The Nintendo Switch 2 is only a few weeks old, and already, there are owners reporting bans from Nintendo. This probably isn’t an issue that many thought they would find themselves in this early on, ...

Nintendo is cracking down hard on game piracy, but this is accidentally affecting people who own legitimate, secondhand Switch 1 game cartridges. So if you bought a secondhand cartridge, even from ...

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Nintendo’s strict anti-piracy policies have resulted in legal action taken by Procon-SP, a consumer watchdog group based in Brazil. A clause in the company’s user agreement allows Nintendo to ban ...

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The original Nintendo Switch had such a massive piracy problem, hackers were able to play new first-party games weeks before they were available to the public. Since its release in early June, hackers ...

Nintendo has reportedly banned Switch 2 players from using its online services after using the MIG Switch, a flash cartridge that can store pirated game files. As reported by Kotaku, Nintendo had made ...

Reports have recently emerged online about Nintendo Switch 2 users being banned, causing concern among players. These bans appeared to happen just by using pre-owned Switch 1 games, but there’s a ...

Nintendo is incredibly aggressive when it comes to defending its intellectual property and stamping out piracy. The company has managed to get Switch emulators shutdown, and is now able to detect and ...

Switch 2 users are getting banned just weeks after launch, and not for piracy. Simply inserting a MiG Switch cartridge, even with legit game backups, is enough to trigger Nintendo’s wrath. As of now, ...