It's the first Nintendo Switch firmware update of 2024. Made available as of today is system software version 18.0.0, marking a new milestone. According to the patch notes, not much is brought to the table in this update, which features a new timer option for auto-sleep, and Korean as a supported language for the Nintendo Switch Parental Controls video. Under the hood, however, it looks there there's some substance, as it has broken support for Atmosphere. SciresM says that it'll take a few days to get around to, but expect to see a new Atmosphere update that supports version 18.0.0 in the near future.

Ver. 18.0.0 (Released March 25, 2024)​

• Added “15 Minutes” as an option for “Auto-sleep when playing on TV” in Sleep Mode Settings.
• Added Korean as a supported language for “Nintendo Switch Parental Controls” introductory video.
  • When the console language is set to Korean, the video can be accessed from Settings > Parental Controls.
• General system stability improvements to enhance the user's experience.

This is a major update, so Atmosphere will be broken until updated.

I've been traveling in Japan since earlier in the month, but I get back this week -- I'll start sorting out getting Atmosphere updated as soon as I can, but it might be a couple days before I can get started. https://t.co/ELLRWrz7Xg

— Michael (@SciresM) March 26, 2024

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[Bladexdsl]

this is deff NOT real?

 

[impeeza]

this is deff NOT real?

april first...

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But the lenses are real you can buy them to play Captain Toad.

 

[MayorBryce]

this is deff NOT real?

The Switch doesn’t even have a camera, much less the two needed for AR.

 

[andersoncardoso]

Updated it yesterday working good.

 

[MFDC12]

Who's beating their wives? What are you even on about? Your joycons break? Put hall effects in them like I did.

He’s most likely referring to blawar the developer of tinfoil (among other things)

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One of the news articles

 

[BaamAlex]

this is deff NOT real?

It would be real when the vr headset is made out of cardboard xD

 

[shinwg]

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For anybody who hasn't heard about the recent news, the sigpatches repo has been taken down due to a harsh DMCA claim by Nintendo. For now, if you're willing to mod your Switch on the latest firmware, do NOT update until new patches are created.

EDIT (03/04/2023):
Atmosphere and Hekake have been updated to support FW 18 with only one exception, that being Fusee will no longer work.
https://github.com/Atmosphere-NX/Atmosphere/releases
https://github.com/CTCaer/hekate/releases

Sorry to ask do I still need to put fuses in the boot folder and load from hekake?

 

[BaamAlex]

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Sorry to ask do I still need to put fuses in the boot folder and load from hekake?

Stop asking for the fuses. Your console boots always when you use a custom bootloader.

 

[Nephiel]

Stop asking for the fuses. Your console boots always when you use a custom bootloader.

Maybe meant "fusee" there?

 

[owlman]

Any games actually require 18.0? Because I don't see a reason to update right now right?

 

[Tails54321]

Hey, i was wondering, does anyone have a list of the apps that work/dont work on 1.7.0 pre-release
Im still waiting patiently to update...

 

[Worldblender]

Any games actually require 18.0? Because I don't see a reason to update right now right?

There seem to not be any for now, but updates to base games sometimes require newer firmware versions than what the base game requires.

 

[impeeza]

There seem to not be any for now, but updates to base games sometimes require newer firmware versions than what the base game requires.

There is no games needing 17.0.1 from start, so...

 

[Worldblender]

There is no games needing 17.0.1 from start, so...

I have already encountered one so far, being Princess Peach: Showtime! (published by Nintendo, developed by Good Feel ). There will probably be more games requiring firmware 17.0.0 or later over time.

 

[shinwg]

Stop asking for the fuses. Your console boots always when you use a custom bootloader.

sorry but I wasn't asking for fuses,

 

[gameboy64]

I will remember this update because it softbricked my switch. I had to update atmosphere to its prerelease version to fix it.

 

[impeeza]

I will remember this update because it softbricked my switch. I had to update atmosphere to its prerelease version to fix it.

You Must to upgrade Atmosphère before the first boot after upgrade almost to any new firmware.

 

[BaamAlex]

I will remember this update because it softbricked my switch. I had to update atmosphere to its prerelease version to fix it.

That's why you update atmosphere first when a major firmware update rolls out.

 

[gameboy64]

You Must to upgrade Atmosphère before the first boot after upgrade almost to any new firmware.

Yeah but I forgot it at that time unfortunately

 

[Nakamichi]

He’s most likely referring to blawar the developer of tinfoil (among other things)

Twitter post

One of the news articles

wow, he is scum.
so is everyone in that discord.