hello. After the dog ate 4 game cartridges

[switchitdown]

I got a switch for my boy at Xmas, I come home today to find all 4 game cartridges have been destroyed by the dog.

I showed my boy how to change games, he didnt put any back in the cases and the dog had a munch.

Maybe, Mario odessey is salvageable, the rest are completly damaged

So now I am here looking at homebrew.

 

[battlecatsahead]

I got a switch for my boy at Xmas, I come home today to find all 4 game cartridges have been destroyed by the dog.

I showed my boy how to change games, he didnt put any back in the cases and the dog had a munch.

Maybe, Mario odessey is salvageable, the rest are completly damaged

So now I am here looking at homebrew.

What were the other games?

 

[switchitdown]

Mario Kart
Super mario Bros U deluxe (this was the newest i got him)
Allstars Mario 3D

 

[JaapDaniels]

I got a switch for my boy at Xmas, I come home today to find all 4 game cartridges have been destroyed by the dog.

I showed my boy how to change games, he didnt put any back in the cases and the dog had a munch.

Maybe, Mario odessey is salvageable, the rest are completly damaged

So now I am here looking at homebrew.

pics of damaged goods? since depending on what's damaged it might be sort of repairable it will not ever gonna be the same as it was though.

 

[switchitdown]

I have just read about the model, the serial is patched as its a new Switch.

Can a hard (soldered) mod work with the newer switches.

I need a new case for the game and it may work. The others have been binned.

 

[Deleted member 397813]

Bad dog! and bad kid!

Anyways, welcome to the temp!

 

[switchitdown]

Hey,

Thanks for the welcome.

I see a lot of modding posts, I enjoy soldering as so will look at that route if it works with the new switches.

 

[NNate]

I remember seeing stories about the cartridges having a bad taste to them when the Switch was first released (so that kids wouldn't try to eat them). Apparently dogs don't care...

 

[Benja81]

So now I am here looking at homebrew.

That sucks bud, sorry this happened.

Since the current switch is patched, maybe you could let the kiddo play the salvageable ones for now (hopefully ), and maybe pick up a low serial switch from ebay or etc. Once you get the new (old) switch, can sell the newer model back on ebay for (prob a little less but roughly) the same price. Since a user not much into hacking may be happier with a newer model, its kinda a win/win. You will also be gaining extra homebrew and unlocked features that you wouldn't otherwise have access to.

I remember seeing stories about the cartridges having a bad taste to them when the Switch was first released (so that kids wouldn't try to eat them). Apparently dogs don't care...

Gah!! I think they used something bitter to humans, but unwittingly irresistible to dogs.

 

[JaapDaniels]

I have just read about the model, the serial is patched as its a new Switch.

Can a hard (soldered) mod work with the newer switches.

I need a new case for the game and it may work. The others have been binned.

1st pic might be doable, might be cause i see bite marks i don't like, but it might not damage too much. the other pic, i don't think the stress on chip can get repaired.

 

[Jayro]

I'm sorry to hear that you have to put your dog down, that's never easy.

 

[Deleted User]

to be fair, if the kid can't take care of his games i'm not sure it'd be safe to hand him a homebrewed switch, too easy to mess up

 

[victor_sav]

Welcome! Sorry to hear
Let us know if you manage to fix the Mario Odyssey cart

 

[zoogie]

I'm always amazed at the mental gymnastics people will pull to excuse warez.

I never would've guessed, "The dog ate my games", would be one of them.

to be fair, if the kid can't take care of his games i'm not sure it'd be safe to hand him a homebrewed switch, too easy to mess up

Maybe if the kid (or the dog) chews up a SXOS dongle, he'll see that as a sign to go back to legit purchases.

 

[yuyuyup]

those are human teeth marks

 

[zxr750j]

You could send Nintendo an email if they could send replacements, maybe they'll be nice.

 

[Benja81]

I'm always amazed at the mental gymnastics people will pull to excuse warez.

I never would've guessed, "The dog ate my games", would be one of them.

Maybe if the kid (or the dog) chews up a SXOS dongle, he'll see that as a sign to go back to legit purchases.

Uhh, what happens if doggo eats the switch too? Dont think Nintendo will send him a new switch whether he hacked it or not...

Or maybe they send him a new dog

 

[Condarkness_XY]

Oh Man! That is like my worst nightmare. I never let anyone near my games, let alone kids.

 

[Supercool330]

Just going to throw this out there, for anybody with kids, I STRONGLY recommend digital game purchases. That way there is nothing to loose / damage. In this instance, you could try reaching out to Nintendo since those are all first party games. You might get lucky, but I wouldn't really expect anything.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Just going to throw this out there, for anybody with kids, I STRONGLY recommend digital game purchases. That way there is nothing to loose / damage. In this instance, you could try reaching out to Nintendo since those are all first party games. You might get lucky, but I wouldn't really expect anything.

Except for the MicroSD card.