Nintendo is banning Switch 2 users for piracy, even if they’re just backing up their games

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Credit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority

• Nintendo is banning Switch 2 consoles that use MIG flash carts to load games.
• These can be used for both piracy and legitimate game preservation efforts.
• Bans seem limited to consoles for now, with no account-wide bans reported.

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Nintendo has been at war with pirates for decades, and now the battleground has moved to the Switch 2. A wave of users across the internet are reporting console bans after inserting MIG flash carts into the system, with no recourse available.

MIG flash carts are essentially third-party cartridges with a microSD card slot. They can play pirated games downloaded from the internet or legitimate backups of purchased games, but Nintendo no longer discriminates between the two when issuing bans.



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