5 Mods Nintendo wishes were Illegal

Nintendo makes GREAT games, and bad decisions. With one of the most aggressive stances on piracy and homebrew, we’ve seen them come after gamers time and time again. It’s time to equip you with the tools to fight back with these console mods that will free you from their archaic limitations, and allow you to unlock the true potential of the machines you paid good money for. HDMI upgrades, Type C power, Migswitch, JAILBREAKING - and MORE!

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Hack your Switch... sorta.
0:58 The Migswitch is GREAT, but...
2:48 You need to mod your WiiU
4:32 Wii are very serious
6:58 Speaking of the GAMECUBE!
8:26 You don't need an N64, use this instead

[LinusTechTips]

Small correction: at 8:00 we erroneously use the "greater than" symbol instead of the "lesser than" one we should have used on screen.

[me.unpredictable]

Just found out my girl tried to violate Nintendo's intellectual property rights by making a fan game...I think I'm gonna be sick..

[gloeckle]

"... if Nintendo Hardware was the best and smoothest way to experience Neintendo software, switch emulation on handheld PCs wouldn't seem like such a threat." Who wrote that sentence? David? I salute you! 👊

[GVG]

Thanks for including us! We love seeing gaming content on LTT!

[RexCognitionis]

Nintento's "Sorry, not sorry" attitude really hit me when I was working in retail. The day Nintendo announced they were discontinuing the Wii U and no longer going to sell it, it was pulled from my store's shelves. That was despite having roughly 70 in stock. Talk about "end of support."

[ncrshane]

"Mods can significantly increase the life of games you own" said as I have software crunching away at LODs for Skyrim LE in the background while I watch this. 13 years later and I still enjoy the heck out of Skyrim thanks to a lot of mods, and some mild frustration getting them to behave of course.

[tipoomaster]

Nintendo has 5, 501 employees and 4999 are lawyers. They might hire one more engine designer next year for Switch 2. This won't go down well.

[Mawfu]

Garnished his prison wage, that is super fucked

[anon_y_mousse]

If they sold ROM's of all of their back catalogue of games and had good emulators available for free on the Switch, hardly anyone would pirate. Just imagine going to their online store and picking up a copy of SMB[1-3] for a buck apiece and just playing them without any modding or copying needed.

[CByers-lhzq]

I loved the wink @1:49 - "did he actually wink? did he get something in his eye?" the world may never know... 😉

[CragScrambler]

Here's another problem which I've experienced first hand, I bought a second copy of mariokart online for my sons Switch and after playing his console was banned, after reaching out to nintendo support they told us the reason, and despite providing them with the ebay receipt of sale ect it fell on deaf ears.
I reached out to the ebay seller, and they accepted the return who wanted to send out another copy of the game, but asked for a refund instead.

So it's buyer beware when buying secondhand games online now I guess.

[jimmynuetron]

The only thing better than Nintendo console mods are *Nintendo's lawyers*

[julioiglesias]

"piracy is an accessibility issue" looking at the general places where piracy is king (3rd world countries or countries with severe restrictions) the main issue is that people can't get their hands on official hardware/software, or it's just too expensive. in South America, where 1 USD is worth anywhere between 3-10 times the local currency, it doesn't make sense to buy 70 USD games, it's just way too overpriced for the local market.

[A_Hat]

I can’t wait for Nintendo to have their “Steamboat Willy” moment in 80 years

Edit: 80 years is just a random guess idk the copyright laws

[doomslayerdave]

Nintendo shuts down Vimm's Lair and LTT comes out of the gate swinging...

Full on Rage Against the Machine mode.

[snowjackson]

Seeing LTT dabble in console gaming and CRTs is honestly a good way to increase the fan base of retro, and hopefully one day we can get fresh CRTs from a boutique manufacturer.

[IdealIdeas]

Nintendo absolutely hates it when their fans make their games run and look better than they can

[dakshverma]

Nintendo's anti-mod strategy: trying to catch up with modders.

When your console mods make Nintendo nervous, you know you're onto something good.

[bengoacher]

The last point was the most critical. We want to pay for games, we just don't want to be taken to the cleaners for doing so.

If you provide an affordable and convenient shopping experience, then piracy will stop. But if you over charge gamers, put in restrictive EULA and make single player games an online only subscription service then we will turn to Piracy.

Just as with most things, the best solution is a compromise between games companies and gamers.

[Mike-cukj]

10:27 I want that video. Also would love a mega build of all the major available consoles built using that MisterFPGA tool. I'd be cool to see it in your house with a plug and play form factor. Might be hard to get ads for it though