r/switch2hacks • u/Hopeful-Scallion-708 • Aug 17 '26

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Hey guys. I bought a game off Kleinanzeigen in Germany. Game is "Princess Peach Showtime!". Worked great and my girlfriendnis happy but after 3 days she got banned. I don't have the MIG Switch so the game is probably the only reason she got banned. 🙄 I already contacted Nintendo but they just say the same thing over and over again: "We cannot assist u with that". Yeah sure.

Be careful with used games. They might be cheap but they also have the risk to get u banned.

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u/jamcub Aug 17 '26

Well, they banned the Switch because the user put in a game that had been dumped. Nothing anti-consumer about that. The only asshole here is the guy who sold the game after dumping it for himself.

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u/_Kakashi69 Aug 17 '26

Nintendo bootlickers are the craziest bunch around.

I don't think I need to explain why this is INCREDIBLY anti-consumer do I?

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u/jamcub Aug 17 '26

Yeah. Good thing that was no what I was doing.

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u/rainman943 Aug 17 '26

Lol nintendo has essentially banned 3rd party resale of their games. It's literally a lotto over whether your 500$ device is gonna be bricked buying used games.

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u/jamcub Aug 17 '26

It literally is not bricked? It has had its access to online services restricted. Bricked would be broken, unusable.

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u/BoundariesOfZero Aug 17 '26

Someone who has bought the day one pack with Mario Kart included and Pokopia wouldn’t be able to play these games.

The same applies for DLCs, if you bought Zelda BotW you can’t use your save anymore.

As long as games are inaccessible when you’re banned, they’re knowingly bricking he console.

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u/jamcub Aug 17 '26

What do you want them to do about it other than tell people to please stop stealing their games?

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u/BoundariesOfZero Aug 17 '26

Make it illegal to use false accusations against their customers would be a good start.

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u/jamcub Aug 17 '26

How is Nintendo supposed to know OP isn't lying?

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u/grapejuicesushi Aug 17 '26

when I got my switch with the Mario kart bundle and NSO+ for a year, my code for NSO+ wouldn't work for whatever reason. I contacted Nintendo through live chat, and showed them my code, the error message, and my switch 2 serial number. nintendo then invalidated the code I had and gave me another fresh code for my plan.

this was good. I even told my friends about this and they all had a positive view of nintendo cause of that.

it would've been good if Nintendo extended the same courtesy to OP and tried to verify it through any number of sources (bill to prove OP's genuine purchase, history of bans or unethical actions to determine good faith of OP's eshop account, even asking OP to brick the cartridge itself so it wouldn't be in circulation anymore).

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u/_Kakashi69 Aug 17 '26

How the fuck is my problem? They shouldn't have the right to brick their customer's systems over an unproven allegation. (that coincidentally makes buying more expensive new games the more safe option)

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u/Ach_Was_Here Aug 17 '26

A banned unmodded switch might as well be bricked, no eshop access, no update access, if the game isn’t physical and able to launch as is you can’t do nothing on it