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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[Quore]

Ive already got people saying they are going to wait for this than rather getting a chip fitted lol.

They think its just plug and go and they wont get banned and still play homebrew lol....

Playing online will work if you own the cart originally and you dont share the id but we know how that ends in the pirate world lol

O still think I'll be the same as it was with Acekard and then the R4

Started with something with not much resources, then it evolved to something complete, and then other people create it's "clone" for a cheaper price.

This Mig one is from Russia, i surely won't doubt that AT LEAST next month some chinese group will make their version of the flashcart

 

[sil1982]

Mig is going to cost as much as your $200 switch, haha... Proprietary hardware = proprietary prices.

Who said this is worth $200 on the mig switch ?

 

[subcon959]

O still think I'll be the same as it was with Acekard and then the R4

Started with something with not much resources, then it evolved to something complete, and then other people create it's "clone" for a cheaper price.

This Mig one is from Russia, i surely won't doubt that AT LEAST next month some chinese group will make their version of the flashcart

Even if it really is from Russia, which most people doubt, it will still be made in China (unless it's a very niche/expensive handmade product). So, it will have been cloned as soon as the order was sent to China.

 

[Quore]

Even if it really is from Russia, which most people doubt, it will still be made in China (unless it's a very niche/expensive handmade product). So, it will have been cloned as soon as the order was sent to China.

Makes sense

 

[Noctosphere]

Kinda, Most Locks have a Master-Master key, which when you use it you can insert a new set of keys and the old ones are invalid and the new ones become the working ones.

On IT certificate world is something like that if you "lock" (private key) become compromised, you can invalidate it and generate a new private key, the downside is you need to generate new certificate for each client. on the console side is doable, but on physical certificates that render the physical device inoperative and need to be replaced.

Yea, what i meant by "changing locks" was a patch/stability update.

 

[kai98yoshi]

I will buy it! Who else will buy it?

 

[peteruk]

I will buy it! Who else will buy it?

I will purchase if less than £50 inc delivery

 

[tabzer]

I will purchase if less than £50 inc delivery

I was gonna say $45-50, after delivery fee.

 

[gnmmarechal]

I'm moderately interested but ehhh

 

[Purple_Heart]

I have an OLED with a Hwfly, but still buy one if it's not expensive or gets cheaper. Just to have one in my collection lmao.

 

[HawaiianInTown]

Who said this is worth $200 on the mig switch ?

Easter Bunny











Clearly, it's speculation as no ones sourced a price yet from anywhere.

 

[impeeza]

Nintendo is currently thinking of an update to HorizonOS which will provide a lot of work to the Atmosphère devs to update it to support the latest version.

Has been done some times on the past, by example v16 and v17 was tuff cookies

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I will buy it! Who else will buy it?

Probably lots of people

 

[realtimesave]

Do you guys think this is another one of Max Lauran's products? Seems professionally done enough to be.

 

[linuxares]

Do you guys think this is another one of Max Lauran's products? Seems professionally done enough to be.

It is

 

[m_babble]

Even less interested now.

 

[Quore]

Do you guys think this is another one of Max Lauran's products? Seems professionally done enough to be.

Who is this guy?
Does he made something big before? :/

 

[linuxares]

Who is this guy?
Does he made something big before? :/

Just google him and you will find a lot

 

[shanefromoz]

Who is this guy?
Does he made something big before? :/

He is on the run from Nintendo and the Feds.

 

[Bladexdsl]

Who is this guy?
Does he made something big before? :/

his done jail time for doing something similar to the mig. looks like he never learned his lesson

 

[Quore]

He is on the run from Nintendo and the Feds.

Oooooohh now i remember him

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his done jail time for doing something similar to the mig. looks like he never learned his lesson

As they say, if someone made it once, he can (and will) make it again