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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[Hassal]

Toggling games by insertion instead of a different technique was obviously intentional in order to make more money out of fools.

 

[impeeza]

Toggling games by insertion instead of a different technique was obviously intentional in order to make more money out of fools.

what?

 

[Hassal]

what?

Same obsolescent strategy used by big corps.

 

[BigOnYa]

Same obsolescent strategy used by big corps.

So you think Mig is being made by big N?

 

[Hassal]

So you think Mig is being made by big N?

You mean they made it this way so people can easily mangle their cart slots in order to sell more switches?
No that's just conspiracy territory.

 

[impeeza]

Same obsolescent strategy used by big corps.

Pearls and Lemons my friend, pearls and lemons...

(on this case the MIG will not degrade enough to considerate programed obsolesce)

 

[TheStonedModder]

Something I just realized. The dumper says it is only USB 2.0 USB C...why surely for the price they could have made it utilize USB 3 speeds for dumping

 

[BigOnYa]

Something I just realized. The dumper says it is only USB 2.0 USB C...why surely for the price they could have made it utilize USB 3 speeds for dumping

Maybe it was a license fee thing. I just read where usb 2.0 patents are expired, where as usb 3.0 patents are still enforced. But hard to imagine a Jailbreaking company, from RU even, cares about patents anyways.

 

[cainan__c]

Decided to check the prices of how much to get a modchip installed compared to the Mig-Switch
£75 for a Lite, £95 for an OLED vs £70 for a Mig-Switch
Currently it's likely not worth getting the flashcart and wont be until it drops in price.

 

[impeeza]

Decided to check the prices of how much to get a modchip installed compared to the Mig-Switch
£75 for a Lite, £95 for an OLED vs £70 for a Mig-Switch
Currently it's likely not worth getting the flashcart and wont be until it drops in price.

Depends on what are you objective:

If you have a lot of original Cartridges and you like to play a lot online games and like to avoid the lost of your cartridges, you can use the MIG to put them on a SD Card and only have a Cartridge with your console.

If you only browse the seven seas, yeah a Modchip is the way.

 

[cainan__c]

Depends on what are you objective:

If you have a lot of original Cartridges and you like to play a lot online games and like to avoid the lost of your cartridges, you can use the MIG to put them on a SD Card and only have a Cartridge with your console.

If you only browse the seven seas, yeah a Modchip is the way.

I mean, I'm someone who owns a significant portion of games (over 60) and even then a modchip is more appealing to me. Given the ability to play mods, run CFW and use Android or Linux if I really wanted to, it gives far more freedom.

And the Mig-Switch requires either a modded Switch or it's dumper (for £70) to make legitimate dumps regardless.

 

[AlienRetroGaming]

hello everyone, Just thought I would Stop by see whats going on.

 

[impeeza]

hello everyone, Just thought I would Stop by see whats going on.

Hi

 

[AlienRetroGaming]

So I take it most of you have seen the mig switch video I posted and I have been nonstop testing and messing about with it but I know some of the people here really know their stuff so if anyone wants me to test anything or has any ideas please feel free to let me know.

This is the video I posted today :

 

[BigOnYa]

This is the video I posted today :

Thank you for posting here and welcome to gbatemp. One question I have is when you insert the Mig into the Switch without a sd card in the Mig, does it show a cartridge inserted on the Switch screen, or possibly show an error screen?

 

[AlienRetroGaming]

Thank you for posting here and welcome to gbatemp. One question I have is when you insert the Mig into the Switch without a sd card in the Mig, does it show a cartridge inserted on the Switch screen, or possibly show an error screen?

you get a red light on the mig switch cart and you get an error the same one if you have dirty pins on a normal cart.

 

[BigOnYa]

you get a red light on the mig switch cart and you get an error the same one if you have dirty pins on a normal cart.

Ok thank you for your response. I think your videos have really answered alot of questions we all have. Thanks alot and have a great day. I love your setup by the way, looks really cool.

 

[AlienRetroGaming]

Ok thank you for your response. I think your videos have really answered alot of questions we all have. Thanks alot and have a great day. I love your setup by the way, looks really cool.

Thanks and glad I answered most of the questions

 

[DPyro]

So I take it most of you have seen the mig switch video I posted and I have been nonstop testing and messing about with it but I know some of the people here really know their stuff so if anyone wants me to test anything or has any ideas please feel free to let me know.

This is the video I posted today :

Modify an official dump with dlc/updates and modify the bin files with the correct checksums.

 

[AlienRetroGaming]

Modify an official dump with dlc/updates and modify the bin files with the correct checksums.

I did inject dlc and updates into aci but it would just give me a red light on the mig switch and error on switch