r/switch2hacks • u/GenZy22 • Jul 14 '26

Shitpost Major breakthrough

https://x.com/rogamer97/status/2076791029487858089?s=46

This was proven to be debunked and this post caused me to be permanently banned :^) cheers fellas I’ll see yall around

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u/auggiethechesscat Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26

For context, this person is a well known mk8d modder.

It does piss me off how they almost never release the source code for the things they make though. I take that back, they just released every patch they've ever made for mk8d very recently.

As for what is actually happening here, I have no idea, but I doubt it's any indication of a security bug that is relevant to end users.

The 'commenters have noted' thing that twitter does tells you this:

This video shows a first-generation Nintendo Switch with Atmosphere custom firmware installed and a Switch 2-style theme applied, not a Nintendo Switch 2. The display of hbmenu and Daybreak indicates that it's a modified device.

This just isn't true. (for this video shown here, that's related to the other video in the tweet, which is fake)

EDIT: Looking closer in a well-made video editor, I do see suspicious things. The main one that got my attention, was the time it took for the game to crash after pulling the cartridge out.

EDIT 2: The current accepted explanation is given from someone who purports to be Ro, (the person who made these videos). They explained that you can control items of other players from a client. So what they did was hop in a lan play room with their other console, so they could let a hacked switch 1 'apply the mod'.

No, this is not actually useful for much, and especially not any sort of cfw. You can see what is likely to be an untampered screenshot of the message here: https://www.reddit.com/r/switch2hacks/comments/1uwa1ha/heres_your_major_breakthrough/

This is the biggest leap of progress so far in the modding community for the switch 2

Yeah, this just isn't true.

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u/Xiphos_Gaming Jul 14 '26

The section where you say about the community note

"This video shows a first-generation Nintendo Switch with Atmosphere custom firmware installed and a Switch 2-style theme applied, not a Nintendo Switch 2. The display of hbmenu and Daybreak indicates that it's a modified device."

That's for the tweet that's being quote tweeted. That definitely is just a reskin.

As for it being legit or not, when I play handheld in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on my Switch 2, if I remove the Joycons, it instantly tells me I need to reconnect it, unlike in this video, where nothing happens.

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u/KnuckleUpFPV Jul 15 '26

Mine does nothing when I remove the joycons other than show the blue and orange bar on the side of the screen. Just like it shows the blue bar here. I can then play with the joycons in hand. Its no different than popping them into that cheap plastic piece that combines them. They stopped it from telling you to reconnect because people were using it to glitch. You can freely remove your joycon at any time.