At what point does nintendo make the process of buying their games so complicated that it actually becomes easier to learn how to install a modchip?? This is just ridiculous.
this post was submitted on 02 Feb 2025
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Already did, $150 bucks got me modchip, all games, SD card support, emulators, backups. Fuck the convoluted mess of Nintendo.
Care to share more info? This sounds right up my alley. And maybe a bit of perma-attaching joycons. Maybe I just want an OLED lite haha
Sure, I used https://socalconsolemodding.com/, I have the second gen switch. I shipped him a 512GB samsung micro sd card and the switch, no accessories. then i paid him and he shipped it back. his username is https://old.reddit.com/user/L3gendaryBanana on reddit, can message him for more details. very happy with the work and turnaround time.
essentially mine works like this now - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37EHkYqcXb4
i used this gamepad also, the stock ones are too small for my hands, but they work great for multiplayer stuff and for the kiddo - https://amzn.to/4guNgvn
there are much nicer ones, but i'm happy with the size and "bulk" of this one, feels good and makes it more durable feeling to me. and the price was where i wanted it.
just FYI the first gen switch doesnt need a modchip and you got ripped off. I modded my first gen switch without having to open any of the hardware and I only spent roughly $10 USD https://www.ebay.com/itm/403804334372 https://switch.hacks.guide/ is a good resource.
Some 1st gen switches do not need a modchip. The tegra exploit was patched long befofe the release of mariko units, and those patched models still require a modchip to run CFW.
I wouldnt consider a patched chip (a literal change of hardware) to be first gen, but ok.
Neat, you're at odds with the definitions used by the entire switch CFW community, but I'm glad you get to feel like you know what you're talking about.
Erista is v1, Mariko is v2. 'First gen' means Erista. This is how I've seen it for the entire six years I've been developing homebrew for the switch. It's how my documentation lists it, it's how everyone else's documentation lists it. Otherwise you're trying to delineate between multiple asynchronous hardware revisions, which with nintendo's arbitrarily applied board codes boy does that get convoluted...
listen man, I'm just upset that the first persob got pissy with me because I just tried to point out that with my understanding of how things worked, and how they worded their first and second reply, they had paid some Reddit rando $140 more than they should have. I'll admit that I am not "in the scene" so to speak, and that I find it odd that this is how they have chosen to label things as to people who aren't in the know it would be very confusing. I apologize for being rash. I do not do well with perceived passive-aggressiveness over text.
Are you new here because you're doing this wrong, genuine self awareness isn't a thing we do on the internet. We just get snotty at people talking about our specific interests because we haven't slept in forty-some hours.
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Sorry. I sincerely hope you have a very nice day!
first off, you started off with i "got ripped off" and you don't even know shit about me or my equipment. of course im going on the defensive, don't cry about it. learn and move on.
I may not know anything about you, but if (as perceived by what you had said originally) someone pays $150 for what should be a $10 service, you are being ripped off. Dont need to know anything about you or your equipment for that.
well, you're just an ass hole. going to just block you, no sweat off my brow.
Good for you, but I got what I wanted, I don't feel I got ripped off.
Also, mine is second gen, already checked that jigger thing. I misspoke in other comment.
sorry, didn't mean to piss you off. you said first gen in the original post and in this economy most people would see $140 as something not to be wasted, but go off IG.
in this economy most people would see $140 as something not to be wasted
your opinion, you know nothing about me, my equipment, my finances.
but go off IG
if IG is instagram, you're dead wrong again and assuming things about me. i don't have an instagram account, nor did i see it on there.
BROTHER IG MEANS I GUESS LMFAO. And again, dont need to know anything about you to know the value of money, regardless of person it has the same buying power.
well, you're just an ass hole. going to just block you, no sweat off my brow.
okay, not sure why you felt the need to tell me, nor why you felt the need to tell me twice. if I'm an asshole for trying to save someone $140 than so be it
SD card support
What do you mean?
all your games/operating system files are on the micro sd, you can easily back it up, copy it, replace it, etc, nothing is on the internal memory as far as i know. you're in total control of the system, nothing locked out.
Genuine question: why is this a problem for you?
There are lots of region-locked digital games. Having a Japanese account is easy. Having a Japanese payment method is hard.
I think that is rather the point, yes.
I understand the outrage. I think that may be a bit of a stretch though.