Customer support are undoing these bans quite quickly, so your console won't be permanently bricked if you buy a cartridge from a bad actor, but it still makes resales riskier than ever. Nintendo is ...

A Nintendo Switch 2 user faced a dramatic ban from online services this week for playing second-hand Nintendo Switch 1 games ...

Gamers have long turned to the secondhand market to find good deals on video games. But Nintendo is now punishing some lucky ...

Nintendo is banning Switch 2 users for piracy, ... using a Nintendo console or cartridge in any way other than intended will earn you a ban. Unfortunately, that includes any game preservation efforts.

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. "I tried ...

Nintendo's ability to ban Switch 2 consoles from accessing all online features has come under fire from Brazil's consumer rights watchdog, which has now launched a legal challenge.

Reddit user SquareSphere explained in a recent post that his Nintendo Switch 2 was banned after he tried his MIG Switch in the new console and attempted to download an update.

At your own risk. Despite that "guarantee," Mig Flash users are now reporting that even running personal game backups on their own Switch 2 units has been enough to lead to a device-level ban from ...