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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[ezkitty]

Bunch of prejudice hypocrites promoting piracy.

I think its only fair to pirate games. Not many can buy a $60 title. Many Nintendo games never go down in price or provide a demo to try out. Many pirates do piracy just to be a pirate and never buy anything but many pirates try to enjoy the experience first before buying the game. It's Nintendo's fault for not providing a refund system if you were to buy a bad game in the eshop

 

[MrVtR]

Good Job Nintendo, but apparently they are a few years late.
They know we can just create another repository and other users keep the sigpatches being updated, right? Right?
Cuz, this sigpatch dmca is the most stupid and ineffective thing I ever heard

 

[CeeDee]

If only there were other websites where such things could be distributed.

have you seen reactions here to ROM site takedowns? you'd think there's only one place in the world to pirate a nintendo game, and they just singlehandedly burned it to the ground.

 

[jarkee]

anyways, they havent taken down this another repo: https://github.com/borntohonk/SigPatches/releases
it has a guide about how to make your own sigpatches
probably everyone downloaded it but, heres a backup in case it gets taken down

 

[jarkee]

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 ?

there is more repos for downloading sigpatches, look for them

 

[Darkspade]

when you have something removed for the Internet that does 100% nothing on its own is Per Corruption.. if you have Money you rule the World... Well at least US and Japan

 

[hippy dave]

They can still be accessed using the wayback machine.

Good tip.

Here they are, latest zip from github, I just renamed it to be more informative.

 

[ChiefReginod]

All the more reason to get a Steam Deck and just emulate the Switch. The Nintendo of today isn't the Nintendo we all grew up with.

 

[Shae23]

All the more reason to get a Steam Deck and just emulate the Switch. The Nintendo of today isn't the Nintendo we all grew up with.

Lmao. This is the Nintendo we all grew up with. Essentially we walk into a man's home uninvited, fuck his wife, eat his food, wear his clothes, fuck his wife again and then leave. We do this every time, then turn around and moan when the man changes the locks.

 

[Deleted member 194275]

All the more reason to get a Steam Deck and just emulate the Switch. The Nintendo of today isn't the Nintendo we all grew up with.

It's naive of you believing that sigpatches are at greater risk than websites that share console keys.

 

[T00nist8]

Honestly, I’m not shocked by this but it is quite a delayed reaction of them actively going for switch homebrew. Anyway, I’m going to enjoy my backups and sigpatches will still be around and change with each switch update, and so on and so forth. This is not that big of a blow, and we shouldn’t be too worried.

 

[MrVtR]

Lmao. This is the Nintendo we all grew up with. Essentially we walk into a man's home uninvited, fuck his wife, eat his food, wear his clothes, fuck his wife again and then leave. We do this every time, then turn around and moan when the man changes the locks.

That was a little too specific, are you ok my bro? Lmao

 

[MetoMeto]

Cant Nintendo just mind their own buseness and make and sell games, cause that actually IS their buseness, and let people pirate and/or hack in piece and have fun with homebrew and stuff...
covid, war, inflation, shitty music.... i mean, can they just NOT be one more nuisance on top of it all? i guess not,
its Nitenazzi....

 

[MetoMeto]

Lmao. This is the Nintendo we all grew up with. Essentially we walk into a man's home uninvited, fuck his wife, eat his food, wear his clothes, fuck his wife again and then leave. We do this every time, then turn around and moan when the man changes the locks.

thats a really bad compariosn, but i see your point, its just not the same.

 

[Deleted member 591971]

im now thankful that i pirated some nintendo games, they cant stop me hahahah

i bet my life that there is gonna be a "stability update" soon

 

[Lumince]

im now thankful that i pirated some nintendo games, they cant stop me hahahah

i bet my life that there is gonna be a "stability update" soon

Doubt it tbh
What are they gonna do? Make an atmosphere detector? lol

 

[leon315]

i recall that MEGA page with nintondo's all OFW is still up 3 years after 1st upload,, i'm sure people will find other ways to distribute future patches.

 

[LainaGabranth]

 

[Shae23]

That was a little too specific, are you ok my bro? Lmao

Loooool, you gotta take it in stride bro.

 

[Deleted member 523475]

Truly a bruh moment: https://sigmapatches.coomer.party