Nintendo is cracking down heavily on bans for Nintendo Switch 2 users. The first wave, which made many consoles unusable by disconnecting them from its online services, was driven by users ...

Nintendo's aggressive anti-piracy protocols are drawing new attention after a new Switch 2 owner found their console banned shortly after playing used physical games. While the ban was eventually ...

A Nintendo Switch 2 user reported a temporary ban after using preowned Switch 1 game cards bought from Facebook Marketplace. Nintendos anti-piracy measures flagged the cartridges, but the user was ...

Reddit user dmanthey said they grabbed four used Switch 1 titles off Facebook Marketplace and updated them on their new console. The next day, Nintendo greeted them with a ban hammer and locked ...

Now, banning players for loading a used game isn't an official Nintendo policy, mind you. In most cases, if you pick up a used Switch game from GameStop, pop it in your console, and play it, you'll ...

Last month, it was reported that Nintendo was cracking down on piracy and had begun blocking access to online services on the Switch 2 if players were caught using MIG Flash, a tool used to create ...

Ah, tech news! It's like a box of chocolates—sometimes you get a delicious truffle, and other times, it's just a weird flavor ...

YouTuber Scattered Brain says he used the MiG tool to dump the Switch games he bought onto a microSD card. That's a legit use of the MiG hack that doesn't involve piracy. It just puts all your ...