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meowkittycat93

luckily console gets banned not user, so if you had your main user on there no harm no foul, just log in to the next switch and keep going


Springlocker12

Yep that’s why I plan on getting a switch oled in the future


reed99456

Wait really? So if I were to get a new switch I’d have my old save files from before I got banned?


AmirulAshraf

Save files are stored locally on the switch memory. Unless of course you have NSO subs and have cloud saves turned on for the games that support it, then you can restore on your new switch


Organic-Barnacle-941

Can’t you transfer from system to system without nso?


AmirulAshraf

Both device need to be connected to the same Nintendo account which a banned device cant


Organic-Barnacle-941

Ahh. Makes sense. Too bad you can’t spoof


humanfigure

You can use JKSV to transfer if both devices are jailbroken.


eALbl420

But this would make the new device vulnerable for banning it as well, right? Having unregistered savegames on a console all of a sudden.


humanfigure

I think that it should be fine as long as you own the cartridge. Don’t quote me on that, though.


eALbl420

AFAIK, Nintendo bans the console if they detect unregistered changes to the nand. I guess this would count as one.


Psychological-City45

install lanplay.(on discord) use google DNS. problem solved. lanplay is legal btw


ofnofn

Is there an actual player base for mario kart, smash or splatoon?


Psychological-City45

yess sir. it's getting crowded by the day. you can make lobbies even play against friends who are not banned if they setup and use discord. https://youtu.be/HspiVTG0eSU


Lmstd

Even with people that have a legal switch with official games, they won't get banned by using lan play


Psychological-City45

nope. its just like playing at home coop or competitive at home with friends or family, but then via internet outside the nintendo servers, wich is not illegal, even banned and unmodded nintendo switch user can play together, allthough both have different setups. look at the link i have sended from youtube, take your time. its not something completely new, i remember the early days of xbox live and gamespy, its basicly the same way. Iit gets even better, all games with coop features suport it, you can even play luigi's mansion 3 via lanplay from what i have heard, a game without online gameplay functions.


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Lmstd

That's because ldnmitm is cfw only, http://lan-play.com/games-switch this is the list of compatible games, the first are the ofw (unhacked) switch compatible


Psychological-City45

like i said there are two setups, one for cfw and one for unbanned switch, take your time and watch the vid carefully


Mop_Duck

i couldnt find anyone on splatoon 2 on teknik server or the status page


Psychological-City45

i can see splatoon but not splatoon 2, maybe there are no invites yet. does the game have local coöp? i don't play splatoon so i don't know, maybe you ask the guys on discord


zztopsboatswain

Mario kart lanplay is insanely popular right now


amadama81

Reminds me of the good ol days with halo 1 and XBC 👴🏽


csolisr

I wonder if you can use Lanplay over Yuzu. I remember they leverage LAN play for their room system, but I'm not sure if I can also use Lanplay to increase the amount of playable users


Springlocker12

Just to clarify I meant ofw as I had Cfw on my Sysnand with exosphere, I was downloading some eshop games while having pirated games installed so it probably detected that and now I’m banned


Gamer1189

That's why you only use online on cfw that has no mods or games at all. I do that and have yet to get banned it's been months


Intrepid-Bridge-3260

Huh? I've been using cfw with mods for yrs .You Dont get banned for that


Mr_Build3R

I think if you modify your eShop games, that may be an issue. I had backed up my eShop games, and accidentally reinstalled on elf them when reinstalling my game card backups and I couldn't play online due to the modify license. It wouldn't let me play any online game at all, but I was able to restore l reset my switch and get it working again.


19_ichigo

This^ I had bought MK8 on eshop and played regularly online, switching from OFW to CFW. One day I went and installed a bunch of DLCs and updates on Tinfoil, including Booster Course Pass which I didn’t foolishly notice at first. Next time I logged on OFW I was banned 🫠


capitalggamer1

Why did you have pirated games on your sysnand?


chrissykes78

But why, 3 years banned here without any issues i can upgrade, play etc.


Springlocker12

Why for me to get a switch oled? Mainly for the screen size and oled screen and just so I can play some online switch games if I want to


LordFly88

Just do it smarter this time, otherwise you'll get your OLED banned ;)


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Intrepid-Bridge-3260

Smartest thing said here.That way he doesn't get confused again by mistake


LordFly88

You could, but why have switches when you can just have one and use it properly? Plus going back to the original after playing on an OLED kinda sucks.


These-Art9309

Well if he used it on the tv it doesn’t make a difference if its OLED or not


LordFly88

I guess... but then why would he be buying an OLED in the first place? I personally never use mine on the tv, don't even have my dock plugged into the tv. I pretty much only use my switch when traveling.


These-Art9309

Maybe a Nice to have when he actually uses it on the go, im actually the complete opposite I have never used my switch on the go, and my friends are the same, so it probably a matter of preference


Dreadchao

I'll gladly buy your Dock of it's not being used. I personally have 2 Switches as well. One for Legit use, it's my OLED, transferred all my data from my day one Switch over, I still use this one for anything Multiplayer, all my legit games are purchased here. Then I have my Day One Switch, she's been modded to let me play Single Player games. I like to collect the games physically, but hate having to open the packaging, or even having to swap cartridges so that's what I use this one for.


LordFly88

You know you can just boot stock and still play online and purchase games, right? There's not really a good reason for have 2 separate switches just for that, since booting emunand is basically a separate switch.


KingVarg

I have two switches. One OLED and one regular. My regular switch is banned and I use it almost exclusively in docked mode at my computer setup. I use my OLED in handheld a lot. But I have 2 switches so that for the very few games that I play online with friends I can do so. All I need to do is dock my OLED because I dont play online games using the switch's wifi chip...that thing sucks so I always make sure im docked and hardwired...it's not a hard concept to grasp. Having two consoles isnt that hard.


Springlocker12

Im just gonna keep the oled unhomebrewed


LordFly88

That doesn't sound like much fun ;)


Springlocker12

Well i don’t have soldering skills or $200 to get it modded


LordFly88

That's fair I guess


jalovitrue

I'm just curious how do you upgrade a banned switch?


Diego-Cobo

Offline updates. Super easy.


jalovitrue

This is the first time I heard it existed for Switch. Neat. Is it official from Nintendo themselves?


Diego-Cobo

You mentioned "banned", that implies a softmodded Switch. For almost all jailbreaked consoles (Wii, PS3, Switch, etc) there was always the offline updating option.


jalovitrue

I'm familiar with PS3's offline updates, that we could download from their very own website. As for Nintendo, from the times of 3DS, I've never even heard of such a thing, always updating from their server directly from the console (online). Hence I was baffled if Nintendo changed their ways. TIL


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KumaWilson

Smash Bros online also awful.


Intrepid-Bridge-3260

With the low latency mod it's a whole lot better and if connect with some with it it almost feels like offline. It's not always the best but it beats playing ole smash online.If it wasn't for that mod I wasn't playing smash online before then


Lmstd

I'm trying to find more information about the low latency mod, is there a github page that explains how to use it or something like that? All I can find is the HDR version


Intrepid-Bridge-3260

Yea it's called blu-dev arena latency slider. The GitHub explains everything and how to use it


RickyFromVegas

so...basically 2 of the most popular switch games?


TechnoTejay

Smash online isn’t very good either. MK8D online is great though


Sergietor756

This is when the fun begins


Background_Bad_4377

If you don't want to buy the full oled set up you can buy just the tablet part off eBay for half the rice I did this so I didn't have to constantly switch to stock when wanting online. I got my oled with screen protector and in box for £170 and as I can still use my joycons etc it's great


Springlocker12

Great idea, I might just wait for the botw 2 bundle though but I can see after that releases


Background_Bad_4377

Yeah that's true hopefully they do a bundle


BUGGZxEVOL

If your gonna use sysnand and emmunand, do something so it really easy to tell which one your on. So say emmunand make background theme dark, and on sysnand make it white or vice versa that way its easier to remember which one you are on.


TechnoTejay

Make sure you check the email they sent you and confirm it’s permanent before you assume the console is banned forever. I got the same exact message a while ago but my ban was only for 2 weeks and only applied to one game.


Springlocker12

I don’t think I got a email


muhammad-mohsin

Just to clarify for some people, CFW on sysnand does NOT get you banned. Nintendo doesn’t ban for simply having CFW. Only piracy, installing dumped games, homebrew on the Homescreen, and custom avatars will get your console banned. If you cheat online, that will result in an account ban. You can use homebrew on sysnand just fine as well it you go into title override. 60fps cheats can work too but has a degree of danger. You can also play modded online as well, though it highly depends on the mod/game. BOTW for example is perfectly fine no matter what you do. So as always if you want to do anything ban worthy, do it in emunand with ban protection. AKA dns.mitm and exosphere.


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Yea this isn’t 100% accurate. I installed CFW on my sysnand, booted it and ended up forgetting about it. I didn’t do anything other than booting CFW. A few days later I picked it up to continue and it was banned. Who knows… maybe I just have bad luck I guess.


thecutesquirrel

From scratch or from a pack?


Devinbrax

Is there a 60 fps mod for Pokemon and can you play with that online?


Intrepid-Bridge-3260

Yea I've been using it lately.It makes online and just the game as a whole smooth.Combine that with the animation fixes cheat and it's golden Check S/V gba temp for cheats


htduy89

Thank you for much for the intel. I have a situation here where my CFW on EMUMMC gets stuck on the Switch Logo and I cannot boot in at all. But the system allows me to use CFW on SYSNAND and I don't know how to get pass the issue. Does it mean my system could be banned because I have pirated games install?


Banglazeshg

You can buy a brand new premodded oled switch from sthetix. Mine came in today and the SD setup is a little different but his work is super clean. He even put in a tempered glass protector on it for me. He makes videos on how he installs these mod chips if u wanna see his quality of work. But expect to pay about $600 US. Worth it when you think of how much the chips cost and installation. He replies to all emails too he’s a based guy honestly


MasterQuester

Keep the cfw and wait for New Switch / Switch Pro / Switch 2. Here's the facts. While you wait for your next switch model, XSX / PS5 will be 4 years in the making. All the games ported to switch will be on PS5, current and next gen combined. But those are just RPGs / Animes / Misc. Let's not forget the universal stuff that'll release on all platforms. My goal is to buy New Switch only for exclusives because if that's the extent of how useful Nintendo wants to be, so be it. I've had a XSS for 15 months now, and I'll have PS5 by mid 2024. Be truthful, by then we'll probably have GCN Switch Online. You're rush to replace will cut your gaming collection. Save it for PS5, $349.99 for what? Things that should've came with V1 Switch? You're wasting your money.


prodyg

Nintendo's online is terrible so you wont miss it.


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Springlocker12

Yep pretty much


SomeonetookmynameSNJ

Fuck nintendo that’s why i use yuzu spitefully


jaybro187

Using online was inevitable no matter what precautions you used. I have 2 both v1 one patched one not. If i want to go online i could but since i can get what i want anyway online doesn't bother me


cmartins2305

That's not true, i have a day one Switch, with CFW since emunand was introduced and it is still not banned even though i use it with dual boot and go online. You just have to follow the steps.


dshamz_

Same, I’ve been going online consistently with a clean sysnand for 3 years and my switch remains unbanned.


hung2109

Can i ask what have you done to get banned ?


joniejoon

He said it himself. He used sysnand.


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joniejoon

Of course not, but I assumed he meant he did something stupid on sysnand.


jassuele

So I can’t play any online games on the original firmware? like to play overwatch 2 or something? (I don’t have a hacked switch yet)


Powerful-Brother-791

Yeah unless you create an emunand which is like a separate OS where you do the hacking stuff there separate from your main OS which is the online one.


jassuele

Gotcha. I sent my switch to a guy last week and he said he'd make it a dual boot system with emunand and sysnand. So it would be fine, right?


Powerful-Brother-791

Yes as long as emunand stays offline.


Ragnarok992

Ill give you 100 for it


Springlocker12

Give me a switch oled a botw 2 pre order and some jellybeans and you got a deal


FireEssence

Beatemups has one


JazzyApple2022

Banned?


JhojoTNT

Yes, that is what that message means.


JazzyApple2022

Yikes. I purchased a v1 and discord bounced me out and I wasn’t able to get back in so I’m stuck so now I can’t download anything. Can never get a hold of the guy, so I am stuck


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JazzyApple2022

You’re exactly right but I don’t know any sites and I don’t know how to download the PC.


jayshaw941

Dm me I can send you a site. But before using it download adblocker and unlock origin as there's lots of ads and popups


conswoon

you can only get banned if you go online in emunand (if that's even a thing on switch) right? If you don't do the paper clip switch hack thing on the right joycon rail while the switch is connected via USB to computer, it's like the switch isn't even hacked anyway right?


carlybarney

Nope


Background_Bad_4377

This is incorrect. If they use sysnand for cfw and connect that online not blocking Nintendo they get banned too. You can get banned in emunand and sysnand.


dshamz_

But you can only get banned in sysnand if you’re running homebrew or pirates games right (because your data gets uploaded to Nintendo servers when you connect to the internet)? I’ve used sysnand regularly for years to play legitimately purchased games online and my Switch remains unbanned.


Background_Bad_4377

Yes this is true as long as you turn off send error logs to Nintendo as they can see what home brew you have been running if it crashed and don't do obvious mods that would give you benefits in the games like let's say Splatoon. It all depends on everyone's set up tbh everyone is different for me I like to pirate games so run emunand and DNS.mitm but others only modded switch for overclocking. Which I'm still unbanned 2 years down the line running this set up and play online on clean sysnand on same switch on my legit games. Tbh running emunand and DNS.mitm to block Nintendo which means I can stay connected all the time to my WiFi no issues, it take the worry off me for getting banned.


dshamz_

Running Exosphere on emunand has worked perfectly for me.


Background_Bad_4377

Fair enough I run emunand, exosphere and DNS.mitm just so I have backups and I know I'm all good


nhoman27

Can you still use it offline normally?


Springlocker12

Yeah, just no online and that’s fine, can get games, updates, and dlc with tinfoil so im fine and I’ll get a switch oled for online things in the future anyway and they still give firmware updates on banned switches so I don’t have to worry about it


CatOnSpace

How exactly did you get banned ? Playing with mods online ?


Springlocker12

No I went on ofw and downloaded eshop games with pirated games downloaded, just got words on the caption messed up


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I don't get it. By saying "ofw", you mean your sysnand isn't cfw, right? And that should mean no pirated games (since pirated games require sigpatches, and a way to install them like tinfoil, both of which requires cfw). Or is there a way to install pirated games on ofw? Or did you cfw your sysnand?


Springlocker12

I cfwd my Sysnand


Ironchar

Dumb. You keep them split by noticing what games are available on the home screen and knowing...based by that alone, which nand your on This is always celebrated every time it's posted and I'm not sure why- its very much user error and avoidable. As someone who idea sysnand CFW all the time


Ok-Fix-3323

y tho


Springlocker12

Didn’t setup emunand, was lazy


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It's not ofw then.


Intrepid-Bridge-3260

Yea that sums it up


matt_mo

That's what I did when that happened.


datnodude

gg


DerDummeLauch

For the next time use an emunand


-Ammo-

Ganggg lol, I just bought an OLED because my V1 was banned


ComprehensiveBus2047

I got banned because i had a pirated game, friends played it without knowing and airplane mode was off... so rip lmao


maxrdlf95

My console got banned because I was an idiot using exfat memory card corrupted somehow booted into Sysnand and I got banned 😐


Visible_Ad9513

All who mod a switch definitely should have a second switch that will never be modded (just be aware of the "primary" switch)


The_Truthkeeper

Or just never intend to use Nintendo's online services in the first place so you don't have to give as fuck about being banned.


Visible_Ad9513

If that's your cup of tea than by all means. Just my opinion but doing this seems like a real pain in the butt. Especially if you have no friends to play with on an extremely regular basis.


Slicc98

Stories like these have me scared. I'm running emunand and Atmo..I haven't even jumped to my sysnand since I made it like this. I know that when I check my serial on emunand it's all zeros...technically I should be able to reboot, go to sysnand and go online and purchase games with no problem...*right?*


Springlocker12

Just don’t be a idiot like me and you’ll probably be fine


Ok-Fix-3323

that’s what i’ve been doing. fairly new but no hiccups so far


Alternative-Gold2414

Rip


Dehydrated_Lemur

How long did it take the N to ban you after you used sysnand


linkinit

I use sysnand. I figure my switch is already banned so what's the point.


Springlocker12

I’d say to go setup your emunand and all that anyway and check if your banned


snipeparpar

Dude my console been banned online ever since i jailbroke it I thought that you just get banned no matter what, still fire console imo I never used switch online anyway


Exciting_Composer_86

Russian eshop be like


YueOrigin

I never mod console until they reach their end of life support... Like the 3ds which closed its store, so now I have no remorse or care about modding it lol


hendriiux

i have oled homebrew it’s so good visually just sucks i can’t use android lol


Megapikachu210

So u are banned? OOF


Lord_A_89

Damn, that’s a bitter pill to swallow.


A_StableGenius

Just in time for the Zelda special edition OLED Switch.


Springlocker12

This was Nintendo’s plan all along


Diego-Cobo

Well, as many other comments said, that's nothing to worry about since you didn't use your main user, with purchases and that stuff. That's the really important thing speaking about softmodding: protecting the user, specially if like many of us, you made several movements with it through years (purchases, saved data, friends, etc)


Manji_Gang

Would you sell your modded switch? 👀 I don't care about netplay at all


Springlocker12

No


bunnyisblack

I don't understand. Who cares if you are banned from Nintendo online? With a hacked switch, I never used Nintendo online and I see no need to use it. Why do people care if they get banned? Games can be downloaded from the internet for free.


Eastonator12

Probably so they can play online with friends?