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You might have to be extra careful who you buy your used Nintendo Switch game cards from if you don't want to get mistakenly banned. A Nintendo Switch 2 owner posted on Reddit that they got banned ...
Gamers have long turned to the secondhand market to find good deals on video games. But Nintendo is now punishing some lucky ...
A Nintendo Switch 2 user reported a temporary ban after using preowned Switch 1 game cards bought from Facebook Marketplace.
This has to be the strangest account of a Switch 2 ban, but Nintendo is apparently going to work with the user and have the console unbanned. It wasn't the username that caused the ban.
Nintendo's aggressive anti-piracy protocols are drawing new attention after a new Switch 2 owner found their console banned ...
Dodgy cartridge labels have been a thing since the Game Boy and NES, and it's still the best way to sniff out a fake Switch 2 ...
Nintendo is cracking down heavily on bans for Nintendo Switch 2 users. The first wave, which made many consoles unusable by disconnecting them from it. Monday, July 14 2025 . Breaking News.
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 ...
The MIG Switch is a flash cartridge that stores and plays copied Nintendo Switch 1 games — something Nintendo itself takes a dim view on, even as many users of the device claim they're just playing ...
On reddit, another user claimed they had only tried a MIG Switch in their Switch 2 console once, to play a legitimately backed up game they owned, before receiving Nintendo's online ban.
Switch 2 users are reporting getting banned from Nintendo Switch Online after patching game cartridges they purchased on ...
Switch 2 permabans are so permanent that not even Nintendo itself can overturn them, as one user named 'Twink Link' discovered to their horror News By Issy van der Velde published 27 June 2025 ...