Honestly, why do I always get sucked into these rabbit holes on Reddit? No idea why I noticed this about Mig Flash, but it stuck with me—probably because it sounds like one of those tech urban legends. Some Redditor claims their Switch 2 is still kicking despite using this third-party cart. Like, they’ve “ripped 20 carts” and played them all online and… nothing. No ban hammer from Nintendo. Yet others are all doom and gloom, saying it’s just a ticking time bomb. Nintendo’s got a reputation for guarding its intellectual treasures like a dragon with its hoard.
So, Mig Flash… right. It’s this nifty third-party gadget for the Switch and Switch 2, lets you back up your games. Handy for keeping all your games in one place when you’re out and about. But, yeah, there’s the whole piracy issue. Nintendo wasn’t having it and started hunting down Switch 2 consoles using the cart, like, just days after the console dropped. Makes you wonder if it was bad timing or sheer inevitability. I mean, even if folks were just backing up their own games, bam—console fried.
Anyway—wait, got distracted there. So the folks behind Mig Flash pushed this update on July 1. They’re all about making it “virtually undetectable.” Sounds sci-fi, right? Then, another update, 1.2.2, showed up on July 9 after some bug got sniffed out by a bounty hunter—an anonymous one. They got 0.2 ETH for their troubles. No idea how much that is, but more than I’d find in my couch cushions.
Mig Flash doesn’t promise you won’t get banned, though. They’re clear it’s at your own risk. Feels like they’re saying, “Play with fire if you must, but don’t expect us to put you out.”
And the plot thickens. People have been nailed just for buying second-hand games on eBay like regular citizens. Apparently, even innocent buyers can get hit if the games were once on a Mig Flash. Wild, right? I read about some content creator getting banned for playing an old game that was, like, cloned. But if you can convince Nintendo you’re innocent, they might forgive you—unless you were in on the Mig Flash fun. Then, well, tough luck. Feels like this Redditor flirting with disaster is tempting fate, if you ask me.
Follow Tom’s Hardware on Google News, maybe? Who knows, you could find more on this saga. Always something new.
