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The Switch Flashcart Thread (Mig Switch etc.)

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With their encryption apparently being impenetrable, I'm surprised that after over 2 years on the market there hasn't been a price cut. Maybe with Nintendo introducing the Switch 1 to the Indian market finally that will give them the impetus to cut the price.
 
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rayida said:
With their encryption apparently being impenetrable, I'm surprised that after over 2 years on the market there hasn't been a price cut. Maybe with Nintendo introducing the Switch 1 to the Indian market finally that will give them the impetus to cut the price.
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Their FW was dumped and (partly) released, but it seems nobody cared enough.
Even the information how it was acquired was shared.
There was also a public talk about it at a hackers conference in russia 😅
I was under the impression that unlock switch would finally be able to release their cart but it seems like they couldn't replicate the dumping process.
 
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FR0ZN said:
unlock switch would finally be able to release their cart but it seems like they couldn't replicate the dumping process.
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They didn't originally intend to release anything:
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Forget about UnlockSwitch already. It was essentially a fake campaign (most likely orchestrated by the MIG team itself, to stall for time and prevent others from developing an alternative flash cartridge).
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They didn't originally intend to release anything:]
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It's a theory.
The way I see it, is that they finished all the hardware and stuff and they hoped that someone would be able to provide a dump of the MIG FW.
They probably even worked with someone who let them down in the end.

To me it makes no sense to create hardware samples and send them out to people.
That's basically burning money for nothing.

I also don't see the MIG team behind it.
What would be their point?
All of this basically halted my MIG Switch purchase, because I was hoping to buy something cheaper from the Unlock Switch Team.
I'm pretty sure I'm not alone with this plan, which would cause nothing but loss in potential profit for the MIG team.
 
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What would be their point?
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The goal was simple: to show everyone that a "cheap" chip was already being developed, thereby scaring off developers who really wanted to get involved. The price for the samples sent was so small compared to the revenue generated by MIG sales that it's almost laughable. Moreover, these samples were simply repainted MIG boards without firmware. It was a well-thought-out scam, which I've been watching from the very beginning.
The MIG developers did a very good job of correcting their mistakes after the SXOS, protecting their product very thoroughly from every angle.
 
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ZIP file cannot be downloaded-I tried. Seems like somebody didn't properly archive it.


True. The likelihood of anyone being banned from using games bought second-hand is an understatement due to coming from one source (likely Discord or Twitter), which caused a massive overreaction and outright false information, which is combined with the so-called Switch 2 console bans.

The MIG Switch and its clones alone are still incredibly expensive; prices are all over the place, and not many people can afford them. As to what others have said, so long as you dump the games that you own, you won't be banned; Nintendo cannot tell the difference between an original game cartridge and a MIG Switch. They can only identify the contents of the game as to whether it has valid certificates and the ROM data. You can only get banned if the certificate was from a donor game that doesn't match or was previously banned as the system keeps a log for how many games you have played.


I paid 50 quid for mine off AliExpress. Did not come with a cartridge label, however, but I might print one out. I've made a label template for this very purpose. Just realized that I do not have a way of dumping my own carts, so I had to pay extra for the dumper, as well.


People have received their MIG flashcart in one of these if you look at the reviews of other products with the same thumbnail. But, other than that, I can tell you that it is legit. They do this to not get their listings taken down. Still, I think this is very funny with how it was packaged like that.
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I also bought the cartridge on AliExpress and it arrived without a label. Could you please PM me the label you made? So I can print one myself. Thank you in advance.
 
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I also bought the cartridge on AliExpress and it arrived without a label. Could you please PM me the label you made? So I can print one myself. Thank you in advance.
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here is their official adobe illustrator sticker project file

Its for the dumper but at least now you have "official" assets. They never sent me the cart one
 

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here is their official adobe illustrator sticker project file

Its for the dumper but at least now you have "official" assets. They never sent me the cart one
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Thanks a lot but I'm not very good with graphics so I wouldn't be able to adapt it for the cartridge, but thanks anyway so as soon as I order the dumper I'll already have the sticker ready.
 

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