When you need to play illegitimate backups on a hacked Nintendo Switch, one of the most important tools you'll need are sigpatches; normally, custom firmware Atmosphere does not allow the running of pirated games, but these sigpatches allow users to install .NSP files that they've downloaded from the internet. As of today, though, one of the most notable and popular sources of sigpatches--user iTotalJustice's GitHub repository of them--has been removed permanently, through a DMCA takedown. The GitHub was still active as of earlier today, but if you try to access it now, you'll be redirected to a DMCA takedown form, filed by Nintendo of America.

Nintendo of America: The Nintendo Switch console and digital video games contain technological protection measures (“Technological Measures”) that permit the Nintendo Switch console to interact only with legitimate Nintendo digital video game files. This process protects Nintendo’s copyright-protected video games, including but not limited to those covered by U.S. Copyright Registration numbers PA0002213509 (Super Mario Maker 2); PA0002233840 (Animal Crossing: New Horizons); PA0002213908 (Luigi’s Mansion 3); and PA0002028142 (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) by preventing users from playing pirated copies of Nintendo’s video games on the Nintendo Switch console.

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[Spider_Man]

So I wonder how folks will get new sigpatches now nintendo have shut it down.

 

[Turbo_Interceptor]

So I wonder how folks will get new sigpatches now nintendo have shut it down.

mrdude is working on that at the moment:

Sig patches

I see the next wave of MK8 DLC tracks will be available on the 4th. Wondering if Nintendo will release a firmware update right before and make that a requirement to play the new tracks?

 

[Tumbleweed]

mrdude is working on that at the moment:

Sig patches

I see the next wave of MK8 DLC tracks will be available on the 4th. Wondering if Nintendo will release a firmware update right before and make that a requirement to play the new tracks?

Nah...MK8 needs a very low master key... I don't recall which one... but the master key that matters... everything else can be ignored by installers...

So I wonder how folks will get new sigpatches now nintendo have shut it down.

Finding patches is very easy...and people can just make their own, this will do absolutely NOTHING to the switch hacking scene...just wait for ninty to drop 15.0.0 and you will see how fast people will provide those patches...wait and see...

 

[MetoMeto]

Doubt it tbh
What are they gonna do? Make an atmosphere detector? lol

dont give them ideas.

 

[Lumince]

dont give them ideas.

We can just patch that out too LOL Or tell it that nothing was found

 

[Dragon91Nippon]

So I wonder how folks will get new sigpatches now nintendo have shut it down.

Nothing stopping people from re-uploading the repository, it happened with youtube-dl.

 

[Dragon91Nippon]

Doubt it tbh
What are they gonna do? Make an atmosphere detector? lol

I mean SciresM does give Nintendo the right to use any code from atmosphere without being tied to GPLv2 license, (same for Yuzu and Ryujinx) so they most definitely could if they wanted to. Wouldn't be very useful to them though since Piracy usually requires more than just Atmosphere and Atmosphere's clause doesn't extend to those other patches.

* [Nintendo](https://github.com/Nintendo) is exempt from GPLv2 licensing and may (at its option) instead license any source code authored for the Atmosphère project under the Zero-Clause BSD license.

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[ScarletDreamz]

IIRC, smoeone made a tutorial here on GBATemp on how patches were created.

 

[Dragon91Nippon]

IIRC, smoeone made a tutorial here on GBATemp on how patches were created.

That's cool, Although I don't think that our response should be to work around it (in attempt to please Nintendo) instead of fighting back against it.

 

[Clydefrosch]

the thing about dmca is, it's like a slap suit.
they can just do it even if it's illegitimately, but no one has time or money to contest it's legitimacy

 

[Spider_Man]

Nothing stopping people from re-uploading the repository, it happened with youtube-dl.

Its ok re uploading the repository that we currently have.

But its likely when taking the github down they issues a cease and desist preventing them from continuing their work under a new name/site.

Then who will make/host future sigpatches or do we risk doing a random Google search and be bombarded with fake/scam links/n00btube videos claiming to have new sigpatches and ends up been a virus or link to bs endless surveys.

 

[peteruk]

Looks like this story has made TorrentFreak now..

Why Nintendo Uses the DMCA to Take Down Piracy-Enabling SigPatches

 

[horokeusama]

Does that affects AIO updater?

 

[Dragon91Nippon]

Its ok re uploading the repository that we currently have.

But its likely when taking the github down they issues a cease and desist preventing them from continuing their work under a new name/site.

*Deterring them, not preventing. It's not very common with Github DMCA requests on github anyway but nothing is really stopping anyone from illegally continuing it.

 

[Dragon91Nippon]

Does that affects AIO updater?

Pretty sure it does, at least until it's updated for the new source (Please don't encourage people to build themselves as opposed to reposing the Repo.

 

[musmanzafar]

Ia there any progress yet? I mean any place to get latest sigpatches now and in the future?

 

[burhansalih]

Ia there any progress yet? I mean any place to get latest sigpatches now and in the future?

Yes a few but best to make your own.

 

[dogcsty]

No need to cross your fingers - I'm already on it for a windows gui for noobs. Python scripts are already available and have been for a long time,

You know what? If for some reason you're not able to finish the GUI I give my word that I'll do it instead and share it so guys you really don't need to worry about it

Edit: Thinking about it we can directly make a homebrew app for this I might actually do that.

 

[linuxares]

I don't have wine installed, I have bottles. If wine is what is required to make it work, then I'll install it, although I prefer not to.

Bottles use Wine. Just install .NET on it

EDIT: It uses it's own Wine version... (ffs!) but it works right out of the game in Bottles as well.

 

[mrdude]

You know what? If for some reason you're not able to finish the GUI I give my word that I'll do it instead and share it so guys you really don't need to worry about it

Edit: Thinking about it we can directly make a homebrew app for this I might actually do that.

If you know how to program in C# we could colaborate on it, I've written quite a few of the routines needed for it now, just a few to go and then design the layout. I only started on it a couple of days ago, today and for the rest of the week I am busy with work so won't be doing anymore until the weekend. There's python scripts already so there's no rush to get it done and basically ninty don't release that many FW updates to make this a rush job.