Hello guys, this is my first post here! I just got a MIG Switch card out of curiosity and I was tinkering with it. For those who don't know, it's used by placing XCI dumps as well as other game specific bin files in the sd card of the MIG Switch, and are obtained from the original cartridge by using an app like nxdumptool. Two of these bin files are mandatory to get the game to boot: Initial Data.bin and Certificate.bin. They stay the same for every cartridge of a specific game. Now, if you want to use an XCI dump from a shady website it's impossible to get it to work without those files. By using the Certificate.bin from another game it has no problem, but this does not count for the Initial Data.bin. So I looked for a way to obtain this Initial Data from an XCI file and read a bit of the XCI file documentation from switchbrew dot org. Here's what I understood so far: The Switch checks if the cartridge is valid by doing a challenge–response authentication on the Initial Data. The Package ID is contained both on the XCI and the Initial Data, on positions 0x110 and 0x0 respectively. The Initial Data hash is on the XCI at position 0x160. It is calculated by doing a SHA-256 hash on the full Initial Data content. So I was wondering, is there a way to to construct a functional Initial Data file starting from an XCI dump? I also tried a reverse approach by editing the Package ID in the Initial Data from another game, generating the Initial Data hash and putting it in the XCI file but is not enough to get the Switch believe it's a real game. Sorry if this may seem stupid but let me know what you think.

mig switch not working/updating??

stickybit · 2024-03-28T19:59:51+00:00

just got my mig switch and followed instructions to the T to update it and all im getting is a red light and then a message saying cart not recognised, all im trying to do is update it to the latest firmware, it says it should flash blue when...

Gaming What about the region lock of the switch?

Thread starter Asia81
Start date Feb 19, 2019
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Asia81

Yuri Lover ~

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Feb 19, 2019

Hi, I wonder if the switch is region locked?
Can I buy an US game to play on my EUR system?
I want buy the US limited edition of Fire Emblem Three Houses, and not the EUR one.
Because the US edition look more beautiful, and the OST is on a CD, not a fcking usb key.

EUR:

USA:

AmandaRose

Do what I do. Hold tight and pretend it’s a plan

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Level 25

Feb 19, 2019

Yes the switch is region free.

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PewnyPL

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Feb 19, 2019

As far as games go Switch is region free, it can play a cart or digital game from ANY region.

The games themselves however may have some region locking. For example, Splatoon 2, you can only take part in Splatfests of your game's region (so if you have European copy, then you can only play in European Splatfests, even if your Nintendo Account is set to USA) and also DLC will only work for correct region (made that mistake, bought US Octo Expansion as I had some left over cash on my US account, it didn't work). Many games don't have any region locking however (ie. Breath of the Wild. You can have European version of the game and buy US Season Pass and it will work).

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