I hope Nintendo doesn’t implement something that forces you to check every game (including cartridges) against a server, because that will ruin cartridges forever. Or simply remove cartridges in the next console and everything is a digital download. They’re not fans of these kind of devices… :/
Edit: The card looks cool, though…Which is why this flashcart is saying “don’t go online unless you’re using your own backups”. This cart spoofs the unique signature and such to the console. If you download mario kart 8 from a torrent and run it here, you’ll trip Nintendo’s copy detection. If you go to a gamestop and buy a used mario kart 8, then back it up to this thing and return the cart to the gamestop… Well one of two things happens.
1: Nintendo’s system is manually managed and Nintendo checks cartridge certs against a known dataset of pirated copies. You can now play pirated Mk8 online because of your valid cert that doesn’t match any known dumps.
2: Nintendo’s system is automated and will permanently ban anyone online with a given cert in two consoles at once. You can now play pirated Mk8 online until someone else goes to the gamestop, buys the cart you used, and tries to play online at the same time as you. Now you and the guy that bought the used game are perma’d.
I guess they learned a lesson from R4… So, they just need to have a DB of IDs tied to IPs. If an ID starts repeating a lot with different IPs (distributed around the world), they can clearly block at will. These kind of developments may be difficult to keep alive, then. Well, caveat emptor, I guess.
They 100% will and probably are already prepared to do that the day it starts shipping. DSi flashcards were a cat and mouse game, Nintendo kept updating the firmware to block them, and the hackers kept releasing new cards. This went on until DSi hit EOL
This makes me think it’ll be difficult, and inconvenient to use these type of cards. Companies actually know when you’re misusing an ID (see Apple with Beeper Mini), and act accordingly. Unless there’s a way to play disconnected from the internet (and you don’t update your console), it’ll be a pita to keep these type of card from being blocked.
All carts have certificates with them and they are already actively checked. Going connected with any invalid xci cert would put you on the list to be eventually banned barring having console specific identification hidden.
Uhh that’s nice.
Even better if the same concept could work on Nintendo’s next gen coming upIt could, but there’s a reason it took almost 7 years to get this in a working state
Nice
