Redditor Provokes Nintendo After Hacking 20 Switch 2 Cartridges for Online Play — Warnings Emerge of an Inevitable Ban

Oh man, where do I even start with this? So there’s this thing called Mig Flash—sounds like a superhero name but nope. It’s a reprogrammable game cartridge for Nintendo’s Switch and Switch 2. Some folks are saying, “Hey, update 1.2.2 works, I haven’t been banned!” A Redditor was like, “I ripped 20 carts and played them online.” And yet, their console is running like nothing happened. But hold on—there’s chaos in the comments. Others are like, “Dude, you’re probably gonna get banned soon. Nintendo doesn’t mess around.”

Mig Flash is supposed to help you back up games you actually bought. So, you can stack a bunch of games onto one card. Convenient, right? But then, it also makes pirating super easy—which Nintendo hates, like, a lot. They got aggressive when Switch 2 came out. In just 12 days, they started zapping consoles using this tricky flash cart, even if you were just backing up your ROMs. Sigh.

Anyway, there was a firmware update on July 1 meant to make Mig Flash blend in like a regular game card. But bugs happen (of course they do), so they dropped another patch a week later. Enter update 1.2.2. Somebody spotted a flaw and snagged 0.2 ETH—which is, what, over $600 now? Nice little payday. Still, the creators of Mig Flash give no promises, like it’s “use at your own risk” territory.

So, yeah, some Switch users got burned using Mig Flash—dumped ROMs, sold the originals, and bam, banned. Even weirder, people are getting banned for using legit second-hand games from places like eBay. One dude even got blocked after buying an old game that had been… let’s say “multiplied” onto another cartridge. Yikes.

Fear not, heroes, if you can prove to Nintendo you were tricked, they’ll un-ban you. But if you’re a Mig Flash fan sneaking by the radar, brace yourself—you’re kinda tempting fate here. Stay safe! Or don’t. Your choice.