Flash cart for the Switch incoming?

[Fred Molyneux]

Apparently, a lot of people might have requested this for Xmas, as it "seems" to be coming soon:

 

[linuxares]

That's cool, but I will not pop any champagne before having trustworthy people using it.

Since anyone can just 3d print a flimsy cartridge and fake the footage, happened before on other products after all.

 

[Rekna]

Really cool stuff, but I don't forsee that this enables any homebrew stuff. Looks like it's mainly for piracy.

 

[linuxares]

Really cool stuff, but I don't forsee that this enables any homebrew stuff. Looks like it's mainly for piracy.

I mean, it might be possible to use it as an entry point if it's real.

 

[Naendow]

I mean, it might be possible to use it as an entry point if it's real.

A bit unlikely due to the consoles security, but not impossible.

 

[RedColoredStars]

Welp. Hope I didn't just recently waste $ buying a mint V1, jig, microsd card, screen protector, etc. lol

 

[Naendow]

Do Switch retail games have any unique ids that would prevent using this thing online?

 

[Lamcza]

wow imagine if we could boot games from ssd/hdd when docked instead of pushing up and down a new revolutionary pirate gamecard xD... But seriously what is the use case of it, can it run rips of games safely on og/non hacked system or what?

 

[tatumanu]

Do Switch retail games have any unique ids that would prevent using this thing online?

I'm skeptical about this because of the online, I think it's going to be hard not to get banned using this, i guess wait and see.

 

[KiiWii]

Interesting.

 

[DinohScene]

Kinda looks like a SD2Vita.

 

[ccfman2004]

Do Switch retail games have any unique ids that would prevent using this thing online?

Each physical cartridge has a unique ID, even the same game will have a different ID, and Nintendo has banned specific IDs from ever going online due to ROMs being leaked.

 

[Myst0gan]

Am I the only one who finds it useless?? It's easier to stick the sd card in it's slot than using a cartridge adapter

 

[BigOnYa]

Am I the only one who finds it useless?? It's easier to stick the sd card in it's slot than using a cartridge adapter

But for piracy on unmodded Switches?

 

[SylverReZ]

I don't think Nintendo is going to be happy with this one.

 

[linuxares]

Am I the only one who finds it useless?? It's easier to stick the sd card in it's slot than using a cartridge adapter

For v2 and upwards it's a god send not to have to use a modchip. But to each their own.
But nothing is said about it, so it's in "maybe" land.

 

[Myst0gan]

But for piracy on unmodded Switches?

You mean by fooling the switch making it think that an original cartridge was inserted instead of the SD card??
If yes, then I think they'll implement something against it

Post automatically merged: Dec 22, 2023

For v2 and upwards it's a god send not to have to use a modchip. But to each their own.
But nothing is said about it, so it's in "maybe" land.

I guess only the time will tell

 

[linuxares]

You mean by fooling the switch making it think that an original cartridge was inserted instead of the SD card??
If yes, then I think they'll implement something against it

not if it emulate a game card like the DS carts did

 

[SylverReZ]

Suppose it would possibly have to get past the game cart authentication too. Gateway, also known as Xecuter, uses their own proprietary custom firmware to emulate a physical cart. If this developer manages to get this to work without custom firmware, then I'll be damned.

Each physical cartridge has a unique ID, even the same game will have a different ID, and Nintendo has banned specific IDs from ever going online due to ROMs being leaked.

That had been already explained dozens of times. But I wonder if this flashcart could spoof a fake ID to circumvent bans?

 

[linuxares]

Suppose it would possibly have to get past the game cart authentication too. Gateway, also known as Xecuter, uses their own proprietary custom firmware to emulate a physical cart. If this developer manages to get this to work without custom firmware, then I'll be damned.


That had been already explained dozens of times. But I wonder if this flashcart could spoof a fake ID to circumvent bans?

No use to speculate yet really since no real proof it exists except from this video