News Mig Flash V2 shown working on Nintendo Switch 2 — could pave the way for Switch 1 games on latest console

[Admin]

In a recent showcase, the team behind the MIG-Switch (now MIG Flash) successfully booted up The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom directly from the flash cart.

Mig Flash V2 shown working on Nintendo Switch 2 — could pave the way for Switch 1 games on latest console : Read more

 

[coolitic]

Last I checked, dumping ROMs is not strictly illegal in the US, if you aren't redistributing copies.

If it was illegal, the product would've been taken down, on account of it having no legitimate legal usages.

Hopefully Switch 2 emulation progresses quickly (and legally), as I have no intention of buying an entire Switch 2 console just to play Metroid Prime 4, especially when I already have a Steam Deck.

 

[wiscovitch]

Last I checked, dumping ROMs is not strictly illegal in the US, if you aren't redistributing copies.

If it was illegal, the product would've been taken down, on account of it having no legitimate legal usages.

Hopefully Switch 2 emulation progresses quickly (and legally), as I have no intention of buying an entire Switch 2 console just to play Metroid Prime 4, especially when I already have a Steam Deck.

They will have an OG Switch version, but probably won't be as good as Switch 2 version (Although with emulation you can crank up res/fps).

 

[John Nemesh]

Wouldn't it be cheaper and easier to just get a SteamDeck and emulate? No hacking required.

 

[wiscovitch]

Wouldn't it be cheaper and easier to just get a SteamDeck and emulate? No hacking required.

OG Switch emulation is pretty slick, but there's still little pain points that can be enough to drive you to official gear. I've got a 12c/24t AMD, 32GB RAM and a 3060 Ti and still get performance issues in some situations (Plus the shader compiling is super annoying).

Plus while the Steamdeck (Day1 customer) is more flexible it's still only $50 cheaper than a Switch 2.

All that is to say there isn't a perfect answer either way. Best solution would be Nintendo releasing first-party games on PC, but that's never gonna happen.

 

[TerryLaze]

Last I checked, dumping ROMs is not strictly illegal in the US, if you aren't redistributing copies.

If it was illegal, the product would've been taken down, on account of it having no legitimate legal usages.

Hopefully Switch 2 emulation progresses quickly (and legally), as I have no intention of buying an entire Switch 2 console just to play Metroid Prime 4, especially when I already have a Steam Deck.

The switch roms are encrypted and the decryption keys are IP, while dumping the roms might be legal to make them run you need to decrypt them with the keys and that's illegal because, even if you make the argument that you bough the game and it belongs to you, you do not own the keys.

This is also what makes switch emulation illegal since the emulation would have to decrypt the roms as well.

 

[GrapTops]

I'm interested, but not about to gamble with the pricey new thing while Nintendo is actively threatening to brick consoles. I hope the techs keep working and get better, Nintendo won't improve without pressure.

 

[coolitic]

The switch roms are encrypted and the decryption keys are IP, while dumping the roms might be legal to make them run you need to decrypt them with the keys and that's illegal because, even if you make the argument that you bough the game and it belongs to you, you do not own the keys.

This is also what makes switch emulation illegal since the emulation would have to decrypt the roms as well.

Actually, Nintendo was only able to go after the Yuzu devs in court because one of the devs bragged about making optimizations for an unreleased game, which is an obv indication of piracy.

Nintendo knows that the encryption argument is shaky in court, and that's why they didn't do anything until then.