Throughout the Nintendo Switch's life, we've seen modchips and softmods aplenty. What has been missing in the Switch hacking scene, though, is a flashcart; and if rumors are to be believed, one might be coming soon. A user by the name of After Time X shared on Twitter that they have exclusive information regarding testing of a flashcart that will work on all models and revisions of the Nintendo Switch. A video of "proof" was shown, of someone cycling through rom backups, and loading the games to play on their Switch OLED unit. According to the rumor, these flashcarts will begin shipping as early as next month.

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[Xzi]

Will be helpful if I want to buy a cheap/used Switch OLED some years down the line. Then again, I'll probably be playing Switch 2 games on my Steam Deck 2 by then.

 

[tsam2]

didn't stop them jailing the last guy

The last guy was not arrested by a video leaked on twitter, but had a shady business with a name and an address. Let's not be so paranoid, they have a team of laywers trying to find legal ways to stop these kind of businesses and not online detectives. And if you are living in China (and i suspect these dudes are from there) then surely you don't give a damn, since China never extradite chinese citizens to other countries.

 

[linuxares]

The last guy was not arrested by a video leaked on twitter, but had a shady business with a name and an address. Let's not be so paranoid, they have a team of laywers trying to find legal ways to stop these kind of businesses and not online detectives. And if you are living in China (and i suspect these dudes are from there) then surely you don't give a damn, since China never extradite chinese citizens to other countries.

Tencent however can make their lives a living nightmare

 

[JuanMena]

Mmhm. The 3DS flashcarts all over again..

Well, it's obvious "hackers" will definitely notice whatever custom firmware is making that flashcard work in any system.
So it's a matter of time until things gets messy. That is, of course, if the flashcard is real and if it ever gets released to general public.

 

[clearquare]

I bough a Nintendo Switch like more than 3 years ago, after 2 years I stopped playing it as much because of covid, it upset me quite that Nintendo wouldn't make the console's web browser simply available for people to use, there is so many HTML5 art out there, I still would love to try on.

 

[Hanafuda]

I like taking electronics apart so I want to learn how to solder sometime but I don't want to risk breaking my Switch so I'd want to mess around with something old so it doesn't matter, I have a broken in half DS Phat actually that I think would be cool to turn into a Game boy macro, would that be easy to do as a first project?

I would suggest first getting an old unpopular/worthless game cartridge, or better yet an old radio or something, and practicing on the board inside. Just start with soldering wires to specific points. Watch some yt vids on basics. Assemble a set of necessary items ... the iron itself, the solder, flux, some desoldering braid, quality screwdrivers, tweezers, a portable USB-C desk lamp, and some magnifying glasses (that you wear, not Sherlock Holmes type).

 

[frozencat]

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Throughout the Nintendo Switch's life, we've seen modchips and softmods aplenty. What has been missing in the Switch hacking scene, though, is a flashcart; and if rumors are to be believed, one might be coming soon. A user by the name of After Time X shared on Twitter that they have exclusive information regarding testing of a flashcart that will work on all models and revisions of the Nintendo Switch. A video of "proof" was shown, of someone cycling through rom backups, and loading the games to play on their Switch OLED unit. According to the rumor, these flashcarts will begin shipping as early as next month.

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hopefully for homebrew and not piracy

 

[SylverReZ]

hopefully for homebrew and not piracy

I doubt that it'd be used for homebrew. Think about it for a moment.

 

[frozencat]

hopefully for homebrew and not piracy

yea I know its naive lol but I'm hopeful

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I doubt that it'd be used for homebrew. Think about it for a moment.

yea true still hopefully it'll have some potential with it at least

 

[SylverReZ]

yea true still hopefully it'll have some potential with it at least

Hopefully, this will help many people who don't want to install a modchip or perform the RCM jig exploit, everytime they want to boot into homebrew and/or CFW.

 

[impeeza]

That is THE way.

Aha aha I liked

 

[realtimesave]

Where's the first 2 or 3 pages of bashing Nintendo for making great games and systems? At any rate, I would buy this product if it is inexpensive just for my collection. It's never going to outdo a hardmod tho.

 

[Clydefrosch]

im almost pissing myself with the nonsense youtube gaming journalists are throwing out on the back of this 95% likely fake video.

i'm dying everytime one of them wagers this will speed up the release of the switch 2.

anyone believing nintendo is afraid of completely blocking the i dunno maybe dozen original carts per game that were used to dump xcis online from ever being usable again (in addition to online blocking the users who recently ran those dumps) is crazy.
yeah its gonna take an update per banwave probably, but its gonna happen.

 

[fst312]

I don’t think you have to really select games the way the video is showing. First the only thing I question about this when thinking about this is why it takes two tries before the game selection changes if I’m seeing this right it doesn’t change till after the third try. I’m almost sure when they eventually release another video, they will show every game has the cart showing it’s ready to be played, hopefully. Maybe all software will work. Got to search up sky3ds to see if it was really like this or is it just similar. Hopefully this gets released soon since they already messed up by showing it off if it’s real. Just questioning the beginning of video right now.

 

[Sonic3320]

I find it pretty cool to do this without hardmodding a v2 (I dont trust putting another chip into a console that is already very tiny) or using a v1 with worse battery life. I dont care much about online banning because one thing that I really dont care about the Switch is the awful online services. I think missing online services on Xbox and PlayStation is far more meaningful.

 

[TheStonedModder]

im almost pissing myself with the nonsense youtube gaming journalists are throwing out on the back of this 95% likely fake video.

i'm dying everytime one of them wagers this will speed up the release of the switch 2.

anyone believing nintendo is afraid of completely blocking the i dunno maybe dozen original carts per game that were used to dump xcis online from ever being usable again (in addition to online blocking the users who recently ran those dumps) is crazy.
yeah its gonna take an update per banwave probably, but its gonna happen.

Thats why you get a donor cart. Can't ban or detect something that no one else is going to use or ever put inside of a switch again.


If you're using shared files you're asking to get banned. Like when people would share xbox 360 KVs

 

[SylverReZ]

im almost pissing myself with the nonsense youtube gaming journalists are throwing out on the back of this 95% likely fake video.

i'm dying everytime one of them wagers this will speed up the release of the switch 2.

YouTube should really ban gaming journalists for real.

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That's why you get a donor cart. Can't ban or detect something that no one else is going to use or ever put inside of a switch again.

How's that going to work?

 

[BaamAlex]

that Nintendo wouldn't make the console's web browser simply available for people to use, there is so many HTML5 art out there, I still would love to try on.

Themes would be a good start (or, for whatever reason, folders).

 

[tsam2]

Tencent however can make their lives a living nightmare

That's because they have close ties with the government's communist party. It's completely in another level, think it like it's mafia. At least a friend of mine in China that's how she calls them.

 

[linuxares]

That's because they have close ties with the government's communist party. It's completely in another level, think it like it's mafia. At least a friend of mine in China that's how she calls them.

No shit... all companies of size got ties with the government in China (well most countries actually)