I'm so glad this video exists!! I've had to explain to many people who asks what can get you banned on the switch and how I've been fine with having it modded for 3 years. I'll likely redirect people to this video everytime since it explains everything precisely and easy to understand ^^
Thank you for this! I was looking into modding my switch but couldn't find any good videos about avoiding the risks. I like to learn from videos so this helps!
wait ok… so i play mostly animal crossing and splatoon. i plan on playing lots of splatoon 3 (online game) once it comes out. if i were to mod my switch for animal crossing, but not use them on splatoon, would nintendo still ban me because they see i have a modded switch?
1:24, nintendo will only ban you if you pirate, change user icon through homebrew, or chargeback 1:58, you WON'T get banned for just using atmosphere, the homebrew launcher, custom themes/sys-modules, or modding/cheating in OFFline games (which nintendo views ACNH as) using NHSE/Poker/MS will not get you banned, and using any layeredFs mods (like strawberries over tomatoes) won't get you banned either. you could only get banned in splat3 if you used mods in that so tl;dr no. thanks for watching 💙
ok, soooooo. ive installed NSP/XCI files to my sysNAN and not into my emuNAN (i did all the steps to make the partition, assign the emu to the partition and etc. and it still didnt work so i installed the games into sysNAN). If i were to move the Nintendo files to the emuNAN and move the copy i made before installing roms would that save me from getting banned? (ive never connected my switch to internet since modding it [liken 3 to 4 days ago]) and, is there a vid or tutorial i can follow to do the emunand stuff, as i havent been able to get it working?
Hi how about games like Just Dance and Taiko No Tatsujin Rhthym Festival, those games have a subscription based to unlock downloadable content, is that able to be pirated? or if I try to use it in modded switch will the console be ban?
So, I only have mycustom server installed, no online block. If I now use only flexilion, the proofen save mod menu for Splatoon 3 online, will I get banned? + If I have games likeMario odyssey also modded but I'm not starting them, can it get me banned by only starting the firmware online with the mods installed?
People have been doing this for years and haven't been banned, but remember that you're playing with fire. Buying physical (used) is a lot safer if you're worried and don't want to pay full price.
@@LlywiRipperso far I've not gotten banned, but try not to change every hour or something And also do check if they have supported language for that game
so if all i wanted to do is overclock my switch i wouldn’t get banned? would i also be able to access the eshop no problem? could i play online with overclocking?
Greta video, thank you. One question though: you never mentioned the mig switch cartridge, how would that play in the ban scenario? I know that if you make dumps of your own cartridges and play them only on one console, it's fine, but if the ID of that same game is detected at the same time more than once, then it's a problem. So the question is, can you play games offline and then erase the logs before going online again?
So that leaves me to ask, would it be a bannable offense if I used an RCM jig for the sole purpose of backing up my games? Despite what nintendo might say, that's not piracy, and I have the legal right to do that
@@mayoraeryn Dumping your legally owned games is NOT a bannable offense. What WOULD be bannable, would be INSTALLING backups, whether from your own console or another. Always install games through the eShop.
Question. After hacking my switch, i've only ever used the emuNand and never bothered setting up online. Would I been fine using the same account on a un-hacked switch?
yes. if you use emunand and keep it offline, there will be no telemetry unless you decide to go online, you switch wont get banned. it is that simple and you are following best practice
Good tips but I will most likely never mod my switch so I won't be banned I did mod my n 3ds to video capture and Same for the wii u with the gamepad and I already have a capture card so I don't need to mod the switch for video capture
rewatch 4:20, "emuNAND (aka emuMMC) is, essentially, a second switch. It is stored completely on your SD card, on a separate partition, and not the internal storage. Because of this, whatever you do on your emuNAND will not be on your sysNAND, and whatever you do on your sysNAND will not be on your emuNAND. For the most part, emuNAND is used to do things that could get you banned, but to always keep it OFFLINE, then only go online with sysNAND. So since all of the bannable actions were done on the emuNAND, keeping it forever offline let’s you get away with being banned." pirating, or doing any bannable actions on an offline emuNAND, will not get you banned if you go online in sysNAND. but remember that emu and sys are basically 2 different consoles, pirating and playing a game on emu does not make it show up on sys. but this is as much as i will help you, since i don't endorse piracy and talking about it could get my channel taken down.
@@hectorsoto6528 there's apps and websites you can use, but as i said earlier i don't support piracy and even if i did i couldn't assist you here. you'll have to google it edit: just beware that most people offering piracy support are already banned on their own switch's, so be very cautious of absolutely everything you follow
Can I transfer accounts from my regular unhacked Switch to the hacked Switch and vice versa? I would like to copy my main account's game saves using Checkpoint and then send the account back to the unhacked Switch without risking a ban. Is there a way to do this?
Would it be an issue to put my modded savegame onto sysnand? i dont wanna be required to go do the rcm stuff all the time for instance if atmosphere freezes and all i can do is a hard reset... i just wanna boot the switch and play my modded savegame on the sysnand. would that be an issue?
putting a modded save on the sysNAND isn't an issue. but if creating/loading saves in atmosphere doesn't already make it appear in the sysNAND, then that means you've been using emuNAND so far. if you want it to load in the sysNAND, you have to boot into sysCFW (aka Atmosphere SYS)
i don't personally play ultimate with any mods (just because it's a competitive game, and big N likes to crack down on those more heavily). and if you were to mod, i'd do it offline to be on the safe side. but apparently you can as this is what Manito (another modder) says about ultimate bans: --------- Q: What mods are Wi-Fi safe? How can I avoid getting banned? A: Most mod descriptions will say if they are Wi-Fi safe or not. You can also leave a comment on the mod page and ask if the mod is safe or not. Mods that change gameplay or game mechanics are only safe in Battle Arenas in which both you and anyone who spectates or plays in the arena have the same exact gameplay changing mods and the same versions of said gameplay mods. Otherwise you will desync from the game and the match will stop, which has not been verifiably proven to cause bans, but is still something you should try to avoid out of caution. I personally have gotten a few desyncs(crashes) when playing online and that was due to me using mods that I thought were Wi-Fi safe but weren't. I also DO NOT recommend sharing modded clips, replays, screenshots, or modded Mii costumes to "Shared Content" in Ultimate online. People in this server have been banned from smash online or had their switch banned from all online services for that. Feel free to share these photos or clips on other social media though! Afaik the only smash online bans that have happened have been from playing as Giga Bowser, or using stages that aren't accessible in the default game --------- i should make the distinction that being *online* and *playing online* are 2 different things. from this description you can be connected to the internet and not be banned using a gameplay changing mod, but using gameplay changing mods in online play (playing with other people) could end up getting you banned because of desync. from his description, it sounds like you can play online without desyncs only with cosmetic mods
can i pirat games and play them in emuMMC the moded switch part and use online in sysnand to play mario kart ??? or files will conect? i usual play my friends dumbed files or tinfoil games
as explained in the video, emuMMC can be used to do bannable actions, and then go online in sysNAND to be safe. if you make sure your emuMMC is not connected to the internet AT ALL when pirating, and you only go online in sysNAND, then you will be fine. but i would recommend emulating if you can. simply because most people forget if they're in sys or emu, and pirate in the wrong partition (getting banned)
je comprends que tu veuilles prévenir contre les bannissements de Nintendo, mais, se couper du mode en ligne c'est exactement comme etre banni... à mon avis dès que l'on hack la switch il faut considérer sa console comem bannie. Sauf si retirer le hack permet de ne pas se faire ban dans un avenir lointain.
Oui, il existe un risque inhérent que vous puissiez éventuellement être banni après avoir piraté votre Switch. Cependant, il existe des moyens de réduire ce risque et de profiter d'un homebrew sans interdiction garantie. Par exemple, vous pouvez utiliser un emuNAND qui bloquera les connexions à Nintendo, mais utilisez votre Switch en mode normal pour utiliser les services en ligne. Et selon la façon dont vous utilisez le Switch, vous pouvez rester connecté aux serveurs de Nintendo avec un Switch piraté et ne pas être banni. Par exemple, j'utilise principalement mon Switch pour modifier Animal Crossing, que Nintendo ne considère pas bannable. (*Google Traduction)
What about XCI Files/Games? You only mentioned NSP files. I recently unlocked my internet restriction in the EmuNAND because I couldnt get game updates or could use the same savegame. I havent planned on Piracy but it would be good to know if it is advisable to not install my own cardridges on the SD-card. Very helpful video!
XCI is basically the same thing as NSP. just one (XCI) is for cartridges and the other (NSP) is for digital titles. installing either will ban you, even if you install an XCI dump you made from your own switch. also, going online in emuNAND is a HUGE risk... since you don't plan on pirating anything then there's no good reason for you to have it.
Depends on if you've done any bannable actions. if i remember correctly, factory resets don't delete the logs stored on your switch. so if you've already done something bannable then it's pretty likely you'll be banned. if you havent done anything worth banning, then there's no need to worry.
So. If I have a legal and vanilla pokémon/animal crossing save file on a nintendo switch that cannot go online (banned), and that I transfer it to a Nintendo switch that is not banned via JKSV, as long as there is not 2 consoles connected online on the same game with the same save file I won't get banned at all ?
I don't have a hacked Switch but I have studied about it these days.. You cannot install JKSV on your online working Switch OFW unless you want that console to be banned too, just like this video explained it doesn't matter whatever you do, everything will be shared with Nintendo. I assume, when you install JKSV and moved the save then uninstalled it, it will be shared with Nintendo too which will mark red flags on your console. Even if you installed JKSV on your EmuNand, you cannot use online on EmuNand, so it won't work. The only thing you can probably do is, just share your valuable Pokemon to the new game save.
@@HeiLangXiaoDuo @HeiLangXiaoDuo Your studies are wrong then. I transfered all my pokemon save files and a Sonic Frontiers save file from a banned switch to my hacked but not banned switch. Then I went online and I'm not banned (it was 2 months ago) On OFW of course.
Then let's hope you won't get banned in coming months, I wouldn't risk chances. Not everyone get banned instantly unless it's piracy. Some people have been banned after months, maybe I'm wrong and they allow JKSV, who knows. Either way, they already have your system under the flags. Since your system communicate with the Nintendo servers and they know what it had or has. I wish you the best! :) Happy gaming!
Hi everyone! I recently got banned on a Nintendo switch device. I was literally banned because I transferred my data and account on the new switch I bought (OLED). Yes I did NOT hack or anything.. It sucks.. but now I'm worried that I will be banned a 2nd time because my nintendo account is still linked to the banned one. The problem is I can't change it. It doesn't let me delete the nintendo account on the banned one. What do I do?
account bans are usually done because the user has committed fraud, used voice chat in an inappropriate way, or changed the Nintendo profile picture (with homebrew) to an obscene custom image. if none of those things never happen then (most likely) no account ban. even if you have a nintendo account on a banned switch, unless you do the above things then dont worry about being banned on your account in addition, having an account on a banned switch won't (should not at least) get you banned on any other switch's with the same account.
So from what I understood, if I were to use my EmuNAND/EmuMMC for my pirated games and keep it offline, and play online on my sysNAND with legitamite copies of my switch games, I have lower odds of getting banned?
exactly, keep the emuMMC completely offline when installing pirated games. this way while the games are flagged as being unofficial, it can't report to nintendo (as it's offline) it is fine to go online with sysNAND with legitimate copies of your game, as they aren't flagged as being installed from an unofficial source.
@@inconsistent_dgwhat if you have protection such as Exosphere and DNS.mitm in Emunand that has pirated games, is it still safe to connect to wifi on it or not
@@debbiealcimasrules9418I'm worried about that too, I wanna be able to use emunand online to download homebrew and stuff, but I don't want it to connect to Nintendo and result in a ban, and I wanna be able to keep playing splatoon online on my sysnand no problems
So I have a question I have been wanting to home brew my switch for one game and for one reason in splatoon 2 I missed the my Nintendo gear event that contains 4 pieces of gear and I was wondering if I get banned from splatoon 2 online for adding the my Nintendo gear using means such as a save editor or aoc-mitm?
I wouldnt risk save editing any splatoon/usually online game. For those, it is more likely to be a permanent ACCOUNT BAN, meaning that while your console can play other games fine, it will permanently ban you from playing online modes in splatoon. Which is a lot worse than not being able to use a few items
if you use download DLC illegally say, mario kart 8 deluxe, can you be banned when you go online? silly question but was just checking, does that mean i have to buy the dlc on a hacked switch?
of course, any piracy no matter on what is bannable. hopefully you're smart and any pirated software was installed on the emuNAND/emuMMC, cause if not then you're royally screwed lol
@@inconsistent_dg I used reinX , did that use emunand?, i atleast backed up my nand from 2017 so i should be ok right? i was told to restore my 2017 nand by someone to play online as reinX has no emunand, can u confirm for me?
@@elsa9026 If you restore the Nand you will probably be fine, but anything isn't 100% guaranteed, since a month has passed, did you do it? and did you get banned?
4:42 the tl;dr of it is always keep emuNAND offline, then use stock/sysCFW to go online "For the most part, emuNAND is used to do things that could get you banned, but to always keep it OFFLINE, then only go online with sysNAND. So since all of the bannable actions were done on the emuNAND, keeping the emuNAND forever offline let’s you get away with being banned." though, there is no reason to remove the SD card when using stock firmware. cfw is only loaded when you tell it to load (by injecting payload) so if you just don't inject a payload and boot into stock, you know you can go online safely
yeah, online games should only be played on sysNAND/sysCFW. you don't have to remove your sd card, you can do this to switch to sys and emu whenever you want: hold the power button on your switch, go to power options, and select restart. that should take you to hekate screen if you injected that payload. now choose launch then sys or emu
could you do a video on backup? what files need to be backup before jailbreaking, removing emunand and jailbreak, start from scratch reflashing sysnand with ofw.
Backing up your files (NAND, keys, etc) is usually included in most tutorials on jailbreaking. I wouldn't make a video specifically on that because of it. But If I ever do a tutorial on starting from scratch, backup would be included.
Did you get banned? I also accidentally connected to nintendo servers and started updating my pirated games, it has been like 3 months since that but I haven't been banned yet
If you haven't done anything bannable, and go online to update your games, then you won't be banned. But if you download an update to your game through any piracy apps (like t/foil or g/leaf) then that's considered piracy, and will get you banned. Most bans for piracy aren't immediate from what I've heard.
So I have a another question, sometimes when I have friend at home, we want to play Fortnite together but I only have my switch and my computer, if my switch is modded I should use the original switch (I forgot the name) and when I finish I restart my console if I want to go on my emmc?
All i wanna do is play mario kart mods without risk of getting my switch bricked. I dont got money like that to be spending it on throwaway consoles like other youtubers do.
Can confirm about getting banned even on Emunand. I had pirated games there and I wasn't banned at all, until I got a little too curious with Super Mario Bros Wonder, trying to play the game online (multiplayer online) and it gave me an error that it doesn't work. I ignored it because it seemed like a normal internet error then literally the next day later, I got banned with the console saying its restricted from Nintendo servers. I pirated my games and they haven't gotten me banned. I had Tears of the Kingdom, Mario Party Superstars (never attempted to play online with it), Shin Megami Tensei III Remaster and V, and Pokémon Brilliant Diamond, yet I was never banned from those games at all. My guess was because I never attempted to play online (I had WiFi on but I never attempted to play multiplayer) with any of them. Those games showed up on my Sysnand's play activity but I wasn't banned from it at all. So yeah, TLDR; Using EmuNand recklessly can still get you a system ban. You can try to pirate a game but never ever attempt to play online with it, otherwise you'll be safe.
I dont remember if there was any evidence saying hacked cloud saves were bad, but honestly I'd rather just... not risk it. You can use the eShop as long as you do so on sysNAND, and haven't done anything bannable.
@@soypan197 No, if you set up 90DNS to block interactions with Nintendo servers and especially have your CFW on EmuNAND while never running it on SysNAND, you will be safe from getting banned and can use everything normally on SysNAND or in stock mode, such as the eShop (or simply put, you won't get banned for using emulators since you don't connect to Nintendo servers, and it's best to run them on EmuNAND).
3:28 could this be something like if i got myself a Splatoon gear that's unlocked at Level 90 of the catalog for example, but i didn't edit the level itself to be 90, just edited the save to have that gear?
splat3 doesn't have a save editor, but if you're talking about spla2n then this is worth a read: mirayxs.github.io/SplatHeX/SplatHeX.html i don't have splat2/3 so i can only relay what it says about dangerous modifications: "Not everything that you can edit is "safe" and can lead to a Splatoon 2 online ban. Dangerous modifications include, but is not limited to: - Sea Snails - MMR Values* - Level - Rank* - Number of Matches Played Online* - Number of Disconnects* - Salmon Run Rank - Salmon Run Play Counter - Salmon Run Points - Using illegal gear/weapons** * Not possible with SplatHeX alone. ** For example: Playing with Hero Weapons even though you did not unlock them properly." from this, it seems that you'd be banned by giving yourself a level 90 item while being under that level.
Interesting qeshtion I have to switches one is my main switch and one is my hacked. Because of this My phiscal games can be dumped normaly but if i want to dump any digital or DLC it needs to be connected to the internet. If I dump a game to my sd card using SYS will I get banned. I would think so because it is connecting to nintendos servers but i thought it was a interesting qeshtion none the less
You will need to download it on a clean sysNAND, and not on the emuNAND. As long as you haven't done any bannable actions at 1:24 on your sys, you'll be fine to go online with it.
Question, if i download a pirated game on EmuNand then delete the game and save data off of it, if i connect EmuNand or SysNand to online will I still get banned?
Sysnand: After installing ANY game, you need to use "SystemWipe" in order to reset your switch (DO NOT USE NINTENDOS OFFICAL FACTORY RESET) EmuNAND: As long as you are properly blocking Nintendos Services, you can connect online (NOT offical game servers etc. as they need a server connected Nintendo acc)
I was planning on modding Pokémon brilliant diamond with the sigma platinum mod, if I do this will I be able to go online in the game or would that be bannable?
there are 2 types, but a console ban is usually what you'll see 99% of the time, which prevents the console from online play account bans are usually done because the user has committed fraud, used voice chat in an inappropriate way, or changed the Nintendo profile picture (with homebrew) to an obscene custom image. if none of those things never happen then you'll never get an account ban
@@budgie9193 it's obvious to nintendo when someone is using mods, but they do not care about you using mods (even on wifi) as long as you havent pirated your games or cheated in online play. evidence of this is me (and many others) who stay in sysCFW on wifi without being banned, because we do not do bannable actions listed at 1:24
yes. modding your switch in the first place, even if you never touch the emunand/syscfw after the first time, still runs the risk of being banned. bjt as said in the video, it's VERY HIGHLY unlikely that you'll be banned if you don't do anything bannable (listed in the video). remember, i still havent been banned even after playing online with a modded switch. use the correct precautions and you'll be fine.
the biggest reason people can save edit and mod animal crossing w/o being banned is because nintendo views it more as a single player game. skyrim has no online functionality at all, if there are working mods for it on the switch then you can certainly mod it without being banned. obviously nintendo can change what they consider to be bannable offenses, but atm unless you pirate or mod/cheat in online games, then there's no worry about being banned.
@@inconsistent_dg thank you for taking time out of ur day to help me and respond, just to make sure I clearly understand what you are saying is that I can mod Skyrim because it's considered a single player game aka an offline game I just can't mod online games or use mods or cheats online because it's against Nintendo
@@inconsistent_dg hey I understand the meaning of keeping the emu and sys separate but when u meant not going online do u mean connecting to server (creating a account) or online in terms of not using Wi-Fi? I had use tinfoil to download teknik shop games will that cause any issues or trouble? Thanks please let me know.
@@johnwhite3248 i mean online in terms of not using wifi. if you are using custom DNS services (like 90dns) or the `emummc.txt` host file then you can go online without worry of being banned, as they both block your connection to nintendo
@@bob69927 still, no. if you were doing insane shit to your emunand like playing hacked games online, you would get banned on your emunand and on sysnand, since they share the same id.
DON'T HACK YOUR SWITCH IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE BANNED?!?! NONSENSE! I used a hacked switch online. No ban. Sure, I didn't pirate shit.... But I STILL HAVE MY ACCONUT. Not *BANNED*
So far, my experience is if you aren't stupid you probably won't get banned. emuMMC for all the things that are questionable or guarantee ban, with emuMMC set to blank prodinfo in exosphere.ini and DNS.mitm set up to fully block Nintendo connections. sysMMC stays online. Homebrew only runs from applet mode, and I only play around with modding and overclocking on singleplayer games. I have a custom theme installed too. We'll see if I get banned at some point, but so far from what I see online and personal experience, if you aren't stupid it's pretty safe to use CFW sysMMC online
Does Nintendo switch ban the account or the console? I have a message says (The use of online services on this console is currently restricted by Nintendo.") Does this mean my account is banned or the switch itself? And what if I got another nintendo switch? Thanks
Would dumping my games(for emulation) while offline and then unmodding my switch let me join online games again? Also, how easy is it to unmod a switch?
dumping your games is fine, and isn't a bannable action The process for "unmodding" it is to simply remove the CFW files (i.e. everything on the SD card except for the Nintendo folder) and then restart the Switch. No CFW files are permanent.
@@inconsistent_dg Not true, if something was installed on the SysNAND like a forwarder, you need to do a full system wipe (not the one in the switch's settings) to get a full unmod
@@retroman-- Sorry about the way I speak :) What exactly is false information? If you let me know I can make an updated video or make a comment correcting myself, while crediting you of course. Thanks for watching!
Does this mean I can boot to sysnand to play my physical copy of P5R and use 60fps cheat and graphic enhancement mod? I just want my progress to reflect on my legit save. And I want to know if someone already did and if they got away with it.
mods like that (graphic enhancement, 60fps, etc) are all fine. they do not change the online play of the game at all and so you won't be banned for using it
Question, if it's just a skin mod that alters the way things look can I still use it online? I want to mod Smash Bros, I downloaded a couple of skins but I don't know if I should use them online, if it's WiFi safe that would be allowed right? If it alters hit boxes that would be considered cheating?
right, anything that alters gameplay mechanics (i.e. hitbox size, changing the skeleton, moveset mods, code edits, etc.) are NOT wifi safe the thread here has good info on smash mods: gamebanana.com/threads/218137
@@igottakirbranger8995 from the thread i linked: "Mods that change the overall gameplay of a match like moveset mods, parameter edits related to gameplay, code edits, etc. are not Wi-Fi safe and will immediately disconnect you from a match unless your opponent(s) have the exact same gameplay mods setup on their system as well. You'll have to use the same code and/or parameter edits or else you will both desync from an online arena."
