When you need to play illegitimate backups on a hacked Nintendo Switch, one of the most important tools you'll need are sigpatches; normally, custom firmware Atmosphere does not allow the running of pirated games, but these sigpatches allow users to install .NSP files that they've downloaded from the internet. As of today, though, one of the most notable and popular sources of sigpatches--user iTotalJustice's GitHub repository of them--has been removed permanently, through a DMCA takedown. The GitHub was still active as of earlier today, but if you try to access it now, you'll be redirected to a DMCA takedown form, filed by Nintendo of America.

Nintendo of America: The Nintendo Switch console and digital video games contain technological protection measures (“Technological Measures”) that permit the Nintendo Switch console to interact only with legitimate Nintendo digital video game files. This process protects Nintendo’s copyright-protected video games, including but not limited to those covered by U.S. Copyright Registration numbers PA0002213509 (Super Mario Maker 2); PA0002233840 (Animal Crossing: New Horizons); PA0002213908 (Luigi’s Mansion 3); and PA0002028142 (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) by preventing users from playing pirated copies of Nintendo’s video games on the Nintendo Switch console.

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[LGuilhas]

They can still be accessed using the wayback machine.

 

[linuxares]

This is why more and more projects move to private discord servers.

and that is so freaking stupid since Discord log everything

 

[Coolsonickirby]

Heads up but the source link is broken. Should be
https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2022/07/2022-07-28-nintendo-of-america.md

Instead of
https://github.com/github/dmca/blob...ter/2022/07/2022-07-28-nintendo-of-america.md

 

[The Catboy]

and that is so freaking stupid since Discord log everything

True but you could be a big brain and just store everything in a private server with only yourself and a backup account. It's not perfect but it's doubtful Nintendo will go through the trouble of DMCAing a server they have no access to and would require a warrant to access.

 

[linuxares]

True but you could be a big brain and just store everything in a private server with only yourself and a backup account. It's not perfect but it's doubtful Nintendo will go through the trouble of DMCAing a server they have no access to and would require a warrant to access.

Right, that's not how it works if Nintendo or any game company wants. The chats aren't encrypted. But Reddit will probably have the patches or we can make them ourselves if @mrdude package still work

 

[The Catboy]

Right, that's not how it works if Nintendo or any game company wants. The chats aren't encrypted. But Reddit will probably have the patches or we can make them ourselves if @mrdude package still work

Oh yeah, Discord kind of sucks like that

 

[Timbo303]

Just a heads up this breaks aio updater so you might need to download sigpatches manually.

Edit: Also I'm pretty sure nintendo wasn't in any position to take down sigpatches but github are idiots and will listen to any company.

 

[atypicalchaos]

Sigpatches are also needed for the hbl NSP, which is the reason I use them, so it's not explicitly for piracy, but is likely the reason they are being targeted

 

[Danker301090]

Well probably explains why the emusak team is going offline next month too.

 

[Flame]

Goddamn it i just modded my switch today...

this kind of crap just follows me in life and internet.

how else is a man supposed to play his nes roms ?

 

[linuxares]

Goddamn it i just modded my switch today...

this kind of crap just follows me in life and internet.

how else is a man supposed to play his nes roms ?

on the NES Mini! Oh wait..

 

[jeffyTheHomebrewer]

You don't know these are erwhere? Many folks contribute and have the ability. Now even more will come out since many don't like Nins tactics. There's even tuts on how to make them.

Gimme 15.0 just so I can sigpatch you up baby

Hey, if 15.0 is already out then I'd gladly send you whatever files you need so long as you tell me how t' rip em. (been a while since I've actually updated, and my sig is just an old joke of being 1 version ahead of even Nintendo)

 

[Gamemaster1379]

This is why more and more projects move to private discord servers.

You own nothing on Discord. Discord can and has been known to also take down servers on similar veins.

 

[The Catboy]

Goddamn it i just modded my switch today...

this kind of crap just follows me in life and internet.

how else is a man supposed to play his nes roms ?

Hear me out, make an alter, hear me out, have that alter hack shit, HEAR ME OUT, that way you stop breaking community projects

 

[ezkitty]

How come Atmosphere isn't taken down? It enables the switch to running cfw. I know it doesn't contain illegal code but as I far as I see it, Nintendo is okay with CFW than some patches that allow piracy for the CFW

 

[Donnie-Burger]

How come Atmosphere isn't taken down? It enables the switch to running cfw. I know it doesn't contain illegal code but as I far as I see it, Nintendo is okay with CFW than some patches that allow piracy for the CFW

Nin looked into it and couldnt. m is a bit of a lawyer himself :/

 

[PacBunnyXV07]

Bunch of prejudice hypocrites promoting piracy.

 

[Lumince]

Bunch of prejudice hypocrites promoting piracy.

Are you mad at people for pirating games? LOL

 

[HarveyHouston]

Nintendo is super protective about their Switch. Team Xecuters found that out the hard way.

 

[anhminh]

Yup, this sound like a stability update is coming.