A few days after the monumental reveal of a work-in-progress flashcart being made for the Nintendo Switch, more information has been made available. The previously unnamed flashcart is set to be called "Mig Switch", and the initial Twitter user that unveiled the Mig Switch's existence, After Time X, managed to get in contact with the team behind it all. According to them, they were offered a review unit of the Mig Switch, but turned it down, as the After Time X team fears legal repercussions from dealing with "backup loader" hardware.

Another interesting tidbit is that existing dumps of Switch games will NOT be compatible with the Mig Switch, and backups will need to be repacked to function with the flashcart. Games played with the flashcart can be played online, as well.

The Mig Switch currently has a website, where it is seeking distributors to work together with in order to sell initial limited quantities of the Mig Switch device, with the first units to be delivered sometime in January. The team claims that full availability is expected around March/April 2024. It'll come with the Mig Switch card, and the Mig Switch Dumper, with the latter of which allowing you to back up your games using NXdumpTool.

More Details Has Been Uncovered About the First Switch Flashcart

After some digging around by our @AfterTimeX journalists, it was discovered that the “Switch Flashcart” in fact has a name, “Mig Switch” and they agreed to answer a few of our questions about some points that… pic.twitter.com/kQtXdSNg7E

— After Time X (@AfterTimeX) December 27, 2023

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[krzys4x]

chip PICOFLY >mig non stop changing

 

[RedColoredStars]

Hmmmmm. Sounds like we can inject the Cert/UID of a personally owned cart into any other backup and play them all online. Sounds amazing, but I'll personally be waiting it out to see of there's a ban wave before I jump in.

 

[reirahul]

This screaming ban waves lol
and
Nintendo would be like:
"Shut up Mig"

 

[tabzer]

Hmmmmm. Sounds like we can inject the Cert/UID of a personally owned cart into any other backup and play them all online. Sounds amazing, but I'll personally be waiting it out to see of there's a ban wave before I jump in.

It's been clarified that xci, nsp, and nsz files won't work. This will rely on its own format.

"After reviewing their website, it seems also that the “backup” ROMs that are currently floating around out there on the Internet are NOT supported, as the format that the “Mig Switch” uses is slightly different"

 

[impeeza]

It's simislar to the Sky3ds+ with it's Skydock. Making your own dumps and play them with full availability.

That's what everybody is hopping for.

So far we only have the next facts:

• Gary Bowser says he suffer a DNS attack and the new domains about the device "are no their".
• There are two videos on twitter showing the device "working", needing to eject and reinsert the cartridge to change the current game.
• The site https://migswitch.com/ appears and have all information we have, is so vague to no give us so real information:
  • The device needs full ROM dump, including the unique IDs of the original cartridge on bin format.
  • You can dump the cartridge using NXDumpTool or a "USB dumper" device to be sell by the same people.
  • The site states you shouldn't be banned if you use a full dump of the cartridge.
  • There are open request to distributors.
  • There are open request for reviewers.

Besides that THERE IS NO OTHER INFORMATION, there are no details about the real working of the device.

I personally aren't sure if big N have make each cartridge completely unique and identifiable and they can detect if a "clone" cartridge is online. so I can not know so far if this flash card will really works on the real life. or even is a real device and not a Día de los Inocentes joke (April's fool is celebrated on most countries on the world the December 28th)

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It's been clarified that xci, nsp, and nsz files won't work. This will rely on its own format.

no his own format, full cartridge dump, XCI + bin files, that bin files seems to be the cartridge unique ID and certificate.

 

[BigOnYa]

Sounds like we can inject the Cert/UID of a personally owned cart into any other backup and play them all online.

Where did you see/ read this?

 

[tabzer]

no his own format, full cartridge dump, XCI + bin files, that bin files seems to be the cartridge unique ID and certificate.

So other XCI files should work as long a you have the bin files of the following?:

• Gamecard certificate
• Gamecard initial data
• Gamecard card id set
• Gamecard card uid

Is it conventional to get these without dumping your own cartridge? What benefit would there be in downloading an XCI from the internet when you'd have to have your own cartridge to rip these?

 

[impeeza]

So other XCI files should work as long a you have the bin files of the following?:

• Gamecard certificate
• Gamecard initial data
• Gamecard card id set
• Gamecard card uid

Is it conventional to get these without dumping your own cartridge? What benefit would there be in downloading an XCI from the internet when you'd have to have your own cartridge to rip these?

• Avoid to damage your expensive original cartridge.
• be able to use after your dog, nephew, girlfriend ate the cartridge by accident
• avoid to scratch your original game (just kidding is no disc)
• Future preservation.
• etc.

 

[tabzer]

• Avoid to damage your expensive original cartridge.
• be able to use after your dog, nephew, girlfriend ate the cartridge by accident
• avoid to scratch your original game (just kidding is no disc)
• Future preservation.
• etc.

How can you get those files after your dog or girlfriend ate the cartridge? They'd need to be exclusive/unique to your cartridge.

 

[impeeza]

How can you get those files after your dog or girlfriend ate the cartridge?

with a lot of soap and some gloves ha ha ha, better if you backup BEFORE any "accident" happen

 

[Trojaner]

How can you get those files after your dog or girlfriend ate the cartridge? They'd need to be exclusive/unique to your cartridge.

Cut them in pieces and feed the Switch with it until it's working.

 

[weatMod]

Ok I give up, what game is that? I imagine the joke is a prison escape game.

Close , it's Russian Attack

 

[RedColoredStars]

Where did you see/ read this?

In the Twitter post attached to the article. "he told us that he used one of his game’s “Cert/UID”, which he never shared to anyone before, to be able to play online with his other “game backups”, but so far he has never experienced any issue"

It's been clarified that xci, nsp, and nsz files won't work. This will rely on its own format.

It's been clarified that you're usually wrong about most everything you have to say.

 

[scroeffie1984]

inserting the card in and out is going to damage the slot in the long run !

 

[Trojaner]

inserting the card in and out is going to damage the slot in the long run !

Even faster, when people buy the biggest cards and feed them with ton of games ... RIP after 1-3 Dayes for them.

 

[BigOnYa]

In the Twitter post attached to the article. "he told us that he used one of his game’s “Cert/UID”, which he never shared to anyone before, to be able to play online with his other “game backups”, but so far he has never experienced any issue"

I read it as, his own backup of that 1 game playing that same 1 game online, but not using the same Certificate for other games. But yeah the wording is hard to understand the real facts. Guess we will wait and see.

 

[scroeffie1984]

I have now dillema to buy tv box amlogic 1gigalan or wait 4 mig switch only 4 months
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the guy in the pic lifted his bike up his shoulder to look for the micro sd card he dropped in the forest

 

[Blavla]

meh, this one is developed by the russians. not giving them any money until russia stops the war in ukraine.

talk in your name

 

[tabzer]

It's been clarified that you're usually wrong about most everything you have to say.

The only thing that is important is that I am less wrong than you.

 

[Blavla]

It's been clarified that xci, nsp, and nsz files won't work. This will rely on its own format.

Yes , legal dumps from your own games. Or not but the other option will bann you for shure