Hello guys, this is my first post here! I just got a MIG Switch card out of curiosity and I was tinkering with it. For those who don't know, it's used by placing XCI dumps as well as other game specific bin files in the sd card of the MIG Switch, and are obtained from the original cartridge by using an app like nxdumptool. Two of these bin files are mandatory to get the game to boot: Initial Data.bin and Certificate.bin. They stay the same for every cartridge of a specific game. Now, if you want to use an XCI dump from a shady website it's impossible to get it to work without those files. By using the Certificate.bin from another game it has no problem, but this does not count for the Initial Data.bin. So I looked for a way to obtain this Initial Data from an XCI file and read a bit of the XCI file documentation from switchbrew dot org. Here's what I understood so far: The Switch checks if the cartridge is valid by doing a challenge–response authentication on the Initial Data. The Package ID is contained both on the XCI and the Initial Data, on positions 0x110 and 0x0 respectively. The Initial Data hash is on the XCI at position 0x160. It is calculated by doing a SHA-256 hash on the full Initial Data content. So I was wondering, is there a way to to construct a functional Initial Data file starting from an XCI dump? I also tried a reverse approach by editing the Package ID in the Initial Data from another game, generating the Initial Data hash and putting it in the XCI file but is not enough to get the Switch believe it's a real game. Sorry if this may seem stupid but let me know what you think.

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Gaming Most excited games for 2018-2019

Thread starter ZanderX420
Start date Jul 3, 2018
Views 1,485
Replies 9

What switch games r u most excited about?

Metroid Prime 4
Votes: 12 37.5%
Super Mario Party
Votes: 5 15.6%
Just dance 2019
Votes: 0 0.0%
Pokemon lets go Eviee
Votes: 1 3.1%
Pokémon lets go pikachu
Votes: 2 6.3%
Smash bros
Votes: 7 21.9%
core-series RPG
Votes: 5 15.6%

Total voters

32
Poll closed Jul 10, 2018.

ZanderX420

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Most excited games for 2018-2019

magico29

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Jul 3, 2018

metroid prime 4 baby!!

linuxares

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Jul 3, 2018

No Smash?

ZanderX420

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linuxares said:
No Smash?

Damn silly me i knew i forgot a game srry.

Chary

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Jul 3, 2018

Tales of Vesperia DE, for sure. Smash Ultimate absolutely. Shining Resonance, Dead Cells, TWEWY, lots of fun stuff.

Draxzelex

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Jul 4, 2018

I'm excited for the "core-series RPG" in line for 2019 as well as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Not sure if you want to add that one to your poll or not.

morrison22

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Jul 4, 2018

I just want Mario Maker for Switch

Swan1360

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Jul 5, 2018

Dark souls

BlastedGuy9905

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Jul 5, 2018

WHERE IS ACE ATTORNEY

spotanjo3

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Jul 5, 2018

I dont know. Nintendo said they will upgrade to 64GB SD card in 2019 so it will be good news for the 3rd Party Support. Just wait and see.

ov3rkill

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Jul 5, 2018

Too many including Smash but I voted for Metroid Prime 4 since it's a no-show on E3 and can't wait to see some official trailer and hopefully gameplay soon.