May 17, 2025
Another thing people are whipping themselves up into a frenzy about with the Switch 2 is a recent EULA update. Nintendo has said that Switch 2 systems that are caught pirating or modding their system will have their system deactivated aka “bricked”. The common misconception is that this is just something Nintendo is doing. That it’s classic Nintendo overreaching but in reality this piracy brick clause has existed in gaming for a while now. The Xbox Original was one of the systems to do this. The Wii’s NAND can also be deleted during modding which will brick your system. The NAND is effectively the sys32 of your Wii. The Switch 1 also did this. So why do people care about this now? Anti Nintendo bias and because they think modding and pirating should just be an online ban. There are already plenty of legitimate reasons to hate on Nintendo, emulation comes to mind immediately.
The reality is that the vast majority of you won’t mod your system or pirate. This is also just a EULA update, they’re being transparent that they’re doing it now. I, of course, still don’t like this. But I’m among the majority who wouldn’t mod their system during the time that Nintendo is still supporting the hardware. I’ve hacked my Wii, Wii U, and I emulate all the time. But I only do it on no longer supported hardware because I know they might brick it otherwise. This won’t stop Pirates and Modders though, they’re always one step ahead. I can guarantee in the first year they’ll find a way around this. So I think a lot of you are just overreacting. But you should still probably wait until the Switch 2 is no longer supported before you mod it, just to save you the work and money.
I understand some people want to mod their games and I agree that it sucks that you can’t. But if you really want to mod your games you’re probably a PC owner. The resolution is simple though, just wait. Be patient. There likely won’t be any major mods for software on the Switch 2 for a long time anyway. As for hardware mods, 99% of you won’t be doing that either. But at the end of the day, if you don’t like it, don’t buy it. No one is forcing you to buy it, and the average Switch consumer won’t care about this update. Nintendo has never been a system for the power user, you shouldn’t be shocked.
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