Recently like literally just bought this switch 2 for $250 with everything. The guy showed me everything it seemed legit I tested everything. But when I left I go to log in and it’s showing an error that reads out to be hardware banned. Is there anyyyyy Nintendo will reverse this I have the box and everything idk. I just want to use this to its full extent I know I could maybe work around it but no.

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I know that mig switches ban switch consoles but this one is already banned due to the previous owner buying an account for €30.

I was wondering if mig switches still work on switch 2's. Like can i play games on them without the error screen.

At first, I bought pokemon za switch 2 edition. But my switch 2 is on the first firmware so I couldn't play the game without an update. I was really upset and now I am wondering if that is also in case of metroid prime 4?

Does the version matters?

I'm one of those that kept the console boxed since its original release.

Well, kind of. I got one on August 2025. The Mario Kart World pack one.

I'm guessing that even being bought after a few months after the original release won't change anything, right? It will also come with an non-usable Micro-SD card slot.

Or does it? I've been reading somewhere that you need the update to get the exFAT license, but what about FAT32? Is it possible to use the Micro SD if formatted to FAT32?

The other possibility is updating using some older Switch 2 game with an certain firmware inside it. I was thinking of Super Mario Party Jamboree as an example.

But if the only way to get the exFAT license is connecting to the Internet then that also won't work.

What are my best options? Or should I just give up and open or sell my current Switch 2 and get the new model with exchangeable battery (I'm guessing it also comes with the mandatory day-1 update despite being released one year later, isn't it?).

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Hi. I have the following question. My Nintendo Switch 2 got banned. I was thinking of buying a Mig Switch. Is it possible that it will recognize the games I downloaded to the Mig Switch?

So I had a couple games on my switch 1 that I owned (physically and digitally) and finished before it was modded. When it was modded it got banned

Is it possible to transfer my save data of any of those games on my switch 1 before it was modded and banned, to a switch 2 (that’s way past the inital set up) through micro sd card data or something?

If so how do you do it?

So I’m looking to transfer my modded switch to my brand new switch 2 but the problem is my switch 1 is hardware banned because I installed stuff onto my CFW SysNand. I was wondering if there was anyway to transfer my data safely without getting my switch 2 banned.

I hadn't noticed yet, but there's already a wiki documenting Switch 2 internals (much like switchbrew, 3dbrew, wiibrew etc.), and it's being maintained by influential people in the Switch 1 modding scene, including SciresM, Yellows8 and Fincs.

And while that's great, I noticed that the wiki's logo was AI generated. Other than the ethical implications relating to AI image generation, AI generated images generally come off as lazy and sloppy. Also, the current logo doesn't even seem to represent actual Switch 2 Joy-Cons (notice the missing C button). It's also missing a dot on the second "i" in "wiki" and shows some kinda stylus accessory (???) connected to the dock.

The wiki was created two months ago and currently doesn't have many articles, so I'd understand if the current logo was generated as a placeholder for a proper icon, but I'm not sure that's the case here.

I've tried contacting SciresM here on Reddit, and as of ~18 hours later I still haven't received a response. I imagine he must be busy, but still, he might not be the right person to contact about this.

There's another wiki admin called Mha who's labeled as an "interface administrator", so that might be the person I'm looking for. I wasn't really able to find any way to contact them, but if anyone has any leads, please let me know!

Here's a logo concept I made yesterday. Hopefully I'll be able to contact the wiki admins so we can iterate on it together and get that AI slop logo replaced :)

If anyone has any leads, or one of the wiki admins wants to contact me, message me on Discord (matteo.fo)!!!

idk if this is a switch 2 YouTube problem or what, can somebody help me?

So i have a modded oled that is dual boot and i recently did a system transfer to my switch 2 using the stock firmware. After the transfer, the icons of my pirated games seem to appear on the switch 2. i immediately deleted them. It also looks like it transfered the save files from my pirated games to the switch 2 which is kinda weird how that would happen. I immediately deleted the save files from my system and i checked the cloud server and i saw that there are backup save datas from my pirated games as well! i deleted all of them and is hoping that i dont get banned. its been a few days already and still no ban but im scared that a patch might happen and suddenly ban my switch.

Heya, I own a Switch 2 and wanted to have 2 different Tomodachi Life island (possibly on the same account) and have a convenient way to switch between them. My first thought was to disable automatic cloud saving, playing the game normally and whenever I want to switch I download the cloud save, but that would overwrite the local save with no way of recovering. My second thought was to keep one of the islands on the Switch 2 and the other one on my modded Switch 1. So I turn on the Switch 1 to try and download the cloud save to find out I have been BANNED.

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I don't have any other ideas... please help!!

Had my switch 2 since day 1, I bought the upgrade packs for Zelda TOTK just in case I bought them in future, updated the SD slot, went to 20.1.1 and updated all my switch 1 game updates.

Since then, I’ve kept the system offline

Today I picked up tears of the kingdom but the game says I need a system update, which is strange since the games been out since day 1.

I don’t understand 👀

I don't want to update because I heard it causes third party docks not to work and I want to keep the old firmware to possible future exploit

I own a cartridge of Xenoblade Chronicles. I played several hours on my modded Switch 1, but I hated the graphics, so I transferred the save data to Citron emulator. Now, I'm looking for a way to bring the save data back to my modded Switch 1, and then to my Switch 2, so I can play it there. I don't know any of the things I need to do for that, so I'm looking for help.

Idk if this belongs here or somewhere else. I bought a switch 2 for a steal, no joy cons. I'm not spending $100 on replacements, is there some way to bypass setup legal or otherwise?

i've tried an adapter to get my switch 1s joy cons to work, but they only connect via bluetooth and you can't turn bluetooth on until you're past setup. it still needs the joy con 2s

if anyone knows of third party joy cons or controllers that WILL work for that, or some way to hack/modify/whatever it to turn on bluetooth or get past I'd appreciate it.

I am thinking about buy one and save it for hacking. So any idea about the firmware versions for now?

I would like to transfer my modded save data from my hacked switch oled to my new switch 2. I have read many times to never play online or go online if you are on a modded save file but I'm just confused on what that means. I have a few questions.

1. I never actually play online (playing with other players over the internet) but I still am connected to wifi so is that okay if I end up transfering my modded files to my new switch 2?
2. The types of mods specifically that I do are just file editing, such as adding hacked pokemon and duplicating items using pkhex, editing save files to give me all charcters in smash bros, etc. I don't ever do online play so other players cannot see that I have hacked pokemon and such but will Ndo see this if I am connected to wifi and will I be banned for this if I restore my sysnand games with these save files and transfer them to my switch 2?
3. Could someone write me a simple from start to finish step by step guide on how to transfer my modded emunand save data to sysnand then to the cloud then to my switch 2? Is there anything that I have to watch out for so that I do not get banned? (I don't have the option to go to cfw sysnand in my hekate so could someone explain that to me as well)
4. I would like to use my switch 2 as my main console for some games that just run way better such as pokemon violet but if I wanted to edit my save file would downloading the save file on my cfw sysnand hacked switch and then editing it and sending it back to the cloud for my switch 2 to download, would that be a bad thing to do? and is there any downsides to sending cloud saves back and forth between devices would anything get lost or become suspicious to nintendo?

Thank you, and let me know if anything needs clarification.

I’m about to buy a Switch 2 (USA version, Mario Kart bundle) from a local importer. We don’t have official Nintendo in the country so everything comes from third-party sources.

I’ve known the importer for years and I trust him. He’s fine with me testing the console on the spot before paying. But I don’t really trust his sources, so I want to be sure of two things:

1. That the console is not banned (blocked from Nintendo online services)
2. That it’s actually brand new and not used or refurbished

My questions:

If I turn it on, connect it to Wi-Fi and log into my Nintendo account, is that 100% proof that it’s not banned?

How can I know it’s really new? Are there any factory seals or signs that prove it hasn’t been opened before?

Any tips or things to look out for would help a lot. Thanks.

Hi Guys,

Is there anyway that I can update the Switch 2 firmware, whilst being offline?

I've just purchased a Switch 2 and it's came with Day 1 firmware but I want to upgrade it to version 20.1.1, but I want to stay on the lowest firmware possible.

Is there a way to upgrade to version 20.1.1 offline?

Thanks in advance

Edit: I've just received my copy of Donkey Kong Bonanza and it updated the firmware to 19.1.0 - so I'll stay on that for now.

Got legends ZA, right, my homebrew can't connect to the internet and I'm not paying for the stupid monthly subscription. I'm scared of finding a shiny like an Abra that requires trading to evolve and not having a link cable or the ability to evolve it and being forced to keep the useless thing unevolved.

Anyone got some sort of cheating code or something that can help me out? I'm new to messing with cheat stuff on my Switch, I haven't even figured out how to get it working yet.

Anything for getting the ptw mega stones would be lovely as well if possible, thank you

Posting this here since it was automatically removed from 2 different Switch hacking subs. I have a modded Switch 1 and am planning on getting a Switch 2 around Black Friday. As much as I would love to have a modded Switch 2, there are no exploits for it yet, as I’m sure you all know, so it would be unmodded for the time being.

I would like to be able to transfer my save data from my modded Switch’s sysNAND, but I don’t want to get banned. I do not have any pirated games or homebrew applications in my sysNAND, as that is all in my emmuNAND. I do still have physical copies of games such as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario Maker 2, Smash Ultimate, and Super Mario Party Jamboree that I’d like to be able to play online, so not getting banned is important to me. Any answers are greatly appreciated.

I want to connect my switch 2 to my switch 1 to play local coop while my switch 1 is on cfw playing the dumbed version of the cartridge that will be playing on my switch 2. I wanna know if anyone has done anything similar and if its risky in any way. Game is pokemon sword if that matters.

I recently acquired Pokemon Scarlet/Violet.
After updating the Games on my Switch 1, I tried to sideload the updates to my 20.1.1. Switch 2.
I even started the recovery mode bforehand to get any system update files deleted.
However, the update via local consoles errors with a 2211-0520.

Did Nintendo somehow disable that? Or do I need to sideload from another Switch 2?

checking whether the software can be played And asks me to turn airplane mode off.

Always pops when trying to open any switch online games (GameCube, 64, ....)