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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[bazamuffin]

I was hoping it would be spelled "MiG" (like the aircraft) as opposed to "Mig".

Maybe that is a ref to aircraft if you look at the label on the cart?

 

[SylverReZ]

Maybe that is a ref to aircraft if you look at the label on the cart?

Yeah, you might be right.

 

[nubman33]

this is no joke if it really is a handheld again i dont want any fucking thing to do with it i'll stick to emus.

oh cry me a river. go have that tantrum somewhere else little buddy

 

[SylverReZ]

this is no joke if it really is a handheld again i dont want any fucking thing to do with it i'll stick to emus.

Just don't bother using it instead of having a tantrum on the net.

 

[realtimesave]

oh cry me a river. go have that tantrum somewhere else little buddy

lol idk why anyone would post that. after all, everyone knows that Nintendo is king of handhelds and that the Gameboy system basically floated some of their more "failed" consoles so that people could buy them off the shelf.. I forgot which one it was but one of the GB systems GBA or GBC not sure which pretty much floated the Gamecube for example. Nintendo knows that there's a huge market for them making a handheld system so it is just a given that they would continue that trend.

 

[Wario]

Dumper has been revealed.

 

[zebrone]

Dumper has been revealed.

65€ mig switch...!
65€ the dumper...!

 

[BigOnYa]

65€ mig switch...!
65€ the dumper...!

Plus shipping cost separately also. Modchip install prices not looking so bad now.

 

[Kioku]

Plus shipping cost separately also. Modchip install prices not looking so bad now.

Still, a modchip offers more.

 

[ghjfdtg]

Honestly, get a chip or v1 Switch. It offers more for the price and it's uncertain for how long you will be able to play online with the Mig. Nintendo is not playing around anymore. They will find ways to detect the Mig through Lotus3 firmware updates.

 

[kehkou]

Maybe that is a ref to aircraft if you look at the label on the cart?

Yeah, you might be right.

I see that now. MiG-15; nice.

I'll probably pick up a Mig card when the next Nintendo console is announced, assuming they are still available by then.

 

[meow81]

Honestly, get a chip or v1 Switch. It offers more for the price and it's uncertain for how long you will be able to play online with the Mig. Nintendo is not playing around anymore. They will find ways to detect the Mig through Lotus3 firmware updates.

What is Lotus 3 ? It is not the old 1992 racing videogame i suppose

 

[BigOnYa]

What is Lotus 3 ? It is not the old racing videogame i suppose

Lotus3 is the Gamecard ASIC, which is a separate chip on the Switch motherboard responsible for communicating with the Gamecard.

 

[SylverReZ]

What is Lotus 3 ? It is not the old 1992 racing videogame i suppose

Lotus3 is the Gamecard ASIC, which is a separate chip on the Switch motherboard responsible for communicating with the Gamecard.

 

[cainan__c]

Mig-Switch price on Skin Pixel has jumped to £70...
It's only like £30-£40 cheaper than an outright modchip install or v0 Switch.
Not worth it, esp with the price of the dumper being the same...

 

[SylverReZ]

Mig-Switch price on Skin Pixel has jumped to £70...
It's only like £30-£40 cheaper than an outright modchip install or v0 Switch.
Not worth it, esp with the price of the dumper being the same...

When clones start to appear, they'd probably sell for around the same price as a modchip. Tbh, probably not worth it if you already have a hacked V1 switch, but for the novice user who has no experience with installing a modchip or custom firmware

 

[realtimesave]

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A lotus isn't necessarily a car, the car is named after the lotus flower.

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migswitch in bulk is $36 USD if you purchase 50 units anyone selling it to you for 90 GBP is purely ripping you guys off. $65 US is reasonable anything higher, lol.

 

[G33ksquad]

What

A lotus isn't necessarily a car, the car is named after the lotus flower.

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migswitch in bulk is $36 USD if you purchase 50 units anyone selling it to you for 90 GBP is purely ripping you guys off. $65 US is reasonable anything higher,

Kind of want 50 units, kind of want to see how this all shakes out with customs in the US before committing financially. I’m half expecting these to get seized, I feel like Nintendo may be extra aggressive with this one.

 

[Nincompoopdo]

It's like those R4, just wait a while and there will be clones of it everywhere after China reverse engineered it. Price will drop to less than $20 eventually - I think it only cost less than $5 to make, they will still make profit.

 

[Wario]

Will Nintendo surreptitiously get their hands on a Mig and develop a counter for it using lotus3 via a firmware update? I hope the Mig will have counter measures, else it’ll become obsolete really quick.