Hello guys, this is my first post here! I just got a MIG Switch card out of curiosity and I was tinkering with it. For those who don't know, it's used by placing XCI dumps as well as other game specific bin files in the sd card of the MIG Switch, and are obtained from the original cartridge by using an app like nxdumptool. Two of these bin files are mandatory to get the game to boot: Initial Data.bin and Certificate.bin. They stay the same for every cartridge of a specific game. Now, if you want to use an XCI dump from a shady website it's impossible to get it to work without those files. By using the Certificate.bin from another game it has no problem, but this does not count for the Initial Data.bin. So I looked for a way to obtain this Initial Data from an XCI file and read a bit of the XCI file documentation from switchbrew dot org. Here's what I understood so far: The Switch checks if the cartridge is valid by doing a challenge–response authentication on the Initial Data. The Package ID is contained both on the XCI and the Initial Data, on positions 0x110 and 0x0 respectively. The Initial Data hash is on the XCI at position 0x160. It is calculated by doing a SHA-256 hash on the full Initial Data content. So I was wondering, is there a way to to construct a functional Initial Data file starting from an XCI dump? I also tried a reverse approach by editing the Package ID in the Initial Data from another game, generating the Initial Data hash and putting it in the XCI file but is not enough to get the Switch believe it's a real game. Sorry if this may seem stupid but let me know what you think.

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Gaming What are your ideas for 1, 2, Switch games?

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Start date Mar 12, 2017
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Jacklack3

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One could be a game where you draw something and the other person has to draw the same thing, then it would switch and the person with the most closest drawing wins.

Do you guys have any ideas for an 1, 2, Switch game?

supergamer368

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see who can shake the joy-con the fastest.

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supergamer368 said:
see who can shake the joy-con the fastest.

You could do this with Beach Flag. I guess you could call it Reverse Soda, where you HAVE to make it go POP.

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See who can remove their wrist strap the fastest
(Might not have wrist straps. I couldn't resist this)

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And.... Billy wins with a record of 10 hours!!

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Ricken said:
See who can remove their wrist strap the fastest
(Might not have wrist straps. I couldn't resist this)

MOM GET THE PRYERS

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gundamu

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trash game
should have been a freebie with the console or a demo

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Beat the Horse

Um, that game already exists. It's called "Milk." I remember seeing a woman "playing" the game and she was embarrassed doing such a thing in public whilst her boyfriend/husband was having fun.