SciresM (Atmosphere developer) is retiring

[lightwo]

Much respect!

As for Switch "being close to dead", here's hoping that a revival service like Pretendo comes in and immortalises it for the times to come.

 

[Ondrashek06]

Maybe the next update will add themes and proper folders.

Almost as likely to happen as a new F-Zero game at this point.

 

[SecureBoot]

Thanks for all you've done SciresM. Hope fatherhood treats you well!

 

[Ondrashek06]

Much respect!

As for Switch "being close to dead", here's hoping that a revival service like Pretendo comes in and immortalises it for the times to come.

Well, we got OCW for Mario Maker 2, which is a start - and proves that there are people capable of making servers to imitate NSO's services.

 

[linuxares]

Thank you @SciresM for all your work with Atmosphere

 

[peteruk]

Not many can be labelled as a true Legend, most come with some dirty laundry tarnishing their legacy but ScriesM is a true legend with unquestionable integrity

Massive loss to the scene, huge gain to console manufacturer's

Wishing you the very best for the future, I hope the road is paved with gold and delivers all you dream of

 

[sudeki300]

won't somebody please think of the repackers.lol / jk

 

[Marc_LFD]

Yeah, why isn't this news? It's kind of important.

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[PatrickD85]

Well that was not on my bingo card for today ... but ... all the respect to him.
So much time and effort, so much well grief about a lot as well.
Wish him nothing but the absolute best.

 

[Jayro]

To be fair, people should have stopped updating their Switches a long ass time ago. There hasn't been a good update in forever, and there's not really any worth a shit games coming out. I hope he enjoys his retirement! I look forward to whoever picks up the torch from here!

The only useful update was the one that enabled Bluetooth Audio.

Rest in peace to a legend in the scene.

Post automatically merged: Jan 28, 2026

Maybe the next update will add themes and proper folders.

I am curious why this stuff was never added to Atmosphere in the first place.

 

[proconsule54]

intelligent thought said by an intelligent person

All the best for your life!

 

[Dawnster]

The scene will never be the same without him! A true legend.

Hopefully he finds the partner that wants to have kids for him, if not he always welcome to come back

 

[ELY_M]

The scene will never be the same without him! A true legend.

Hopefully he finds the partner that wants to have kids for him, if not he always welcome to come back

He already has a partner.

 

[SnackTec]

Kids? A life outside of gaming? It exists?

Dont let the snake bite you, shes lying.

 

[wurstpistole]

Not many can be labelled as a true Legend, most come with some dirty laundry tarnishing their legacy

The creator of 3ds freeshop just came to mind

 

[Axido]

It was an honor to have you as a vital part of the Switch hacking community. Good luck on your family journey. And once you got your kid(s), don't you dare letting us gaslight you into teaching them how to hack consoles.

... well, unless they are somehow really interested in it and it's basically quality time you spend with them.

 

[Reualed]

I suspect some folk will take up the mantal if the switch gets anymore updates. It'll be a long time though. Regardless, SciresM is a legend.

 

[D4M28]

Thank you for all you done

 

[ELY_M]

I think Nintendo sent him C & D letter.

 

[wurstpistole]

I think Nintendo sent him C & D letter.

That's bullshit. If there was any leverage from that side, they would've done it years ago.