How This Cart Dumper Could Get Your Switch Banned 

Nintendo can't keep banning legit gamers who bought a used game, they'll have to make a change.

Crazy thing is; this is actually making Nintendo grin from ear to ear because they've been looking for a reason to get rid of the used game market since the 80s.

I love the fact that this device exists. But at the same time this device has made me terrified of buying used Switch games because I’m scared of potentially getting banned.

So you telling me you cannot use used games anymore that is fuckikg crazy

It's actually even worse. I've bought games that were supposed to be brand new only to find out that despite being sealed, somebody had gotten into them and removed things that were supposed to be in them. Some stores have had controversies with opening all of their games and storing the discs/carts elsewhere as well. Meaning it is entirely possible for somebody to go out of their way to buy a new copy, only to find out later through being banned that some employee or something grabbed a used copy that had at one point been dumped, or potentially a new copy that they or another employee had used to dump a copy to upload online.

What scares me the most about things like this is that companies will probably eventually will lead to just digital only. Making physical copies obsolete. This way the company has a lot more control on games not being able to be pirated.

It’s insane to think that buying used games can essentially get your switch banned. All the folks buying used games because maybe it’s more affordable are really gonna end up getting hurt. Sad day. 😔

Im not even convinced "buying new" will save you. I dont know if it is still the case, but GameStop used to let you borrow games as a employee perk. The catch is. Said game was then resold as new (there was no evidence as games are not sold sealed). Add in amazon mixing stock with 3rd parties and its a recipe for disaster.

I guess I won't buy used switch games until the Switch servers shut down. I will not risk getting banned just because I wanted to buy a used game

In a weird way, Nintendo might like this thing because in a while the used market will be risky, so more people go to brand new copies. Could be an L for people looking for a deal and a W for Nintendo's pockets. Either way, great video, it's nice to be aware of this kind of stuff for the future!

I preordered a Mig Switch Dumper back in January, I'm convinced it ain't coming unfortunately EDIT: IT ARRIVED TWO DAYS AGO LET'S GOOOOOO

Just keep your receipt/proof of purchase in case you get banned. Even if a lot of online communites say they're gonna do XYZ, it's still a less than 1% chance of anyone running into the problem.

Nintendo needs to make a security key on official cartridge so if its cloned to the mig switch cartridge launching it will come up with a error

The famous Switch emulator, Yeezy😂😂😂

I always bought used games because I couldn't afford new copies.. this is such a bummer, I wish this wouldn't have to happen

I was hoping you would do a video on this. Sweet! Ty.

I have a heart-felt request. I don’t know if it fits your motif exactly but a video titled “best games to emulate without a controller” would be sweet.

Great video on the dumper!

This is a really great and very well explained video. 👍🏻 I do have a question about the situation where people might dump used games and sell them back to retailers. Couldn't this have also already been a problem with people using hacked Switches too? They can dump the games as well of course, so I would think this could've already been a potential risk with buying used games, though maybe at a smaller scale since it required hacking and/or modchipping & soldering work. This just also seems like a W for Nintendo as this will scare people away from the used market and force them to buy new, which will make Nintendo and devs more money vs buying used.

I’m not gonna lie, during the 3DS era, I did do this (11:38). In my defense these signatures and certifications weren’t around yet and I was pretty young but it was nice to get a $70 eshop card for my Wii U and never have to switch cartridges on my 3DS 🙏

nice vid as always

Finally u have answered!!!! lol. Thanks for the video my dude. Big Salute!

This is a random comment, but i love this channel and the topics on it. I always want to get into it more and figure out more stuff about modding and all of that, but idk where to begin looking

Amazing video :)

Great video!

I want the dumper for myself. I will keep my collection of games. I just want it for convenience. especially if they can figure out how to make it so the mig switch acts more like an R4 card so I can scroll through my games instead of randomly getting a game by repeatedly inserting and removing the cartridge because having a large library would make that more inconvenient than actually just putting the game in the switch

Well. That’s good to know. I tend to think that even if I have my games dumped I’ll keep them in case something goes wrong with the dump.

The fact that this video isn’t performing like other videos is insane. It’s literally one of the best psa for Nintendo switch users

What i understood about this Mig switch is that as long the console isn't connected to the internet, it should be fine , buy brand new games if you intend to play online , and buy used games if you intend to play offline , but even then the risk there would be if you are planning to get DLC for the offline games .

Actually the servers are still up the only thing they disabled was the auth servers for the wii u and 3ds so i think they have conjoined Infrastructure It was also pretty clear that they shut down the servers for security reasons. The steel diver servers were actually disabled before the shutdown for this reason.

When I’m typing this, I haven’t watched this specific video yet, but I have heard Jeff speak on this topic before, so here’s the TLDR version of how this effects you if don’t buy one (take this with a grain of salt) Here’s the scenario: Someone buys a Switch game; (legally, through Amazon, GameStop, etc.). They dump their game with the device shown (completely legally, as Nintendo allegedly allows this for emulators). They then return their game they bought (to Amazon, GameStop, etc.). Then, Amazon, GameStop, etc. sells these games as reused (unaware someone dumped this specific copy, with this specific ID (while for an example, I’ll use 420). The person buys the ID:420 game, (which someone else dumped), then you use the legally bought game on your switch. Nintendo sees, “hey this person is using ID:420 game, but that person (the one who dumped and returned it) has already been using it, so this person (the who bought it reused), but must be hacking. Then they ban the person who just bought it reused… So…… be careful buying used games (or just DONT anymore)…

The new game returns issue is a real concern. How is Nintendo going to make someone whole if they were victims to playing a game that they bought retail that's 100% legit but they were unaware if the game was dumped prior? Considering the mig copy and the real cartridge are identical in every way, how would they tell who has the retail copy in their hands? It seems kinda BS to just outright ban that game certificate without any recourse.

would it be possible to use the dumper to add mods to the dumped games, or do you still need a modded switch?

Back in the PS1 days, I knew guys who would rent from blockbuster just to rip games then sell the copies for five dollars a pop. I'm surprised this is still going on.

I know it has nothing to do with the MIG Switch dumper, but is it possible to use the MIG Switch to transfer digitally-purchased games to the micro SD card there to preserve space on the Nintendo Switch internal storage? My cousin has a Nintendo Switch with a broken micro SD card slot, preventing from expanding the system's storage.

The Mig Switch Dumper is perfect for copy switch game and good video too Thank you my dude

Nice video, thanks! Weird question maybe. But what Windows laptop are you using in the video, and what theme? It looks so clean?

I'm not sure if this device does more good or harm to the gaming community! People, if you buy the damn game then bring it with you and play it in your Switch as it was designed!

Well, I guess I'll have to make sure I buy my Switch games New going foward. This hurts the used game market, dammit, DammitJeff. lol But great info! Thanks for the video!

6:59 i love the hint at

How long did it take for you to get the mig after buying it?

One thing that isn't discussed is what will have with sealed Switch game prices. I own a few expensive Switch games like Shantae and the Pirate's Curse and TMNT Radical Edition. Already they're going for insane prices but a few years from now and maybe the demand for clean, sealed games which won't lead to a ban will only increase. That wasn't my intention when I bought these games but was just busy and never got around to playing them. Even if Nintendo reissues games for the upcoming Super Switch, that used, cheap game market for the Switch is broken.

I hope there will be a dumper for 3DS games that will be as simple as this one. I noticed some games don't work anymore. Would be great to have some m-discs with backups of my games. Nintendo should do something about this, it's their security system that doesn't work anymore. You can't ban people who are legally using their devices and legally purchased games.

it's kinda funny that people are talking about this NOW that there's a public dumper (that doesn't require additional hacks or glitchchips on the console side), given that I predicted this years ago as soon as people found carts had a signed cart-unique CERT sector. although I was mainly thinking about trolls buying games, dumping CERT (without ever using it in their own console), returning the games, and then uploading the CERTs publicly some time later so N would ban the cart and thus any console using that CERT. i didn't think that people would be stupid enough to buy games, dump them, and return them, with a risk of their OWN console getting banned too if they ever went online with that dumped game later. but i guess i forgot about "think of the average person then realise 50% are dumber than that".

One of the clearest reviews...

Okay, so I have 1 modded switch and one unmodded. The modded one is used to play my legally owned games offline with cheats. Say what you will about cheat codes, but sometimes they make gameplay that was originally tedious or grindy, enjoyable. My unmodded switch is used to play games with my friends online. Because I have a modded switch and a 1tb micro sd, I know how easy it is to dump games. For this reason, I never purchase used Switch games, and I never lend my Switch games out. If there is any ambiguity to the origin of a Switch cart I'm going to play, I'll use my modded switch (which is always offline). Now that game dumping is even more accessible (before you needed a modded switch and only certain models were moddable), I imagine these issues with used games will only get worse.

8:56 he didn’t explain how it can get you banned but the used games kinda answered my question

11:30 if your gonna do this stick to a platform with the 1 rom file like wii and whatnot, your library may not have wii but wtv your planning on playing, if it uses a set seed and if others playing it will get banned because you ripped dont do it, imo. In reality i cant stop you but i can still judge

Sick! My switch isn't hackable anymore since it needed a mainboard replacement.

Can't wait to get mine

My question is, if I dump my games and play them on my steam deck, and I let my friend borrow that game. Would they get banned? Or because I’m playing through and emulator they would be fine

Ok question: say I get this right? No switch but buy a new switch game from GameStop yes? Would I still need a switch or switch account in order to emulate the newly purchased game on a pc or on another console?

I didnt even know that this was a thing, it makes me scared of losing my Borderlands: The Handsome Jack Collection even more now because my nephew more than likely stole my copy of the cartridge and i can get banned any day, now jfc

a legit use case for this is for something like a trip,bring all your games with only 1 card

I've no joke been dreaming for a device like this since second year of the switch's lifespan, and when I talked about something like this or saw others having the same idea we were all told we were crazy as it was not possible. Well who's the crazy one now

Man, that's a cool Switch emulator, I sure do hope no shady business behind the scenes with the developers happens. Oh wait-

ya gotta think that retailers are going to push nintendo to do something about the ban issue. It makes sense to ban the cart from working if they can but banning the console is way too extreme and has the potential of killing the 2nd hand market completely but then again maybe they just don't give a shit at all.

7:30 LETS GOOOOOO!!!!!

question, why do we have the EXACT same hair style!? thats so cool

bro does NOT want mail from mario

Man, I kind of want to get one of these so I can play my Switch games on the Steam Deck that seems sick as hell.

As someone who buys about 75% of my physical games second-hand, I'm really worried about this, I don't want to just suddenly get banned when I haven't done anything wrong, I just bought an official copy of the game and I don't want to have to worry about weather or not I'll be able to use my switch after putting it in.

Petition to start a discord server to address the issues of people and let ourself suggest you videos for you to post

Imagine an entire second-hand market that sells only game reproductions from dumps. Damn. At least it’s a bit comforting this comes out near the end of the switch’s life cycle, but hell if you thought getting physical games is a safe bet now you can never know anymore

What if both users are offline? Do they steal get banned if they open the same game at the same time?

My Switch will never leave airplane mode. Cant wait to get mine.

can you dump the games onto a microssd card and then play on the switch from that?

Best RU-vidr 🎉❤

Buying and returning games seems way too much to dump them, at this point just get a modded switch and download em much much easier and no damage to anybody else, plus if you set it up correctly you can play it as a normal switch as well and very little risk of ban

If i use a MIG card for traveling the seas, but never connect my switch to internet there's no risk right?

Jeff is 2 for 2 for making non child friendly ads

You get banned only if you're playing online though right? And only banned from that game?

preordered mine back in january and im still waiting.. i have a few switch exclusives i want to play but i dont like the actual hardware. i do own a switch its just a switch lite and i just have it powered off in the closet waiting for a softmod for mariko switches to release

Game Stop is supposed to test games when being traded in. Not saying all will actually do that. Retailers, need to get on Nintendo to provide them with a way to safely check Switch games for resale. Personally don't see Nintendo rushing to do that anytime soon.

Cant stop me now oh no ive got to keep on

Hey I made it at 10:54 lmao here's the big caveat with the "abuse" the person with cloned copy will also get banned so are people really going to risk theirs Switch's after buying or renting to make copys?

This is a big reason why I’ve bought all the 3DS and Switch Pokemon games for my collection. I can with 100% certainty know they’re real since there are no fakes yet. Gameboy and DS has been more of a challenge

iirc backing up games in the States isn't legal if you have to break/bypass DRM to do it. In Canada it's a bit more of a grey area I believe (just don't profit off it, share it, or cost Nintendo any damages and you can't really be punished) but I'm not anything close to a lawyer, so take this comment with a few pounds of salt.

Everyone knows 99% of people are not going to use it to just backup their own games

Here's something I must ask though, can I replace certain individual files from the original with the ones installed on this cartridge and use the original with those said modded files with online functionality without the risk of getting banned? I'm not asking this for nefarious means as I just simply wanna mod some of my games. There's some really cool mods for Ultimate I wanna install onto my own game but can't due to me not owning a moddable Switch. To those who've installed mods on this thing PLEASE let me know, because I don't wanna brick my system or accidentally brick a first gen unpatched Switch which is $300.

Terrifying thought occurred. Do you guys think there will be people trying to figure out how to spoof security certificates on the switch games next?

They need to make a way to appeal for unban by showing a receipt or something else

7:37 BUT IS LEGAL!!! because you actually have the console, you have the game, its perfectoy fine!!

Where can we buy one of those hairy dude? 🤔

This will affect both the person that copied the used game and they one buying used game. Why, because they also can be banned as well so it's not just the buyers of used game but the person whom cheated to get money for the game. So it's a double edge sword so if you backup and play and sell the "cart" game be careful what you wish for as you will also get banned as well. This is the part those talking about the "Dumper" don't tell people.

well... 1 queston... can you dump a Gamecube game on the card? and ofc play it on switch

if buying a game means i dont own it, then rom downloading and piracy isnt stealing

Before this when groups would dump games for modded switches I feel like they just put the cart away and called it a day since its a dirty cart thats insta banned but now no used cart's are safe since any asshole can dump them and sell it back so i'm glad I have a huge collection where I know i'm the only owner but yeah def no more used switch games especially "new" gamestop games lol

Cool compooder, what brand is it?

new vid yaaaaaaay

WAIT YOU CAN MAKE HOMEBREW GAMES AND PUT THEM ON HERE

Let’s go !!!

Is that a double pop filter set up?

Now i don't know if i wanna buy a switch with used switch games. I wouldn't wanna get banned just for buying an used copy of smash ultimate and how i wanted to play online.

Hey Jeff I have an idea for your next video I hope recently apple allowed emulators on iPhones and iPads and one of the emulators that came out is delta I hope you make a video about that”

The mig is good for game preservation without having2 mod your Switch however this is going to make it impossible 2 buy second hand games because if your cart has been dumped your Switch gets banned until the Switch is no longer supported buy the big N

Game dumping inadvertently ruining the used game industry was not on my 2024 bingo card.

Bro imagine you a little kid and you get banned because your parents bought a used game copy SAD

This is such a bad idea to create this. buying used games is extra risky.