Based on what I know of the Switch homebrew scene, I cannot fathom how this would work. Any ideas?
Rumored Nintendo Switch Flash Cart Video Shows Multiple Games on a Single Cart
Submitted 1 year ago by mesamunefire@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
https://wccftech.com/nintendo-switch-flash-cart/
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graymess@lemmy.world 1 year ago
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 1 year ago
Probably similar to the Sky3DS. It behaves like a real cartridge, so it would only run pirated cartridges. No DLC or homebrew.
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Don’t cartridges have unique IDs though? They could just start disabling cartridges by ID and banning any accounts that run them.
yamanii@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is precisely why everyone is so skeptical of it.
sebinspace@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Only a matter of time before another vulnerability is found.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
why, isn’t that what the SD card is for?
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Just using an SD card requires modding your Switch to run, homebrew and, er, “backups,” right?
A properly constructed cartridge that can masquerade as a retail Switch cartridge would make owners who aren’t willing to modify their console very happy indeed. That’s how the various NDS/3DS carts work – just plug and play (literally).
Marsupial@quokk.au 1 year ago
Soft modding requires a 5c plastic part off eBay, it’s already safe enough to do and requires no modifications.
But a flashcart is far simpler.
escew@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Interestingly there appears to be an SD card in the cart they’re putting in the switch.
jackoneill@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That sounds like an SD card with extra steps
tarmac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
This sounds like it’ll be able to run home brew apps. Like R4 for DS.
csolisr@communities.azkware.net 1 year ago
Not sure if running from the cart slot is permitted to even detect anything not properly signed by Nintendo. Which means this one is squarely for “backups” and nothing else.
aniki@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I was just looking at my R4 powered DS. Memories…
yamanii@lemmy.world 1 year ago
For a newer switch and lite model you need to solder a chip on it first.
echo64@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s for pirating games
errer@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Nintendo loves making us pay for their games multiple times over on every console release, so fuck ‘em.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Because then you could buy any old SD card and Nintendo makes no money from you. This way Nintendo can sell you the same NAND flash excepted wrapped in a propriety Nintendo container with the multiple orders of magnitude price increase to pad the bottom line. They can also pursue you for civil or criminal charges if you attempt to break into the container of flash charging you with copyright infringement and attempted hacking.
Kraiden@kbin.social 1 year ago
Lol, you've made some assumptions there. It's not a Nintendo product. Nintendo would NEVER release any kind of flash cart themselves, as they're begging to be used for pirated games.
Everything you've said about game carts are basically why we'll never see an officially licensed product like this from Big N themselves.
With that in mind, it still makes no sense as a product because you can run games off the SD card already (I assume. Very out of touch with Switch hacks)
MossyFeathers@pawb.social 1 year ago
None of what you said makes any sense. Do you even know what a flash cart is?
FangedWyvern42@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s what a flashcart is. It’s a cartridge with an SD card in it, which has game ROMs on it. You can see a microSD card in the flashcart in the video.