ROM Hack Question So is it possible to play backups of my games online?

Dave447 · Oct 29, 2019

Hello, so I haven't been into hacking/backups since the Wii.

From my understanding of how the switch works from looking through this website, each game has a unique identifier code that gets sent to Nintendo for verification.
Is this correct?

So my question is, if I have a game, make a backup of same game, can I legitimately play the backup online without a ban?
What happens then if I decide to sell the game?

If I am in the wrong sub forum, please redirect me to the right one.

EmulateLife · Oct 29, 2019

No you cannot play online with a backup. You have to be on CFW to play a backup, Nintendo can see when you're online on CFW. You could be banned at any time. You might make it a while but you will be eventually flagged for a banned.

linuxares · Oct 29, 2019

Yes you can. But chances are pretty decent that you will get banned for it. If not now but eventually.

Paulsar99 · Oct 29, 2019

Eventhough you own a game a back up is still pretty much pirated software in nintendo eyes and highly likely you will get ban once detected.

RHOPKINS13 · Oct 29, 2019

There are a few people that claim to use XCI backups of games they legitimately own and play online without getting banned, with SX OS.

That being said, it's probably not worth the risk, especially for games that you own anyway. Is a ban risk worth the convenience of not carrying the cartridges with you?

If you sell or give the game to a friend, and they happen to be playing it at the same time as you are, Nintendo will very likely ban you both.

And playing any pirated game online, whether NSP or XCI, is a surefire way to get banned. Even without playing them online, you might get banned just for going online while pirated NSPs are installed.

FabioCapela · Oct 29, 2019

Basically, if it's a XCI backup made by yourself from a cartridge you own, and you neither gave a copy of the file to anyone else nor allowed anyone else to use your cartridge while you use the backup, it's theoretically possible to play online using SXOS and not get banned. It's not guaranteed, though; better to just use the cartridge to play online (preferably from OFW while only using CFW with an EMUNand).

If you go online with a non-tampered "backup" that you don't have full control over, and anyone in the whole planet decides to go online with either the same backup or the original cartridge that backup was made from, then Big N can instantly detect it and ban everyone involved.

If it's a tampered file — be it a XCI with a changed or otherwise tampered header, a NSP not installed through the official store, a XCI installed as a NSP, whatever — then Big N can also instantly detect it and ban you.

Dave447 · Oct 30, 2019

Ah ok, definitely not worth it then. Not being able to go online is a dealbreaker with some games i.e Mario Kart or Pokemon battles.

linuxares · Oct 30, 2019

Also what new checks did 9.0.0 bring? Since the firmware in the gamecart slot got updated.

TheSpearGuy · Oct 30, 2019

You might use Super Lan Play or XLink Kai for your backups but you need a pc every time you want to play online

The Real Jdbye · Oct 30, 2019

Dave447 said:
Hello, so I haven't been into hacking/backups since the Wii.

From my understanding of how the switch works from looking through this website, each game has a unique identifier code that gets sent to Nintendo for verification.
Is this correct?

So my question is, if I have a game, make a backup of same game, can I legitimately play the backup online without a ban?
What happens then if I decide to sell the game?

If I am in the wrong sub forum, please redirect me to the right one.

Only if they are XCI dumps. A NSP will obviously be a dead giveaway since they can tell you don't own the game on eShop.
But only SX OS runs XCIs, and SX OS itself is known to be detectable by Nintendo. They still haven't implemented creport I believe, so logs will be sent to Nintendo.

RHOPKINS13 · Oct 31, 2019

The Real Jdbye said:
But only SX OS runs XCIs, and SX OS itself is known to be detectable by Nintendo. They still haven't implemented creport I believe, so logs will be sent to Nintendo.

Latest version has implemented creport. They stole it from Atmosphere. They even had to release an update because they accidentally left in references to the atmosphere folder.

5 new applications were added:
- CREP (CREPBIN + CREPMETA): Atmosphère's creport;
- ECL (ECLBIN + ECLMETA): Atmosphère's eclct.stub;
- FTL (FTLBIN + FTLMETA): Atmosphère's fatal;
- HBL (HBLBIN + HBLMETA): nx-hbloader;
- ML (MLBIN + MLMETA): "Mercury Loader".
— Mike Heskin (@hexkyz) October 7, 2019

elk1007 · Dec 14, 2019

Been playing SSB4 on 3DS for years

Still no ban :teach:

OkazakiTheOtaku · Dec 14, 2019

elk1007 said:
Been playing SSB4 on 3DS for years

Still no ban

This is the Switch discussion board.

elk1007 · Dec 14, 2019

OkazakiTheOtaku said:
This is the Switch discussion board.

I'll show myself out :yay3ds:

ROM Hack Question So is it possible to play backups of my games online?

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can probably play it on Switch

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