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[@xKarma_411]

The moment the switch loses official support like the 3ds, the golden age will begin.

[@drazyor]

THE GOLDEN AGE WILL RETURN AGAIN! REMEMBER WHEN THE DAYS WERE YOUNG!

[@bananabed9492]

You want my games, you can have it, i left the entire switch library on one SD card

[@zidane3411]

​@@bananabed9492 how ?

[@Iesous27]

And the floodgates will open upon my very existence and wash away the corporate greed of this world that I have succumbed to just to enjoy myself for a few hours

[@Ballissle]

​@@bananabed9492once piece reference

[@gato2002]

Oh, rest assured, THOSE files will be available to DL very soon.

[@raiyoku]

The thing is, each cart has a unique ID, and if Nintendo detects the same ID used twice at the same time, they will ban both consoles and Nintendo accounts

[@U_n_d_e_r_S_c_o_r_e_]

​@raiyoku All that means is that users who want to play pirated content will just have to play with no online features, which is very similar to many other modded systems. Honestly it's not that big of a deal. Switches are so cheap used nowadays, you could just buy a spare switch that doesn't connect to the internet (hell you could go as far as removing the antenna)

[@alexanderburkhart4078]

@@U_n_d_e_r_S_c_o_r_e_ exactly my plan lol

[@xXSHADOWMATTERXx]

@@raiyokuhmm this is weird cause it promotes for cartridges to not be shared?

[@Yixdy]

​@@xXSHADOWMATTERXx its a same exact time thing, not a multiple device thing

[@Zephreyer]

“Switch’s 7th birthday” Let that sink in

[@thecelestialstarship]

What does it want now

[@WoundedSnake]

@@thecelestialstarshipto wash your face

[@BloobToob]

the sink is very heavy are u sure

[@Drug_Fueled_Nightmare]

That the switch is as old as its average players

[@WoundedSnake]

@@Drug_Fueled_Nightmare so PS5 average players are 3-4 years old? Good to know

[@ragingcatinferno8818]

Oh... he said "switch's 7th birthday" I need to think about this

[@shadwz0]

😨

[@kenzo5096]

I was 14 when it came out , time flies

[@themaritimegirl]

Can you actually buy one yet? 😅 All I remember is for YEARS, at least in Canada, they were scarce in stores and selling for double the MSRP.

[@yellurbandana]

​@@themaritimegirlyeah they're everywhere rn lol

[@aidanhelfrich4887]

I was twelve when it released I didn’t know it existed until 2019 and when I did find out I didn’t care because of how much I loved and still love the 3DS

[@primepikachu5]

How much I miss Nintendo DS piracy.

[@mwitters1]

I had an original Supercard DSTwo, CPU on the cart! What! GBA games on the DS? So cool...

[@misteramerica5893]

It’s kind of how I met my wife 15 years ago first week of freshmen year at college. Got an R4 for my DS Lite and a few days later I saw a girl playing her DS Lite. I approached her and she was playing Mario Kart and I mentioned I had MK too on my R4. She said her brothers just loaded her R4 for her. I brought my DS the next day and the rest was history lol.

[@flouride]

can even run snes game i heard

[@bobcake8904]

@@misteramerica5893that is the sweetest story ever

[@ElijahNofsker-ov8im]

Piracy = 5 years in jail

[@nyenye6972]

Nintendo getting the lawyer ready 😂

[@jakubmierzejewski961]

Nope. This is RuZZian company. They can’t do shit about it there unfortunately.

[@bailujen8052]

Yet Nintendo committed a crime when it was founded By selling their cards to Yakuza who would use them to gamble and gambling cards were illegal.

[@krakkenzomboid6341]

Nothing they can do about it. Emulation is not illegal. Only in the case that you are using files from games you don't own is there a problem. This card allows hard working law abiding citizens to make perfectly legal dumps of their purchased games, physical copies no less. There is nothing illegal or actionable being done here.

[@xzerohunter]

​@@krakkenzomboid6341 i just watched a video about this guy going through the lawsuit and trashing on the mig switch creator. All his followers are big corp riders XD

[@derekwallace-ms7bk]

Ya, their lawyers are busy shopping for vacation houses for this one lol

[@CYPH3RsD0M41N]

The ninjas have been sent out as we speak.

[@Micchi-]

I hate nintendo ninjers

[@pifre3051]

Etika had experienced this

[@CYPH3RsD0M41N]

@@pifre3051 For making his own custom joycons not selling a flashcart which ultimately sucks.

[@Jasmohan]

The pirates are ready to combat ninjas

[@craigsampson3386]

​@@Jasmohan they should make that a game lol

[@GoeTeeks]

So... at this point, it's basically just digital downloads but with extra steps.

[@devonr4530]

But the games are free

[@ericd.9038]

Yes but you actually own the games, I guess that’s the main differentiator

[@KC-bg1th]

@@devonr4530 No…. They aren’t. You need to dump the games in order to use them, as in owning them. Did you not watch the video? I can tell you it costs me only a few dollars to drive to the airport and back, which sounds great until you realize you still need a car.

[@fireblast133]

@@KC-bg1th essentially all this does is replace the car with a teleporter. It costs a little bit more to be just a bit faster.

[@Gboi8]

It's like carrying your physical collection with you without having to literally carry your games with you.

[@matthewzepess5721]

This will be interesting as Nintendo marks each cart with a digital verification code. If two people are playing the same rom with the same code they know you’re doing something sketchy and can ban. But in theory you’d be in the same barrel even if you were a honest buyer purchasing used or even trading in your old games to someone who may make copies.

[@iqbalsandhu7045]

What if you never turn wifi on?

[@matthewzepess5721]

@@iqbalsandhu7045 I’d guess that would be okay, I don’t play much switch to really test it. Of course the downside is they may make games with a forced initial activation. But I’d imagine more than likely they’ll have a system for unban if not drop that anti piracy method before it becomes a lawsuit. Maybe if they keep it in place you’ll just have to send them a picture of your stash you’ve played recently to prove ownership, or they’ll create something where you have to scan the game cart to prove ownership albeit that’ll be modded past in the future anyway. Piracy is really a losing battle for companies. 15-20 years ago pc games did the same thing with unregulated systems to check for legitimacy which lead to many issues that weren’t on the dev team.

[@icodefor]

@@iqbalsandhu7045 They could require Wi-Fi for the initial setup of the device to perform some form of authentication / signing, and store a local signature for all verified games bound to the device. If an excessive number of these requests occur, they can blacklist the card UID. You would then be able to play the games offline after first auth.

[@irregulargamer1352]

​@@iqbalsandhu7045you expect way too much from people taking piracy advice from the people that make youtube shorts.

[@M_CFV]

@@iqbalsandhu7045 that works too, thats what people did with hacked switches before emuNAND, ingocnito, exosphere.ini and dns mitm were a thing (all of those help circumvent bans now)

[@saxkid6206]

I remember asking on the switch subreddit why a flash-cart wouldn’t work, they all called me stupid (as redditors do)

[@irregulargamer1352]

they probably told you that it has yet to be figured out. Not only that, the games have serials on them. If two games were to be simultaneously used you'd be locked out. This thing is nice so long as you aren't connected to the internet

[@saxkid6206]

@@irregulargamer1352 no, they straight up called it impossible

[@redwidow1358]

It still is impossible. This can only be used to run copies of games you legally own, unless you want to get banned. They weren't wrong, this product doesn't change that fact.

[@saxkid6206]

@@redwidow1358 p.s. you can dump games with the custom signature

[@sonic-bb]

@@redwidow1358you can use it on copies you don’t own. Obviously if ur connected to the internet, you have a chance being banned

[@SuperShyGuyBros54321]

Technically dumping your own games for personal use isn’t illegal.

[@GamingGardevoir]

Sure, but if someone takes the cartridge you dumped and plays at the same time as you, then BOTH of your accounts get banned because of duplicate ID detection (every switch cartridge has a unique ID)

[@M_CFV]

@@GamingGardevoir except there havent been any bans for the mig switch so far and there wont be, as innocent customers can be affected

[@GamingGardevoir]

@@M_CFV there haven’t been bans yet because no one has run a backup and the normal cartridge at the same time yet. That day WILL happen if folks aren’t careful. Nintendo isn’t gonna change their rules for this, they will say “too bad so sad, shouldn’t have bought the game that someone decided to pirate”

[@Oculob]

@@GamingGardevoir Nintendo may very well just say that selling used copies is prohibited. That would make it very easy for them to knock out dumped games without harming customers. Even people who already have used copies wouldn't be affected unless those cards were dumped by their new owners.

[@OsloPoslo]

1.buy game 2.dump game 3.return game 4.play game

[@ouny77]

You dont need to buy a game

[@Skikopl]

you can't return open games..

[@MarksterC]

@@Skikoplyou can if theyre used, depends on store. My local shop would let me

[@herowither12354]

5.get banned because there's 2 instances of the same copy getting played at the same time

[@inkchariot6147]

​@@herowither12354 Just play offline.

[@SpongeBob.Ripped]

This is the first video anywhere showing that this thing actually works (outside of that initial sketchy video they recorded)

[@suhtangwong]

It's fake?

[@SpongeBob.Ripped]

@@suhtangwong no it's not. But the sketchy way this product was announced and released made people unsure if it was going to be real and actually work. It's real, and actually works

[@mortysmith2192]

No it’s not I saw another guy earlier today make a review

[@TravisAxel]

Its already up for order. Check it out.

[@ginyuTV]

not fake , i have 4, it works, only thing where taki is wrong is u can actually bypass the "legal dumps" part.

[@franarteaga6355]

That "it took 7 years" at the end sounded like a joke for how long it's going to take to go through your games to find the one you want

[@galichet18]

Rewatching the end with this way of understanding it is extremely funny. Thanks dude

[@APerson7473]

We waited 7 years for a switch flashcart and it defeats the whole purpose of a flashcart

[@walterblanco9701]

How

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

​@@walterblanco9701 Requiring UIDs for the ROMs means you can only play dumps of your own games.

[@cajampa]

Nah, dude that is why it is so sweet to be a patient pirate gamer. You save so much money by biding your time, until you can just emulate and pirate all the games for a system for free. I don't care about chasing the latest meta. I just want to play great games for free. And a good game stays a good game forever.

[@nox_cadit]

You see I'm the type of person that reads the mangá, pirated, because I can't wait for the anime to release. Thank God I did that cause it took 7 years or so for Attack on Titan anime to finish the story; Noragami never saw the light of day again; and Toriyama is now dead, so at least got to see the last of his work before they ruin it again on anime. ​@@cajampa

[@cajampa]

@@nox_cadit Good points, there is many benefits to being a pirate. And reading and watching fan translated Anime and Manga for sure is one of them.

[@derekschoch9683]

The thing about flash carts is they’re good for playing games that are no longer available to purchase from Nintendo… if Nintendo made more of these games consistently available to fans there wouldn’t be such a need for emulation and flash carts

[@Echoingsunflowers981]

I agree, I’m going to wait on purchasing any flashcart for the switch until they got all of the issues sorted out and the switch is no longer supported by Nintendo

[@binkhowell8242]

There would still be a demand.

[@shaunkennedy174]

Nintendo won’t do that. They want you to buy the new games. Obviously corporate greed is stopping them, because they’ve had 7 years to do it lol

[@HooLeePhucingSheet]

Every time they try to stop us, we get better.

[@SavingPrivateBob]

The owner of Valve, who made the Steam Deck, said: “The easiest way to stop piracy is not by putting antipiracy technology to work. It's by giving those people a service that's better than what they're receiving from the pirates.”

[@JosamDX]

There's a HUGE problem with these, one being the gold points you get from any unique ID set, which may be removed if an ID generator becomes available

[@SideQuestStories]

No that isnt the huge problem. The huge problem is you can now no longer trust any second hand legitimate cart to not get you banned. *Even ones you bought in the past* as they could've already been dumped.

[@JamesTDG]

@@SideQuestStories I can absolutely imagine what can happen if a malicious party took advantage of this. "Aww sweet, I just got this copy of ACNH for a good deal" *Game arrives and user inserts it into switch* "WTF Nintendo?!"

[@Tigery760]

​@@JamesTDGyeah, the only safe option now is brand new copy from a well known store or a digital copy. 2nd hand can potentially get you banned if you both play the game at the same time

[@billclinton4913]

U need nintendo's private key to generate valid id's. So i doubt a working id generator will be a thing.

[@flabort]

​@@billclinton4913I imagine it's very hard to reverse engineer private keys, but it's not impossible. Even if it takes brute forcing it, it is theoretically possible to do before the heat death of the universe. That said, I am sure there are tools that could crack it faster than trying every possible string one bit at a time.

[@pandemic-mi8ib]

Problem is, if anyone tries to use one of the cartridges you copied files from, Nintendo will flag it as a pirated copy. Could really screw over the 2nd hand market.

[@svcross-do]

I'm gonna wait for a couple of months to avoid scalpers.

[@C_Engineer]

Then pre-order it while you can

[@JetpacksWasYes2]

Waiting is exactly how to not avoid them. Use your brain. Pre order it.

[@ndnixlon9548]

Just pre-order the product, it's highly likely it would end up like the SX Core / Lite getting sold out immediately and going $100+ sold by scalpers nowadays lmao

[@vexnity460]

@@ndnixlon9548 hopefully like the SX core, a super cheap alternative (picofly) releases

[@jeancarlodelaluz6415]

How much are they going for?

[@GustavRex]

7 YEARS??? IT HAS BEEN OUT FOR 7 YEARS ALREADY??? Hoooly shit...

[@Luigi_bros4321]

My guess is that people WILL use it to get others banned on purpose, people always abuse things that are not made for that

[@Jabler-]

That just turns it into a comedy. If it takes malicious users to show a ToS is not working well or correctly and causes the banning innocent users, that's an issue on Nintendo's end.

[@zaldronthesage]

"Dont exist at this time" hahahahaha okay

[@TakiUdon]

;)

[@anonymous-cy2ms]

​@@TakiUdonI've already got a few hundred games ready for when I can get one :)

[@ZeroCool_21]

How? 🤔

[@mwitters1]

@@ZeroCool_21 The games he has wont work, he didn't listem. Unless he owns hundreds of carts. This device requires a special dumper that makes copies of your games with identifying information. This will mean you can play the games legally and nintendo wont be able to ban you because the games look legit... which I mean they are, to everyone but nintendo.

[@Tokido-ux4tk]

​​@@mwitters1you probably can play pirated games of you are okay with your console getting banned

[@kenshinbattousai374]

I really feel like cycling could have been a single momentary button to break the 5v signal

[@NinjaSushi2]

I was wondering why you had to switch the card out

[@Asdbyte_]

I heard they were working on with just a reset button

[@fakku7253]

the developers of mig switch said that a button on the mig switch is more likely to break than the switch cartridge spring

[@iamhere490]

​@@fakku7253It's still extremely annoying and the spring will definitely wear out over after repeatedly pushing it in and out

[@vexnity460]

Hopefully the knockoff ali express copies will think about that

[@Melsharpe95]

Yar har, fiddle de dee Being a pirate is alright with me! Do what you want 'cause a pirate is free You are a pirate!

[@Pixelcraftian]

I’m not one to pirate, but I like homebrew, so seeing a modded switch cartridge load a completely new fanmade game would be sick, no idea if or how that’d be possible, but the thought is nice.

[@djsedam123]

You'd have to get Nintendo to put it on a cartridge for you

[@ColorblindMonk]

It's definitely Team Xecuter under a different name.

[@PlantManCheeseHead]

That makes it more legit. I'm sold

[@TakisEnjoyer]

​@@PlantManCheeseHead I dunno, they had some pretty scummy practices even for a hackers team

[@ColorblindMonk]

@@PlantManCheeseHead Just know that they'd rather brick your console than let you run the cheaper flash cart copies that'll follow from competitors, so be careful.

[@Pumpkinpied]

Whaaaat? no way, totally not, u crazy

[@glazedbelmont]

@@PlantManCheeseHead TX has an history of getting people banned or bricking their consoles so no, it makes this extremely sketchy even if it works

[@draketheduelist]

Arfoire: "Muahahahahaha!" White Heart: "Grrr... DAMN YOUUUUU!"

[@KidKyroOffical]

We just found out you only need the xci, initial data, and certificate files to get it to run. Xci’s you can find online. Your certificate you’ve dumped from another game can be renamed and used for another game. The only problem right now is finding the initial data for your specific game.

[@mikkelkirketerp4884]

Is the initial data unique to each game?

[@BooleanDev]

@@mikkelkirketerp4884no, but it is specific to the card version

[@BansheeNornPhenex]

Bet you ppl will get banned online for having multiple of the same cartridge id numbers

[@KidKyroOffical]

@@BansheeNornPhenex I wouldn’t be surprised 😂 deadass I’m only gonna play offline lol

[@JustJoshIsUnavailable]

@@BansheeNornPhenex Who is gonna pay for Nintendo’s shitty online service while pirating? Most people already play offline either way

[@Rhiavax]

pushing this in and out is gonna burn the hell out of your card reader

[@mikkelkirketerp4884]

Ah yes, way more than if you actually took your game out and inserted another game.

[@saxkid6206]

@@mikkelkirketerp4884yes actually, because you have to take it in and out over and over again to cycle the game that’s loaded on the switch

[@derekjenkins6614]

​@@saxkid6206You mean, like taking out a game card and inserting another one each time you want to play a different game? Please give your assertion some extra thought. 😉 The reader contacts inside the Switch are spec-tested to 20,000 duty cycles, so if you removed and inserted the MIG card 10 times a day *every single day of the year* you might start seeing reliability issues around the sixth year.

[@SnaVibe]

Doubt it

[@calebprince4914]

you could always just keep one game per SD card. sure its a lot of SD cards but won't fuck up your card reader

[@shadowsonicsilver6]

Wake me up when either option becomes more convenient than finding an alternative to Yuzu that isn’t Ryujinx.

[@Just.Kidding]

Exactly! Even modding a switch is better than this tbh, it's not like Nintendo's online services are worth using - especially not when they charge for their online like this is Xbox live gold memberships in 2002

[@cleverman383]

Suyu

[@Picklejarisnotfunny]

"sorry, your switch can't dump games, it must be a homebrewable switch"

[@tking2199]

Lord protect him from the ninjas that are being deployed and deliver him from calamity Bowser.

[@smileyp4535]

Tbf if it wasn't for bs copyright laws in the first place artificially limiting supply of things that could be infinitely reproduced and then making it illegal to have any version of them, a few years later even for purchase is crazy. Obviously work should be credited and rewarded and that can be done in other more effective ways that don't fuck over everyone but the owner of the copyright ip (that often didn't even have a hand in making it but hired someone else to, Hence another reethis system doesn't work)

[@vishalramjit]

I remember having the R4 and Supercard for my DS lite i had hundreds of games on that thing i never even got to play all of them, man that makes me feel so nostalgic i wish i could experience that again

[@The-Master-Chief]

It isn’t a crime if you don’t get caught!🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[@TakiUdon]

lol

[@gato2002]

Well, still no.

[@PikKraken8]

You know that many people are coming for you. 🥷🐙

[@sebastiangatzke5286]

But IT s going more expansive for us all, the more doing illegal...ITS called" Kausalität" for us Loving thinking Things Till the end😤🙄

[@U9DATE]

It’s not rape if no one knows

[@TechX1320]

Those files will exist once this thing is public. people have already stated that they plan on buying games, ripping all the files needed, and then hosting them

[@ManVsCliff]

Mfs with 200+ games having to cycle:

[@frikifectonotengo6609]

The card reader will suffer with this.

[@samgee500]

You can absolutely find full cartridge dumps online 😂

[@offender0]

All for £70 for the migswitch alone, £130 for the card and the dump bundle.

[@ifnmyoup8322]

Will probably get cheaper in few months

[@vexnity460]

cant wait for the AliExpress version

[@ledbrooklyn]

The bundle costs the same as 2 switch games. If you're a lazy pirate, or have a lot of cartridges, that's probably a worthwhile price

[@poisonouspotato1]

Truly a £ moment

[@robertrastlos4512]

And what for? You copy your games, sell them, and then? Nintendo will block both, the original and the copy! Yes, that will be worth it! But be sure not to cry, you've been warned.

[@suttn]

"the switch's 7th birthday" fuckin hell man

[@BlueCatarex]

i thought it was the Mug logo for a second and i almost immediately commented “MUG MOMENT”

[@anonamatron]

The reinsertion seems like a great way to wear out the slot

[@NottJoeyOfficial]

Yeah, unlike all the times you swap the physical copies in and out.

[@BenjaminWalburn]

​@@NottJoeyOfficialyou switch out 1 game for another normally. With this device you can switch potentially dozens of times while it cycles through games. Not really comparable.

[@StarmaGeddon]

that's what she said

[@escapetherace1943]

@@StarmaGeddon beat me to it, LOL

[@cryptidproductions3160]

It's a sold state card slot. Unless you've somehow managed to pull it in and out enough times to literally grind the contacts off you're not going to "wear it out"

[@ChickenTeller]

From the thumbnail I thought it was a mug rootbeer cartridge

[@N8Maple01]

The leaking container was this episode's "Chekhov's Gun".

[@RenSugiura]

The problem is the owners of this device will go to a used games store, buy a game, dump it and bring it back to the store and ask for a refund. One day you buy a used game you Start playing online and suddenly your account is banned cause your codes are duplicated with millions of users online.

[@JamesTDG]

It is absolutely going to kill the 2nd hand market. Good news is that most of the online features suck ass for Nintendo games, so it isn't so much of a deal to play offline.

[@dinovo665]

I worked for blockbuster and had a modded Xbox that played dumped files. I would dump all the game files while at work no need for any returns or rentals.

[@UrMom-qf6db]

NGL if U go for piracy we already know the risk and not going to play it online either way. But poor those legit user

[@Bitter-Wounds]

Remember boys, it's always morally correct to pirate Nintendo products

[@kiritogeekgameplayshd4347]

No its

[@Bitter-Wounds]

@@kiritogeekgameplayshd4347 yes it's

[@bloodmoonangel8925]

Faxx my brother, speak your truth fr 🗣️ 🔥

[@Stephanie-mv9iy]

Its not morally wrong but if you can buy the game i wouldnt say you gain "good karma" or anything lol

[@mettderjeniche7791]

@@Stephanie-mv9iy not even karma would say anything 🤷🏻‍♂️.

[@Invalidcookie-bv4cx]

Btw, the 3 files needed to boot the game are already available for about 360 Games. with only the NSP files not able to boot (as of yet)

[@brogan_live8537]

Yeah, we’re either going to be fully able to download the files that we need or somebody is going to create a homebrew software that you can upload to the MIG to make it just accept any ROM from switch games that you put on there I give it like two months

[@Don1427.]

I’m sorry did he say the switch has been out for 7 years

[@TakiUdon]

Feel old?

[@TMHLBPFan]

​@@TakiUdon Nintendo will NOT strike lightning in a bottle again with the """Switch 2"""

[@Row_dog]

​@@TMHLBPFan watch them lol

[@wisnuwardhana2433]

Are you ready kid???!!! ..Aye aye captain !!

[@Nobody_Shroom]

I can't hear yooouu

[@IkeorYT]

This can make some serious easy steps for homebrew on switch.

[@proffesorchaos]

Maybe because I remember installing the homebrew channel on a 3ds but to launch it I had to open flipnote or something plus I remember being able to do it to other apps

[@SideQuestStories]

Eh no this does not allow for differences in filesizes.

[@DarthPooh]

I wish it was like a r4 or everdrive

[@SideQuestStories]

A cartridge game browser would have to be an exploit of the Switch to add new code to how it reads cartridge games. Good luck doing that with an unmodded console. All this does is fake being a real cartridge and fake being multiple separate carts based on removing and inserting it.

[@FlameRat_YehLon]

​@@SideQuestStories Or there's some way to create multi game cart, which is indeed a thing for legit cart. For example the cartridge version of Etrian Odyssey has 3 separate games on it and would actually show 3 icons when inserted to the Switch. The Cat Quest collection cartridge might do the same thing but I didn't bother to buy it. Used my gold coins for them instead.

[@binkhowell8242]

R4s literally execute unsigned code, which was due to the ds only checking the.. thing on the ds menu I forgot what it's called and not anything else. This is not possible on the switch because code has to be signed by Nintendo. And any other way would require different code than a legit cartridge which is gonna get patched.

[@FlameRat_YehLon]

@@binkhowell8242 it's still good for backups, just not so good for second hand traders. But otherwise, giving that it might be possible that games can have custom data file to them that aren't part of the checksum there might be some way to exploit it, and I think R4 did something similar as it shows up in the system menu as if it's a legit game

[@themadscarecrow288]

NGL I thought the Mig switch was a Mug root beer logo and I thought here was a root beer game and I'm all here for it

[@DLCoates1]

While unfortunately this does pave the way for cracked bootlegs, it is a great tool for those that don’t want to carry a ton of cartridges around with them and would like to access their entire physical game library as if it were digital.

[@CWCvilleCop]

This is what I was thinking. It's already tough for me to keep track of these tiny little itty-bitty carts. Just holding on to a single one would be a godsend.

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

Isn't that the reason why you can install your games in the console?

[@aleee2323]

Nintendo is the only company that still lets you actually own your games and games are actually completely functional right from the moment you insert a card. I’ll resort to piracy as soon as all of this won’t be a reality anymore, which probably will 😢

[@TheThirdEnergy]

I have had quite a few carts that required me to do an online "update" before i could boot the game so they dont always work right out of the box

[@aleee2323]

@@TheThirdEnergy ouch. Do you remember which games they were?

[@SubzeroYoutube]

​@@TheThirdEnergy All of those games you are thinking of are nintendo switch games made by third party developers. All of Nintendo's own games are made to be played off the cart with no update.

[@AverageWagie]

​@@aleee2323 Pokemon X/Y was patched shortly after release because version 1.0 had a game breaking bug (it messed up a lot of romhacks that used 1.0 as a base game). Fire Emblem Echoes had the same problem. But this was in the 3DS era, I've never heard of it happening with 1st party switch games to be fair.

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

This used to be true until the Switch showed up. The cartridges are just a way to give you the base game faster. And knowing Nintendo, once the Switch servers are dead, you can no longer play said carts.

[@thomassmith3279]

Ohhh I'm dead sure the pirates are going to fuger something out soon😂

[@esmooth919]

So, this is basically the equivalent of copying my CDs to my computer, so that I can put it on my mp3 player/iPod. Am I right?

[@LRM12o8]

Yes, that's hiw it should be used

[@JoelMatton]

Pretty much. And just like your MP3 player, it's "theoretically" possible to put put illegally downloaded pirate copies onto the flash cart.

[@raven-a]

Expect your Switch is like a MP3 player already that Nintendo modified so it can only play songs the way they approve (until people hack it) 😂🎉

[@hoodrichhaul7545]

Well this kills the backwards compatible with switch 2 😩

[@MrDmoney156]

Thanks to him and his wisdom ideas

[@hoodrichhaul7545]

Look I get it I was heavy in the mod scene back in the day PSP the Wii the Xbox. I have really been enjoying collecting physical media specially for the switch. I know a lot of the Nintendo titles never drop in price and are pricey. But a time where they're really doing away with all physical. Expect everyone to buy digital. We're going to have streaming services like Disney Plus for all the video games. The things like this we'll make developers keep everything digital and do microtransactions meaning you can't just get the whole game. But hey it is what it is.

[@BagzAndPresident]

@@hoodrichhaul7545buying the disc and having Required DLC destroyed physical. You’ll never own anything

[@thesegacampgamerandwerecam7504]

"What a Time to be Alive!" I couldn't agree more! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@epicmage82]

Legal files? Fuck that it defeats the purpose.

[@azurekite3870]

yea and they lied about the dumper coming with it and they still haven't made the flash cart with the easier switch on it at all yet.

[@_BlackGuy_]

Sounds like a good time to finally get the switch

[@TheJjcczz]

You’re better off getting one of the new handhelds like the steam deck that can emulate the switch instead. Not only do both switch emulators allow online multiplayer, but you can’t get banned for playing pirated games which is exactly what will happen when Nintendo detects two copies of the exact same card online at the same time. These other handhelds also run the games better than the switch at higher fps while allowing you to play non switch games. At this point buying a switch just to pirate all your games is more work and a greater risk for a worse end result

[@_BlackGuy_]

@@TheJjcczz I already own the deck, think it’s worth getting the switch as well?

[@TheJjcczz]

@@_BlackGuy_ not unless you want to waste your money. If you want a Nintendo handheld your better off waiting for the Switch 2 because it may require a whole new emulator to play the games for it. If this happens you’ll have to wait to play all the new games until there’s a working emulator for the Switch 2 which could take a couple years. As of right now there’s nothing the current Switch can do that the Steam Deck can’t except play with other Switches which you would need legit games to do anyway

[@oddfox6776]

​@@TheJjcczzthe steam deck can't even emulate the switch properly, stop repeating what some sketchy ass youtuber said.

[@TheOfficialOriginalChad]

@@TheJjcczzthe deck absolutely does NOT emulate switch at a higher framerate than the Switch. You have absolutely no business telling others what’s better for them, especially based off of such little info, and ESPECIALLY when you’re not an expert.

[@QuizzicalSoup]

Something I find interesting about Your Name, Weathering With You, and the third one (I forgot its name) is that they are all in the same universe which is pretty cool.

[@blanket02]

Yeah,I like garden of words too. Don't forget the name next time buddy :)

[@ChargeHack]

“What a time to be alive, such a waste of fucking time.”

[@DarthRuin1000]

Nintendo fixes the issue by releasing the Switch 2 with different cards, the OG switch is so old now the roms are all over the internet

[@haunt97]

That mean they kick their customers in the butt. All those switch that they sold, and currently manufacturing will not be able to play new games Also, new card does not stop people dump the roms and put on internet

[@jasonrodriguez2963]

​@@haunt97 So... Like any other new console generation in history? Do you also complain that a PS4 can't run PS5 games?

[@haunt97]

@@jasonrodriguez2963 Oh, I misunderstood his comment. I thought he mean a refresh version not brand new generation

[@Sarge92]

yeah... no if nintendo want backwards compatibility this will still work theres a video explaining it and as long as the switch 2 can read switch 1 cards this exploit will work because it can spoof 100% being a real card the r4 cards used to get banned but the gateway and superdard dstwo cards couldnt be banned or blacklisted because a simple firmware update made them start working again theyd just spoof a different card

[@TheJjcczz]

@@Sarge92That doesn’t mean Nintendo won’t continue to patch each new exploit and ban any duplicates of the same card they find. They have a number of options to prevent this from being used for piracy or at least limit the impact significantly

[@astro837]

a wise men once said: "YARRG HAARGG FIDDLE DEDEEE!!

[@armstrong1990]

"How to wear out your Switch cartridge slot 12x faster instead of simply softmodding your device to run your game backups"

[@BagzAndPresident]

The slot can handle 2.8 million removals nerd! Do you not drive your car because more miles = more wear?

[@armstrong1990]

@@BagzAndPresident makes a ton more sense to softmod your system & have your backups on a MicroSD card that simply stays in your device nerd!

[@Corthmic]

@@armstrong1990 Isn't softmodding still only available on very specific versions of the original model? The rest require soldering a modchip.

[@armstrong1990]

@@Corthmic for now, not all Switch consoles can be softmodded, but give it time :) I'm a huge fan of flash carts, but inserting & ejecting your cart 40 times to get to your 20th game backup in the list on your MicroSD isn't necessarily convenient. I'm sure there'll be a better solution coming in the next year with different carts or even updated software from the group that made this one, that would allow for showing all your backups at once!

[@Corthmic]

@@armstrong1990 I'm sure a better card will come in the future. To be honest, this one doesn't interest me at all. There's really no reason to pull the trigger on something this restrictive, especially with how easy it is to emulate the Switch anyway.

[@hamstreak5591]

**Laughs in YuZu*

[@TMHLBPFan]

Nintendo: *Laughs in $999,999,999 lawsuit*

[@hamstreak5591]

@@TMHLBPFan **Laughs in implying they could ever get me*

[@BrunodeSouzaLino]

​@@TMHLBPFanFor what? Using an emulator is not illegal.

[@lomaurodg]

Talk about the dumper necessarily to make the flash card work which is unavailable everywhere.

[@ToJoseGarcia]

It's time to buy my first Switch

[@syd417]

You'd be better off buying an emulator and playing some of the older games (I can't believe DS and 3ds games are now "old" games). It's cheaper to buy an emulator and you don't have to worry about being banned by Nintendo if you do get caught. Or you can play the old games online on an emulation site. It's actually more expensive to buy a Switch (I have a Switch Lite and I have spent more money on the games even though I buy them on sale then I did when I bought an emulator a few weeks ago). The only downside with an emulator is you have to wait a few weeks for it to arrive since most are usually made in China.

[@Thundervolt888]

One could say you could emulate the games but you can’t emulate the online in said switch games as of now so why not both?

[@FrogSpl4sh]

​​@@syd417 I've not seen an affordable emulator (android) box on Aliexpress that play Switch games yet. Are there any out there that don't cost as much as a real Switch? For older stuff my go to box is the Kinhank Super Console X2 Pro.

[@TheJjcczz]

@@Thundervolt888Yes you can both Yuzu and Ryujinx have online multiplayer

[@TheJjcczz]

Like syd417 said at this point buying a switch for piracy is a waste. One of the newer handhelds like the steam deck that can emulate the switch not only runs the games better, but both switch emulators have their own multiplayer features so you can play online with other emulators and not get banned. You can also play other non switch games, making it a way better offer with none of the risks of getting your console and account banned

[@KookieStar]

I heard the Ninjis hitting your door right now...

[@derfettsack1134]

Step 1: Go to a friend Step 2 : dump his games Step 3 : Go to another friend Step 4 : rinse and repeat

[@luckmanyo]

I will wait until rev. 2 with switch to change game😊

[@RobyMicrobi]

Oh yeah...so if he "legitimately" put those games on his flash card, why is his switch in Airplane mode to avoid ban? Haha

[@vexnity460]

if Nintendo had a choice, they would make backups illegal too and accidentally "ban" all users

[@KIRB881]

Nintendo ninjas will be coming...

[@ObliviousNaz]

The pirates that steals from the rich and gives it to the poor

[@Ethelan_h]

Expect the mig is more like "stole from the rich and gave to the rich"

[@ThaCyNiQ]

So if you can only add games you already own physically, then what's the actual point owning one right now?

[@rickylovesyou]

So when you travel you aren't bringing along over 1000 dollars worth of games that could be lost or stolen, the games can be kept in a safe place and you'll only be using them to dump to the card instead. It has many applications outside of piracy. Just being able to keep your collection on one cartridge is a big plus already.

[@blockchainoverdrive6090]

Plus you can keep yout physical games pristine by not opening them multiple times a week.😊

[@samhughes3327]

You could buy a real switch game, dump the game into an SD card and then just return it in 1 day. You could do this with literally hundreds of games if you wanted.

[@LRM12o8]

Homebrew games, modded games and romhacks would be an interesting use case to me. Don't know if that exists on the Switch though...

[@user-rs9vt6pt1s]

The quality of life on this is kinda horrible. The only people this (legally) benefits are people who travel a lot with their switch who want to play a handfull of games without bringing cartridges. The way you switch between games makes having a large library on the sd card impractical, and if you arent using your own backups you can easily run into issues with updates and dlc not being supported, you can't get them without going online. For 130$ the legal benefit isn't worth it imho, and for piracy's sake its still debatably not better than hacking your switch. I'd bet there's a non zero chance these people get shut down before they make solid improvements or even finish filling their orders.

[@giganticmoon]

give it one or two years, homebrew will begin

[@giganticmoon]

@@InsertNano Stop being smart, I mean it’ll boom in popularity

[@michael2636]

Best use case: copy game files from Switch to card, insert card into card reader on PC, and play games on a Switch emulator so it can finally run Pokemon at a stable frame rate

[@Krawurxus]

Viability of that remains to be determined. The game files are all encrypted and this thing has no way to extract the Switch decryption keys. So the backups can only be played either on a real Switch or by supplying a decryption key externally, which is under copyright, so even downloading someone elses key is actually piracy. But time will tell. This probably isn't the last such device that hits the market.

[@BagzAndPresident]

Pokegaymon

[@BagzAndPresident]

@@Krawurxusthe switch emulator works perfectly

[@Krawurxus]

@@BagzAndPresident I know there's multiple working Switch emulators. However, you can't use those to connect online, getting game updates or DLC installed is a PITA on them and you can't use them on the go unless you buy a handheld PC. Backing up games I already own legally in a way where an original unmodded Switch can't detect that it's playing a backup is the cheapest and easiest way unless a softmodding method to install CFW is found (which will likely never happen because the Switch firmware seems watertight, unfortunately). For me, not having to carry around (and risk losing) hundreds if not thousands of dollars worth of physical switch games on every trip is totally worth whatever this device costs. Even if updates and DLC aren't factors for a particular game, there's still the issue of whether this thing can somehow decrypt the game files it extracts from the cartridges, otherwise any emulator still needs the decryption keys to play the ROM, which have to be extracted from a modded Switch directly (or obtained via "alternative" channels since they're under copyright as well).

[@mikelxanadu]

To be clear, and I’m not trolling with this question: I have about twenty physical game cartridges. I can use this device to put all my physical games together on one card, and only need to insert that one card to play my twenty physical games?

[@NinjaSushi2]

Yes. I don't know why you have to take the car out and reinsert it but it's some kind of voltage security regulator that you trip. I also don't know how you're going to get the Nintendo switch cartridge ported over to an SD card. I don't know any card readers that take Nintendo switch cards.

[@stefandesu]

@@NinjaSushi2The same company also offers a device to dump your cartridges

[@HearMeLearn]

I'm pretty sure yes but you can to physically take it back out and put it back in to make it act like another game

[@LuciferArc1]

​@HearMeLearn still great so you don't have to carry multiple cartridges on the go

[@HearMeLearn]

@@LuciferArc1 yeah. I'm just waiting for it to be easy and available to pirate games on any switch. I already have a steam deck so it's not like suddenly I'd be able to, but using original hardware is nice and I do have an oled switch just collecting dust

[@krowgar]

I still do like the idea that they make you require all those things to avoid the ability of piracy. This allows the MIG Switch developers to keep their progress on their project. Less of a piracy tool and more of a storage device, very cool!

[@scoots291]

If buying isn't ownership then pirating isn't stealing 😊

[@sirlezard670]

No it would mean double steal because buying isn't ownership

[@aedan742]

​@@sirlezard670 ..what?

[@Dizz2K7]

This might actually lead to me playing smash and Mario kart more often.

[@BagzAndPresident]

Dumb games

[@TMHLBPFan]

​@@BagzAndPresident His opinion. Cope.

[@bukva28]

Ahem, ahem.... Do what you want cause a pirate is free, you are a pirate!

[@MrTopDude]

GET THE HOMEBREWWERS WE JUST GOT A POSSIBLE JAULBREAK FOR NEWER SWITCHES

[@DoomBapBellic]

Oh really where i find that

[@ashisharky]

Nope it just mimicks a legit cartridge. No jailbreak. Still needs all of the identifying information of a legit cartridge and can't open the door to cfw as all security checks are still in place. This is all within the bounds of nintendo security.

[@MrTopDude]

@@ashisharky oooh okay

[@louiesatterwhite3885]

Newer switches have already been jailbroken using modchips. I have a picofly modded OLED running 17.0.1 firmware

[@TMHLBPFan]

FUG AVENGERS ENDGAME, HOMEBREW CHANNEL 2 IS WHERE IT'S AT

[@garsrandom4358]

I heard the creators of this intended this to be nothing but an easier way to store switch games THAT YOU ALREADY OWN

[@gianlucatartaro1335]

I hope not. Anybody making these tools must know enough about Nintendo’s corruption to be in favor of actions leading to their loss of money.

[@garsrandom4358]

@@gianlucatartaro1335 did you see the THAT YOU ALREADY OWN? You are still meant to have bought the game

[@garsrandom4358]

@@gianlucatartaro1335 oh and also, in France (where I live) emulation is legal as long as you legally own the game you’re playing

[@TMHLBPFan]

​@@garsrandom4358 I wish we had that law 😞 Jealous of France 🇫🇷

[@gamingwhilebroken2355]

@@TMHLBPFan Most Countries do have that law. The US, Canada, England

[@younghits4284]

Shoutout to mig switch for helping combat nintendos fight against piracy

[@Temmie_gaming]

Then again you could just have a friend dump all of his games...

[@vexnity460]

which Nintendo is not against, cuz u can just borrow a friend's game anyways

[@raven-a]

A friend from the internet?? 😂🎉

[@SubzeroYoutube]

If your friend dumps all his games for you to play, and nintendo detects both ID's online at the same time, both of your devices will be banned.

[@belapatrikbratengeier7644]

Nintendo deserves piracy.

[@Francdacake]

What??

[@igov1152]

Let's make ethical hacking so that we don't hurt multi millions compagny 🤓☝️

[@joe6699]

😂😂😂gamefly here we come

[@3up3rn0va]

I really wish i had a modded switch. I rarely use my switch anymore! Steamdeck broke my rotation lol

[@BagzAndPresident]

Wants a modded switch but barely plays it… you make ZERO sense

[@RockLoi]

​@@BagzAndPresidentI barely used mine before it was modded.

[@cherrypepsi2815]

Mario still hasnt had its "breath of the wild" moment yet. Hopefully it will soon

[@codeman90000000]

Fuck Nintendo honestly lol

[@skyeshoe.223]

I really hope that people copying the unique game files and reselling the game wont cause Nintendo to start going after the new game's owners.

[@supercomedianbigm7244]

Nintendo! Get the lawyers! (Yes that was an ECW Dudley Boyz reference. I’ll be on my way now.)

[@ABOMBORCLAT]

WE BE SAILING THE SEVEN SEAS WITH THIS ONE🗣🗣🗣

[@ryry6899]

SD2VITA walked so they could run

[@theorphanobliterator]

all of those files are quite easy to download, actually

[@LeonidJP92]

Be careful Nintendo and Duolingo two now want to broke your knees.