Homebrew Question [POLL] What do you want from Nintendo Switch Homebrew?

[Deleted User]

On the fly patching, for game translations/mods/undubs/etc.

No themes?

Save Managers and Cheat Programs. Because I prefer supporting the devs while the system's cycle is in it's prime. But considering my low-income background, I'd like to be able to screw around in games I'm going to be playing for a long while, doing whacky stuff within reason (No cheating in Splatoon 2 Online, for example, but unbreakable weapons in BotW, why the hell not?)

Themes

*all of the above

And romhacks, romhacks are cool

(And while we are at it how about something like ocarina or boot ntr?)

Emulators, but there was no option on the poll for a media player, and no, I don't want to use a network/streaming, like being able to load MP4 and FLAC audio files with an XMB interface, heck, even a port of Foobar2000 would be nice. Emulators since Nintendo's being stupid about the VC.

Video player with DLNA support

Homebrew Launcher
Emulators
Save manager
Other: Custom avatars

That's what someone working with hackers or nintendo would say!

lol, you guys have good ideas. I thought I was missing a couple of poll choices and you guys completely broke my expectations for "Other" answers. Themes would be nice, and Video (MP4) and MP3 would be nice, some kind of NTR Cheat/Debugger homebrew would be awesome, Emulators would be nice. Maybe we could inject our own NES roms into the "flog" emulator, GRAND DAD, anyone? Romhacks would be nice on Smash Bros for switch and MK8D. RosaliinaDaHacker, custom avatars is an absolutely genius idea.

 

[TheCyberQuake]

For my real answer I look forward to the potential of homebrew making use of the USB C port. Something like managing files over USB (usb storage emulation), acting as a capture device to capture video directly from the console via USB (making it possible to stream/record handheld only games), and maybe even installing titles over USB if/when that time comes (seemshow the dev console uses USB to install it's test games). USB C standard opens up even more possibilities that Wii U/3ds had no reasonable way of doing without going over the network (which is slower)
Something like NTR would be great. Rom hacks, cheatcodes, and maybe the return of the corruption plugin so I could do Switch corruption streams.
I would also love custom themes. It seems nintendo will probably put more themes in the future.
I guess my last wish for now would be something similar to HID to VPAD from WiiU.

 

[Beerus]

a HENTAI ANIME player

 

[MisterAlex]

I'd love emulators. But I'm okay with paying for well-done ports.
I'd love playing backups (aka piracy). But I'm totally down for paying for all my games.

I need a way to back up my save data.
Having hundreds of hours of game progress beholden to the whims of chance is utterly unacceptable.

 

[Kikirini]

Emulators. There are a lot of Japan-only games that I like to play, and until Nintendo localizes them and sells them, I'm gonna play them on emulators!

 

[Deleted User]

Lol, for the first time I can say that we do not need homebrew for region-lock lol.

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I want to save edit Zelda:BotW so bad lol, I saw a post on twitter, someone transfered their BotW save from one switch to another switch. I hope a trainer comes out too lol

 

[TheCyberQuake]

I'm always so confused why emulators are the main thing people want from console homebrew. I already have other devices that can do it, one of which being the nvidia shield portable which is a tegra based handheld.
I'm more excited for modifications to the system and games and actual custom homebrew, not just ports or recreations of stuff that already exists on other platforms.

 

[Ricken]

I'd use a media player, emulators, FTP, a save manager, and ports of apps like Discord

 

[Deleted User]

I'm always so confused why emulators are the main thing people want from console homebrew. I already have other devices that can do it, one of which being the nvidia shield portable which is a tegra based handheld.
I'm more excited for modifications to the system and games and actual custom homebrew, not just ports or recreations of stuff that already exists on other platforms.

Tru dat. Because I have an NES emulator on my PC, my phone, my R4 Card, my 3DS. It would be nice on Switch too. I find emulation on 3DS isn't the best, but still better than PC, because keyboard sucks for a replacement as a controller.

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I'd use a media player, emulators, FTP, a save manager, and ports of apps like Discord

Discord for Switch would be dope af.

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Tru dat. Because I have an NES emulator on my PC, my phone, my R4 Card, my 3DS. It would be nice on Switch too. I find emulation on 3DS isn't the best, but still better than PC, because keyboard sucks for a replacement as a controller.

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Discord for Switch would be dope af.

Lol maybe functionality for screenshot sharing?

 

[TheCyberQuake]

Tru dat. Because I have an NES emulator on my PC, my phone, my R4 Card, my 3DS. It would be nice on Switch too. I find emulation on 3DS isn't the best, but still better than PC, because keyboard sucks for a replacement as a controller.

You don't have to play emulators via keyboard. Pretty much every emulator supports controller. Costs maybe $15 for a half decent controller for PC emulation.
Or do what I do and use a 8bitdo nes30 pro on PC and switch (and retropie, but that's technically PC)

 

[iAqua]

save management

 

[Alkéryn]

All + other
proud shame on me

 

[Spectral Blizzard]

WE need 3 things.

VLC
Dolphin
Custom themes that can load video instead of pictures and loop it

I think im done here.

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and to be able to use my wiimotes as a custom controller

 

[BlastedGuy9905]

Let's face it, you all want piracy deep down

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Other = Video and music playback from SD Card/System Memory.

 

[Beerus]

Let's face it, you all want piracy deep down

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Other = Video and music playback from SD Card/System Memory.

i want a switch but its all sold out

 

[BlastedGuy9905]

i want a switch but its all sold out

yup. i live in a country noone knows about (no im not from the usa even if the flag says so, its a dummy location), so they had 2 switched, only ONE got bought and i got the other one. ON DAY ONE.

 

[Deleted-355425]

i want a switch but its all sold out

Shame you are not in the UK, we have just had a large stock up of them today... they come with 2.2.0 firmware.

 

[Deleted User]

Lol, I almost never got my Switch (friendcode in signature) because I looked at every single store and they didn't have it, obviously I looked at places known for selling games, that why they were sold out, I even looked at a couple of stores that don't sell video games often, places were you get medication (drug stores), but they didn't have it either, but I saw a game store I quickly rushed over there, and I was lucky, to stocked into Switches 2 hours ago (they said) there were 4 switches, 2 gray and 2 neon. I chose Neon and god I was so lucky. Mine came with 1.0.0 firmware.

 

[BlastedGuy9905]

Lol, I almost never got my Switch (friendcode in signature) because I looked at every single store and they didn't have it, obviously I looked at places known for selling games, that why they were sold out, I even looked at a couple of stores that don't sell video games often, places were you get medication (drug stores), but they didn't have it either, but I saw a game store I quickly rushed over there, and I was lucky, to stocked into Switches 2 hours ago (they said) there were 4 switches, 2 gray and 2 neon. I chose Neon and god I was so lucky. Mine came with 1.0.0 firmware.

I bought it on day one and I got firmware 1.0.0 too, but I was luckier. I was gonna build a PC, but I didn't have enough for all the parts, so I wanted to buy the parts. Note that it was 9 PM ON THE DAY OF THE RELEASE OF THE CONSOLE. We rushed to Altex (our tech store) and there was nothing. Then, we tried another (smaller) shop. They just got TWO. NOT 10, 2. AND ONE WAS JUST BOUGHT LIKE 2 MINUTES RIGHT BEFORE WE GOT THERE.

 

[TheCyberQuake]

I bought it on day one and I got firmware 1.0.0 too, but I was luckier. I was gonna build a PC, but I didn't have enough for all the parts, so I wanted to buy the parts. Note that it was 9 PM ON THE DAY OF THE RELEASE OF THE CONSOLE. We rushed to Altex (our tech store) and there was nothing. Then, we tried another (smaller) shop. They just got TWO. NOT 10, 2. AND ONE WAS JUST BOUGHT LIKE 2 MINUTES RIGHT BEFORE WE GOT THERE.

I just pre-ordered from Gamestop online. Though that caused my debit card info to be stolen due to them getting hacked during the time they were doing pre-orders.