigSwitch website says they are gonna sell rom dumpers too.

[@Gameboygenius]

Considering you need to remove and reinsert the cartridge to switch games, that will probably both get old real quick, and wear out the cartridge slot prematurely.

[@BowsettesFury]

Didn’t think it would happen before this line of consoles from Nintendo went buy the wayside. I want this so bad. 😢 really wish you didn’t have to always eject the cart though.

[@bankruptsee]

I need this so my 5 year old doesn’t break the switch or cartridges by accident. I support this product 100%. If I can rip all my games to one card that doesn’t need to be removed this is a game changer. People shouldn’t do illegal things but this product is much more than just playing pirated games.

[@Ijustusethistocommentstuff]

I think Gary hopefully might be trying to make a legal flash cart (Like how the R4 is legal, and so is stuff for the Genesis, Gameboy, etc.). He does have 10 million dollars to pay to Nintendo, and he also has it on his criminal record, so the idea isn't totally backwards that he would use his knowledge of the Switch to make a flash cart.

[@3nertia]

It's not like Nintendo has given him many viable options for paying his bills ...

[@RedStoneMatt]

The MIG is not legal like the R4 was: the DS had no security nor certification checks as far as I am aware, whereas the switch does so such a device would require stolen code and keys which therefore makes it illegal

[@RedStoneMatt]

@@phi2307 stolen from leaked nintendo code

[@DieEineMieze]

​@@3nertiawhat did Nintendo offer exactly?

[@dorondavid4698]

Hey, Bowser has to find someway to pay off what he owes Nintendo

[@neoasura]

The Switch is 7 years old at this point, its was only a matter of time before it was emulated, then emulated better, then flash carts started coming out. Its Nintendo's fault for depending on it for so long with outdated hardware.

[@3nertia]

How do you meant "outdated hardware"?

[@higaski]

​@@3nertiaMost likely as in "there are toasters out there with more performance by now"...

[@ihavenoideas5844]

@khightofjustice2828 You realize the Switch has a 3 and a half year headstart

[@DriveCancelDC]

Switch isn't 7 years old yet, but it will be soon. @@3nertia the Switch runs on a 2015 Tegra SoC (and is actually downclocked) so it was a bit outdated on release but really all consoles are sort of outdated on release because of the years in advance they are designed. The CPUs in the Xbox One/PS4 are considerably slower than the Intel 2600k which came out in very early 2011.

[@DieEineMieze]

​@@DriveCancelDCa bit outdated? Don't be ridiculous, there were never models that cost the same or slightly more but has double or triple the performance. And these cheap company still brought out this outdated mess with broken joycons and bad firmware

[@ShiggitayMediaProductions]

I'll be following this and I'm curious how this device works... Great video mvg! Also hearing you curse was interesting lol