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 reasonable expectations for Nintendo's E3 tomorrow?

Thread starter Ryab
Start date Jun 14, 2021
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Ryab

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Jun 14, 2021

It's really up in the air what will be announced. The only things I basically expect are another smash fighter and some botw 2 news. I'm curious what everyone else thinks?

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pinbi7

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Jun 14, 2021

new switch xl pro 3D³ announced

Ryab

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Jun 14, 2021

pinbi7 said:
new switch xl pro 3D³ announced

I know this is a joke but I find it funny that people are still talking about all this when Nintendo's tweet announcing the direct specifically stated that it would be exclusively software.

ut2k4master

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Jun 14, 2021

i think you already nailed it with botw2 and one smash dlc as far as reasonable expectations go

OkazakiTheOtaku

no thanks, I don't want a custom title

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Jun 14, 2021

I just want to see SMT V. Everything else is white noise. Show me gameplay and an official release date and I won't complain about the rest of the presentation.

(also please make a special edition physical release Atlus)