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Nintendo May Brick Modified Nintendo Switch Systems

Pirating games on your Nintendo Switch? Nintendo can render the system useless.

Nintendo is stepping up its efforts to fight piracy. As it prepares to launch the Switch 2, the video game giant has updated its user agreement, informing Switch owners that if that console is found to contain pirated games or modifications, Nintendo has the right to remotely render the system useless.

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Nintendo is allowed to brick your Switch 2 if it catches you modding it

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Nintendo warns that it can brick Switch consoles if it detects hacking, piracy

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New Nintendo EULA Says It Can Render Consoles 'Permanently Unusable' If Piracy or Modifications Are Detected

Nintendo updates its end user license agreement to say it may render consoles unusable if players modify their consoles or ...

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Nintendo can break your Switch 2 if you misbehave

Nintendo will be able to render its new Switch 2 console unusable if owners break certain ... Nintendo has previously cracked down on piracy by targeting companies and websites rather than ...

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The Solution To Nintendo’s Ineffective Battle Against Piracy Isn't Bricking People's Switches

This is what Nintendo is proposing it has the right to do to your Switch, and inevitably your Switch 2. And let’s get something else incredibly clear: Switch piracy is nothing compared to ...

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Nintendo threatens to brick Switch consoles in crackdown on emulators, hacks, and piracy

This move comes on the heels of Nintendo’s legal takedown of Yuzu, the popular Switch emulator project, which was shut down in early 2024. While the upcoming Switch 2 is reportedly backward ...

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Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy

It followed a string of moves against piracy, including the shutdown of Switch emulator Yuzu and a lawsuit against a streamer who regularly played pirated copies of Nintendo games ahead of ...

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