Hi,
My switch is currently on 4.1.0. I'm currently using hekate+atmosphere (some bastardization of sdsetup), with AutoRCM. I own a physical copy of Super Mario Party, which requires 5.1.0, and I want to take stock of my options for playing it.
As I understand it, there is currently no way to bypass the firmware requirement directly (i.e. to play the game cart on a lower firmware). Am I correct? Other than that, I believe I could:
1. Use the game cart to update to 5.1.0 and burn my fuses
2. Use the newly released atmosphere 0.8.0 (without hekate), and update to 5.1.0, which should keep autoRCM installed, thereby not burning my fuses.
3. Obtain the 5.1.0 update, and use ChoiDuJour or ChoiDuJourNX to update to 5.1.0 and keep autoRCM installed
4. Dump the cart to XCI, convert to NSP, install it with Tinfoil to bypass the requirement, and risk a ban if I ever somehow end up online.
Am I correct in thinking that's all the options I have? I also have a few questions:
1. Do all games that require a particular firmware contain that firmware update? Or is there some chance that Super Mario Party requires, but does not contain, the update?
2. Is there any real reason to stay on 4.1 (whether it's telemetry, exploit potential, or something else), or is 5.1 functionally identical?
3. Has anyone been confirmed to be banned when *just* using atmosphere, without homebrew, layeredfs, nsps, or anything else? How about just non-NSP homebrew?