A few days after the monumental reveal of a work-in-progress flashcart being made for the Nintendo Switch, more information has been made available. The previously unnamed flashcart is set to be called "Mig Switch", and the initial Twitter user that unveiled the Mig Switch's existence, After Time X, managed to get in contact with the team behind it all. According to them, they were offered a review unit of the Mig Switch, but turned it down, as the After Time X team fears legal repercussions from dealing with "backup loader" hardware.

Another interesting tidbit is that existing dumps of Switch games will NOT be compatible with the Mig Switch, and backups will need to be repacked to function with the flashcart. Games played with the flashcart can be played online, as well.

The Mig Switch currently has a website, where it is seeking distributors to work together with in order to sell initial limited quantities of the Mig Switch device, with the first units to be delivered sometime in January. The team claims that full availability is expected around March/April 2024. It'll come with the Mig Switch card, and the Mig Switch Dumper, with the latter of which allowing you to back up your games using NXdumpTool.

More Details Has Been Uncovered About the First Switch Flashcart

After some digging around by our @AfterTimeX journalists, it was discovered that the “Switch Flashcart” in fact has a name, “Mig Switch” and they agreed to answer a few of our questions about some points that… pic.twitter.com/kQtXdSNg7E

— After Time X (@AfterTimeX) December 27, 2023

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[PROTOBOY]

Does anyone knows if can play roms downloaded from the internet?

 

[impeeza]

Does anyone knows if can play roms downloaded from the internet?

YOU ARE SPAMMING WITH THE SAME QUESTION ON DIFFERENT THREADS, READ THE ANSWER ON THE OTHER ONE.

 

[PROTOBOY]

YOU ARE SPAMMING WITH THE SAME QUESTION ON DIFFERENT THREADS, READ THE ANSWER ON THE OTHER ONE.

But it can or not please?

 

[impeeza]

But it can or not please?

RTFM:

https://gbatemp.net/threads/mig-switch-hands-on-video.646437/post-10375546

 

[MayorBryce]

So what’s the news on the Mig Switch? It’s March 9th and according to dates, it should be shipped by now.

Has anyone done any experiments or the like to see how well it works?

 

[TheStonedModder]

So what’s the news on the Mig Switch? It’s March 9th and according to dates, it should be shipped by now.

Has anyone done any experiments or the like to see how well it works?

https://www.reddit.com/r/flashcarts/s/YyPKSPO389

 

[W00fer]

So what’s the news on the Mig Switch? It’s March 9th and according to dates, it should be shipped by now.

Has anyone done any experiments or the like to see how well it works?

If you check on the Telegram groups they show photo's of batches of units but apparently that's all there is.

 

[TheStonedModder]

If you check on the Telegram groups they show photo's of batches of units but apparently that's all there is. Also see here

Thats a hella outdated post. A month ago...there are posts from the last 2 days of people receiving units

 

[pinkbeetle]

Thats a hella outdated post. A month ago...there are posts from the last 2 days of people receiving units

Do you mean distributors or the end users? I saw posts on reddit where distributors claimed to have received their batches but idk if those are to be trusted.

 

[TheStonedModder]

Do you mean distributors or the end users? I saw posts on reddit where distributors claimed to have received their batches but idk if those are to be trusted.

https://www.reddit.com/r/flashcarts/s/YyPKSPO389

Literally the post right above yours dude

 

[pinkbeetle]

There are people confirming the receipt of their orders on reddit

 

[TheStonedModder]

The worlds most useless update. This is low key starting to turn into a meme

How hard is it it to provide production updates…I know some people are getting their units but there’s way too many silent shops

 

[MayorBryce]

I'm beginning to think this is an elaborate scam. Good thing I didn't waste money on this junk.

 

[TheStonedModder]

I'm beginning to think this is an elaborate scam. Good thing I didn't waste money on this junk.

There are videos of randoms on the mig_switch subreddit receiving theirs

So I wouldn’t say it’s a scam, just a bunch of incompetent people that have no business running a e-commerce store

I used to run one, and was replying to at least a thousand emails a day while still shipping orders on time. It’s not hard especially since most online platforms capture emails and lets you mass email your customers now. Making it take barely any effort to update a specific set of customers

 

[impeeza]

I'm beginning to think this is an elaborate scam. Good thing I didn't waste money on this junk.

you are allowed to think anything you like, also you can read and wait.

 

[Shadow_The_Hedgehog82]

There are videos of randoms on the mig_switch subreddit receiving theirs

So I wouldn’t say it’s a scam, just a bunch of incompetent people that have no business running a e-commerce store

I used to run one, and was replying to at least a thousand emails a day while still shipping orders on time. It’s not hard especially since most online platforms capture emails and lets you mass email your customers now. Making it take barely any effort to update a specific set of customers

place i ordered mine replied to my email within a few hours they said i should get it by the 8th of april lol

 

[TheStonedModder]

place i ordered mine replied to my email within a few hours they said i should get it by the 8th of april lol

Do you have a screenshot of the email? Not that I don’t believe you but it’s interesting that the date keeps getting pushed out and delayed by a month

 

[Jayro]

I'm gonna hang back a bit and see what Nintendo's response is to this, and if they can patch it out or not. If I can dump my own carts and have them all available to play online and legit using this card as intended, then that's worth the money to me. I hate carrying all my valuable carts with me.

 

[impeeza]

place i ordered mine replied to my email within a few hours they said i should get it by the 8th of april lol

At least was not April first!

 

[TheStonedModder]

I'm gonna hang back a bit and see what Nintendo's response is to this, and if they can patch it out or not. If I can dump my own carts and have them all available to play online and legit using this card as intended, then that's worth the money to me. I hate carrying all my valuable carts with me.

Thats the only reason I bought mine. I hate the thought of if I lose my switch & case somehow that I would wouldn't just need to rebuy another console but also the hundreds of dollars worth of games within the case ($50 each adds up)