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Switch 2 users report online console bans after running personal game “backups” | Nintendo seems able to detect use of Mig Flash carts, which can also help enable piracy.
Nintendo seems able to detect use of Mig Flash carts, which can also help enable piracy.
But the Mig Flash can also be used for backup and play of an individual's legal Switch game purchases on a personal console, which shouldn't lead to any such signature conflicts. Despite that "guarantee," Mig Flash users are now reporting that even running personal game backups on their own Switch 2 units has been enough to lead to a device-level ban from Nintendo's servers. But since that precaution mirrors the penalty Nintendo seems to be imposing in the first place, that "solution" may seem quite limiting to players who want a convenient way to back up their physical Switch games.
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