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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[osaka35]

y'all stop insulting each other over this. legal rights aren't the same as ethics, but there's obvious arguable overlap, and whatever, talk till you're blue in the face. But instead of bashing each other, bash those who deserve it. Namely: capcom for never finishing megaman legends 3!

what? off-topic? *grumble, grumble* fine, jeez. thanks, nintendo!

Nah, but I'm surprised they went after just one repository and didn't plan a massive campaign to take them all down like they've done in the past. Odd move by nintendo as this'll probably just motivate someone to create a dead-simple tool for folks to make their own. fingers crossed

 

[mrdude]

y'all stop insulting each other over this. legal rights aren't the same as ethics, but there's obvious arguable overlap, and whatever, talk till you're blue in the face. But instead of bashing each other, bash those who deserve it. Namely: capcom for never finishing megaman legends 3!

what? off-topic? *grumble, grumble* fine, jeez. thanks, nintendo!

Nah, but I'm surprised they went after just one repository and didn't plan a massive campaign to take them all down like they've done in the past. Odd move by nintendo as this'll probably just motivate someone to create a dead-simple tool for folks to make their own. fingers crossed

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,

 

[LainaGabranth]

I imagine you are going to be really annoyed when I release my new windows tool that I started making today to generate sig patches on windows - no need for python scripts. I've already nearly completed the loader stuff and I expect I'll be finished the FW/ES stuff pretty soon as well as I know how to write bitshifting code in c#....... Muwhahahah, I imagine the salt from you will be epic.

Here's a screenshot on getting the offsets to dump the loader from package 3 from the latest Atmosphere:

If you are in any doubt that I can do the rest of the code easily, check out the python scripts I released. I will just convert those to c# code and make a nice gui so that noobs can use it to generated their own patches.

Muwhahahahahahaaaaaaaaa.

based and yarharrpilled

 

[Kopimist]

For those who missed it: https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-create-your-own-sigpatches.616288/

 

[G33ksquad]

y'all stop insulting each other over this. legal rights aren't the same as ethics, but there's obvious arguable overlap, and whatever, talk till you're blue in the face. But instead of bashing each other, bash those who deserve it. Namely: capcom for never finishing megaman legends 3!

what? off-topic? *grumble, grumble* fine, jeez. thanks, nintendo!

Nah, but I'm surprised they went after just one repository and didn't plan a massive campaign to take them all down like they've done in the past. Odd move by nintendo as this'll probably just motivate someone to create a dead-simple tool for folks to make their own. fingers crossed

Don’t be surprised, we’re on GBATemp, a lot of folks here obviously know how and where to get what they need, I’ve come to learn a lot of folks have consoles running homebrew that were literally given a step by step guide, not saying this will stop everyone, but I also don’t think it won’t stop some. I imagine if they can mess up the steps for some people and break some of the automated tools for updating sigpatches directly on the console that they will accomplish something. I think the goal isn’t to stop it altogether but to make it to where for some, it’s just hard enough to make them give up.

 

[chrisrlink]

For those who missed it: https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-create-your-own-sigpatches.616288/

but don't they need to be updated (the python scripts) for every fw that breaks the previous patches? also if they took ITJ'S patches on those grounds maybe they're preparing to take down atmosphere too

 

[zebrone]

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,

Do you link it,please?

 

[Kopimist]

but don't they need to be updated (the python scripts) for every fw that breaks the previous patches? also if they took ITJ'S patches on those grounds maybe they're preparing to take down atmosphere too

I honestly have no idea, I don't actually own a switch, was just sharing this with others

 

[OperationNT]

As sigpatches are just values and offsets, they doesn't contain any "intellectual property" by themselves. So, in most countries (which don't care about this stupid DMCA), there is absolutely nothing illegal here.

Just need to find another host in almost 95% of countries and it should be safe (simply avoid US and Japan)...

The problem here is that Github is possessed by Microsoft which has no interest in upsetting Nintendo: between big companies, they stick together...

 

[Benja81]

Not if you live in a third world country, where the price in the local currency increases considerably from time to time, due to the devaluation of said currency with respect to the dollar.

That sucks, but I still doubt it has anything to do with piracy.

 

[CeeDee]

Nah, but I'm surprised they went after just one repository and didn't plan a massive campaign to take them all down like they've done in the past. Odd move by nintendo as this'll probably just motivate someone to create a dead-simple tool for folks to make their own. fingers crossed

I've never seen something get taken down by Nintendo that fans didn't immediately reupload and spread harder than before. They're usually pretty damn good about this stuff.

 

[chrisrlink]

actually the fine should be thrown out (criminal) cause it's honestly higher than the max amount per offense reading the count # (11) the max amount for him should be 2,750,000 USD NOT 4,500,000 USD sorry for the offtopicness but i rather show how screwed up and corrupted our judicial branch is (either that or the judges ned to go back to third grade or a calculator to do multiplication)

 

[Dragon91Nippon]

Maybe we should circumvent it like everyone else did with Youtube-dl back in the day, two things I know about Github, 1. they can't easily fight back against large scale coordinated efforts by hundreds if not thousands of users and 2. They have little to no punitive reinforcement at all.

See this for more info on what I mean by circumventing it.

 

[Augusto101]

Lmao nice try Nintendo...

 

[cracker]

I think its only fair to pirate games. Not many can buy a $60 title. Many Nintendo games never go down in price or provide a demo to try out. Many pirates do piracy just to be a pirate and never buy anything but many pirates try to enjoy the experience first before buying the game. It's Nintendo's fault for not providing a refund system if you were to buy a bad game in the eshop

I always buy the games I like (if available) on PC. Kinda hard to buy on the eShop when you're banned.

Just password protect a 7z with them inside, add a fake readme, and don't draw attention.

 

[MetoMeto]

right? They but hurt that after the tx scandal clones are everywhere now. They are gonna get the same outcome this time around. I'm sure they don't like the fact that they can't touch the atmos creator (Even though they have tried).

DMC Aye Aye.

They can always send Ninjas.... lol

Goddamn it i just modded my switch today...

this kind of crap just follows me in life and internet.

how else is a man supposed to play his nes roms ?

PC? retroarch+shaders

All the more reason to get a Steam Deck and just emulate the Switch. The Nintendo of today isn't the Nintendo we all grew up with.

Uh, if you can buy a $250 switch, you can buy a $60 game. Otherwise you can just not play games?

250$ is one time investment, but games are like a food, it never ends and you end up spending 4 times or more on them than you did on the switch. 4 AAA Games cost as much as a switch.

60+60+60+60 = 240$
so yeah.... and that would be total of almost 500$ for 4 games! not counting that people play more than 4 games.
Also take into acount that people get used consoles for far cheaper and some olso get them as a gift.
so when acumulated its not a small abount of money for games, and also thats not the only expense they have in life ...

 

[isoboy]

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,

Thank you

 

[Jack_Bauer]

@mrdude would it possible to make it work on ubuntu/linux as well?

 

[jaysea]

@mrdude would it possible to make it work on ubuntu/linux as well?

Doesn't it work on wine?

 

[Jack_Bauer]

Doesn't it work on wine?

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.