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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[stanleyopar2000]

Patches will work, the only difference is Atmosphère fusee.bin will not load them anymore, so you need:

• Load them via Hekate's FSS0 and Package3
• Use SYS-Patch sysmodule
• Modify the source code and revert the changes and build new fusee.bin, or download the one on the sigpatches thread.

Yeah fuck that. Too much of a pain in the ass. I'll stay with 17.x.

Thank goodness Atmosphere had a usable version before it got neutered

The switch is dead anyway so there isn't any reason to update to 18.x

 

[BaamAlex]

The switch is dead anyway so there isn't any reason to update to 18.x

Dead? In which way?

 

[stanleyopar2000]

Dead? In which way?

Meaning it needs to be put out to pasture and make way for a successor

 

[RedColoredStars]

Yeah fuck that. Too much of a pain in the ass. I'll stay with 17.x.

Thank goodness Atmosphere had a usable version before it got neutered

The switch is dead anyway so there isn't any reason to update to 18.x

Uh oh. Not the painstakingly difficult and quite lengthy task of copying a few files to an sd card and editing a line of an ini file.

 

[Alagara]

Genuinely funny that they took this long to make Korean a supported language.

 

[Reploid]

Meaning it needs to be put out to pasture and make way for a successor

We'll have to wait for a year or so yet.