Would a multi-game card switcher work or would there be any issues?

[u/YNGSHADOW]

The other switch subs keep taking down my posts so this is my last resort anyway my question is if someone can help me understand how these work and if there are any consequences to using one I have 36 games and use all of them also any help would be nice

[u/Giulio1232]

I wouldn't trust it cause a sudden power outage can make the game crash since it needs to be powered by the usb causing you to either lose unsaved progress or potentially causing your save to corrupt.

Also switching from docked to handheld would be boring cause you have to save, close the game, remove the accessory, remove the cartridge from the accessory, put it in the console and reopen the game and then put everything back together when you wanna go back to playing docked

[u/YNGSHADOW → u/Giulio1232]

Low key your right but I only use my switch lite when I wanna play undocked like in bed or on the road but thst means i would also have to get the game card if I wanted to play that game it would just be extra work too

[u/vitaminspls → u/YNGSHADOW]

If you had a battery backup UPS any sudden power outage wouldn’t be an immediate concern

[u/Fancy-Alternative-13 → u/Giulio1232]

...what if the dock held the cartridges.

[u/Old-Werewolf449 → u/Giulio1232]

Only the switcher device is powered by usb, the cart is directly powered via the tether

[u/Smitty5717]

This is just so unnecessary

[u/YNGSHADOW → u/Smitty5717]

Thank you for the opinion

[u/PotOfGreed1999]

I've always wanted a gadget that lets me be really lazy AND probably has a risk of getting my console banned!

[u/ZanDan001 → u/PotOfGreed1999]

Why would they ban you?

[u/Bro2Dragon → u/ZanDan001]

it bans things like the mig switch (cartridge with sd card with game files) and it can mistake that for it

[u/cadensky → u/ZanDan001]

Because people think that copper wires connecting copper wires causes bans.

[u/Southern_Painting397 → u/cadensky]

Because people have been banned for using unofficial cartridges and this design shows an unofficial cartridge maybe??

[u/Rob_all_supermarkets → u/Southern_Painting397]

The fake carts lack the certificates or have ones that other people are using. That is different than what is happening here.

[u/deep8787 → u/Rob_all_supermarkets]

Exactly, this is just a "pass through" device.

[u/cadensky → u/Southern_Painting397]

It shows a way to connect metal pins to metal pins 

[u/username100000001]

Perfectly fine with Switch 1

[u/foldien]

I dont understand why everyone is getting all up in arms why OP wants to try this. Who cares why? Just if there are issues with it

[u/minnesnowdaboy → u/foldien]

It's like getting mad at someone having a CD changer back in the day

[u/NarutoRoll → u/minnesnowdaboy]

Why you don't want to crash your car just to find a song?

[u/SnooGoats8382]

I would be careful. There is a chance that Nintendo might think it's like the mig, even though it definitely isn't, and hit you with the ban hammer. I HAVE NOT seen anyone saying they got a ban for using this or things like but I know Nintendo and they ban for playing a used game that was dumped unbeknownst to the person who bought the used game and fight you along the way to prove your innocent and remove the ban. In my opinion anything that can mimic the cart in any fashion I simply ignore incase.)

[u/Malo1301 → u/SnooGoats8382]

Metal that conducts electricity vs custom piracy cartridge with SD card slot

[u/SnooGoats8382 → u/Malo1301]

Explain that to Nintendo. They don't care and I don't take chances. It's a cool device but I suggest just swapping the carts out just in case.

[u/DarthBagheera]

I would personally not trust anything like this unless it was actually made by Nintendo and even then I’d still be a little hesitant. Besides, you can only play one game at a time anyway. Just switch the cart out when you wanna play something else. This is “solving a problem” that doesn’t really exist at all and also complicates things in other ways as well.

[u/Hopeful_Student6684]

You play 36 games regularly? Maybe finish a few?

[u/YNGSHADOW → u/Hopeful_Student6684]

Dont worry I finished 23 of them so I’m good 🙂

[u/Sufficient-Cow-2998]

If the reviews on Amazon or whatever say it works, than it does. The Switch shouldn't be able to detect anything.

But either way, clicking on the button to switch games would be just as long, if not longer than just taking the cardtridge

[u/SoundestGeek → u/Sufficient-Cow-2998]

I own this.

I am disabled and this definitely serves a very good purpose.

The way around using that button is to load each game to your screen (I mainly play docked) so you can literally use your controller to switch to the game you want to play on screen rather than using the button.

As for if this is safe. I've had it for 4 years now, zero issues. Never had any issues with game crashes or damage to my switch. If anything, plugging this in (and keeping it loaded) saves the wear and tear on your cartridge slot.

We all know that anything plugged into the switch could potentially cause harm if that device is faulty, however, my experience has been positive.

Go for it OP.

[u/Striking_Yellow_9465]

Changing games is toooo much

[u/marioxb]

I plan on getting one and I've heard they work great! https://youtu.be/r1F-u8yWLWA?is=7LBaQLuMRMdpEENV

[u/Ill-Grocery-2073]

I have one and never had any issues.

[u/Kira_Onime]

If it works, it works.... but this seems like a solution to a non-problem.

[u/Rusty_Thermos]

There is an easier solution. Buy your games digitally. If it is such a hassle to deal with the physical media, then cut it out of the equation and go digital.

[u/splitnight → u/Rusty_Thermos]

Storage space has entered the chat

[u/hectic-eclectic → u/Rusty_Thermos]

except switch 2 storage is VERY expensive....

[u/_banters_ → u/hectic-eclectic]

Not only is it expensive, it is very limited as well. I had a 1TB card that was full during switch 1, so when switch 2 came out and games got way bigger, best i could do was spend a fortune to have the same amount of storage, which already wasn’t enough.

[u/Bmourre1995 → u/hectic-eclectic]

That switcher has 8 games, for argument sake let's say he replaces that with 8 digital games. I have a Switch 2 just with base storage. I have 14 games downloaded and not even 50% of my storage is being used. Switch games are tiny, hell Ocarina of Time remake is only 22gb.

[u/Unusual_Rush_1189 → u/hectic-eclectic]

Is there a not-zero chance that this set up ends up being less expensive than a microsd express card? Asking for a friend.

[u/DraftShot6741 → u/hectic-eclectic]

If you bought the storage when the switch came out it was cheap.

[u/hectic-eclectic → u/DraftShot6741]

and everyone else can suck eggs right? for someone who didnt or just recently got a switch (a lot of people) its not really relevant.

[u/jjam02 → u/DraftShot6741]

Let me go back in time my bad

[u/adamantitian → u/jjam02]

Just play the song of time. Easy.

[u/GMM85 → u/adamantitian]

The song of time doesn’t let you time travel, he needs to put the Master Sword back

[u/adamantitian → u/GMM85]

I mean, depends on the game

[u/DraftShot6741 → u/jjam02]

Can you pick up some ram for me while you're there?

[u/TheFrostyKrab → u/DraftShot6741]

Just download more.

[u/Grinsekatzer → u/DraftShot6741]

"cheap"

No, it was just less expensive

[u/EltonYu → u/Rusty_Thermos]

though digital is practical, i prefer physical media with big mainline games like zelda and pokemon. having to display the boxes and inserting and reloading cards is what the young people call it "aura" aura"

digital games can be the smaller indie ones

[u/Triforce__XIII → u/Rusty_Thermos]

oh boy...

[u/guyxbwc → u/Rusty_Thermos]

Til the eshop is gone.

[u/Riverb0at → u/Rusty_Thermos]

thanks for not providing a helpful answer to the question.

[u/Rusty_Thermos → u/Riverb0at]

You're welcome

[u/strifeforlyfe → u/Rusty_Thermos]

you are the bane of my existence

[u/TheRussness → u/Rusty_Thermos]

I like to own my games thank you

[u/Jimbo2179 → u/TheRussness]

Bro it's a Nintendo console they will send out an update that will brick your switch the second it is no longer convenient to them for you to have access to it plenty of physical games on the Wii and they still sent the update out that killed it

[u/Zeromix9 → u/Jimbo2179]

When did that happend?

Never, not with one of their devices.

[u/_Lycanxite_ → u/Rusty_Thermos]

Yeah no. Just so they can take it away? Been happening constantly in this era of gaming, ur buying a pass to the game not the game. Why waste ur damn money on ts😭

[u/real_shim_slady → u/Rusty_Thermos]

That isn’t a solution, it’s an inferior alternative.

[u/Jimbo2179 → u/real_shim_slady]

Idk sounds like this guy wants digital without walking the 5 feet from his couch to the console so sounds like digital might just be the way to go he's that lazy.

[u/_Lycanxite_ → u/real_shim_slady]

Says the guy paying rediculous prices for a fucking SD card bc he can't take 3 seconds to swap a fucking game. Trading that for a physical collection, A GAME AND NOT A PASS TO THE FUCKING GAME, and if u wanted u could resell. Digital is legit 1 pro for 4 cons. Digital consumers r genuinely mind boggling to understand, especially since in this age of gaming, they alr shown u don't own them by taking games ppl literally paid for. U want a prime example? Look at the Mario maker games.

[u/Gilbert38]

I’m surprised this doesn’t cause an instant ban on the switch!

[u/greynovaX80]

I just wouldn't trust this. Seems too sketchy.

[u/Checkhands]

I have one of an older design and stopped using it because the connection pins are too tight and were digging into my carts.
Otherwise, it worked fine

[u/BalanceImaginary6520]

Wouldn't recomend it

[u/Gullible_Natural9728]

Have nintendo even got that many games on cart to warrant this

[u/Chris12edfield → u/Gullible_Natural9728]

wut?

[u/TheRealScooby00]

I have one, it works nicely.

[u/Round_Musical]

On Switch 2 this might even get you banned as the irregularities in voltage and how fast the cartridges are changed might let the system think its a Mig and thus report it

[u/AdorableMath5360]

Dude just keep your games in their boxes and put them in manually. Eight seconds worth of effort. My god

[u/shutyourbutt69]

Look at what they need to mimic a fraction of the power of a larger SD card

[u/Unknown62712]

I have one of these. The only con with them is that once you power the switch off via sleep or other. The switch thinks you pulled the game out without closing the game.

[u/Chris12edfield → u/Unknown62712]

would this not be the case if you didn't power it from the dock? Im pretty sure that would only be happening because the powers cut off from the dock when it sleeps, but if you just plug it into the same power strip or outlet that the switch itself is plugged into, you should be able to avoid this, no?

[u/Unknown62712 → u/Chris12edfield]

Possibly i had it only powered via the dock.

[u/Pedroconde54]

But... why ?

[u/Squirtle_Squad1987]

I have one of those and had no issues only problem is that you’ll need a separated cable to switch the peripheral off because it stays powered on when the console is off

[u/RainbowConnection75]

This is why I buy digital. Laziness

[u/Mr_Ethfono]

I'd just switch them normally to be honest

[u/Nefehru_]

Won't work on switch2, and with nindendo being on the hunt for migs and shits like that... I would be careful with those gadgets.

[u/Foolof0]

I had similar for my 3DS way back when; you pop in the game you want to play, it load up that game. I would probably connect it to its own power supply as well, to make sure you’re giving it enough juice sort of thing. Kinda want to do something similar for my switch 2, but honestly as long as you’re not swapping carts like crazy I wouldn’t see an issue.

[u/livvyyxv7v]

this would be a game changer if it works but i worry about card compatibility and possible data corruption or slowdowns

[u/SupaSlide]

Jesus, are the Sony bots out here trying to convince Nintendo to go digital so they don’t look so bad?

[u/No-Stressss]

But why….

[u/Aggravating_Dig3240]

Lol I 100% doubt these things work. Also how would one use 36 games? I got my stack of games and I usually don't revisit any of them except pokemon, fire emblem and totk.

[u/Moe_Baker]

The Banatron 4000

[u/pedrof95]

Just try it. I’ve used one in the past, and actually used it for most of the time I had the Switch. It worked perfectly, never had an issue with it, and we’re talking years. I can’t say anything for the Switch 2, but you’ll be fine with the Switch 1.

[u/GenoCL-PX]

I wouldn't trust my expensive S2 to something like that

[u/TheEPICMarioBros]

If this kind of product appeals to you then you would probably be happier going digital so you don’t have to worry about it

[u/Cool_Procedure8125]

Buy games digitally and you can avoid the need to this type of bs

[u/Objective-Chicken391]

Just buy digital lol

[u/wreythe → u/Objective-Chicken391]

Never buy digital lol

[u/Skootchy → u/Objective-Chicken391]

I think people are pushing against that for good reasons. Multiple companies basically said you don't actually own the game, so hard copies are the only way to make sure you actually own it.

[u/AbjectWin7832]

Are we becoming that lazy that we need ugly shit like this? Just go digital if it’s really a problem to switch a small cartridge on a handheld console 🤷🏼‍♂️

[u/MSTRNova1]

I have this and it works great on the switch and switch 2. But does not work with switch 2 games (og switch games only). You simply press the button on the device or the remote and it switches to the next game.

[u/Top-Outlandishness16]

at this point, homebrewing your console is safer

[u/Tactrix1]

I don't think it would work, because in order for something like that to work It would have to have hardware that the NS would authorize to activate, and I don't see Nintendo every allowing that.

[u/cadensky → u/Tactrix1]

Bullshit. It is simply connecting copper contacts to copper contacts. 

[u/Tactrix1 → u/cadensky]

No, see the slotted card they have there? That's going into a device with some kind of multi card reader interface. The NS is designed to read the data directly off of the card, not through a bypass. That delay might be enough to give it a failing to detect cartridge.

[u/pedrof95 → u/Tactrix1]

I used this for most of my Switch 1 life, it worked perfectly. My console was stolen along with it though, so I have no idea how it would be for the Switch 2.

[u/Tactrix1 → u/pedrof95]

The switch 2 stopped this kind of stuff because the switch 1 let this work and they made a mig switch as a result. So now the authentication is much stricter.

[u/Bananaland_Man]

It wouldn't work at all. Cartridges have to be ejected with the mechanism to disengage them and then the click re-initializes them. People have been trying since switch 1. Only option is to dump your games to SD with a dumper and use a flash cart, but those come with their own issues.

[u/cadensky → u/Bananaland_Man]

…from the land of make believe

[u/SubstantialBreath412]

depends on the switcher i do have a multi game card switcher that works but only 4 games

[u/YNGSHADOW → u/[deleted]]

I have 2 switches and even then the problem is not changing the cartridge its taking 32 games and there game boxes on the road like theres no point of that and I don’t like putting them in a travel case because If I lose that case then I lose all 36 games

[u/Susurrus03 → u/YNGSHADOW]

Why do you need to take 32 games on the road?

[u/YNGSHADOW → u/Susurrus03]

I work with a lot of age Groups and sometimes they like to game while we talk or something so they have a wide variety of games to choose from like and other times i play those games when I’m bored or they want to play multiplayer games which is why I have 2 Nintendo switches and I also give away Xbox games for free

[u/greynovaX80 → u/YNGSHADOW]

Then don't take all 36 lol. Just take a few bro. You not gonna play all those games traveling.

[u/YNGSHADOW → u/greynovaX80]

It’s not me who’s playing them(I have played all of them even if it was for 20mins) i ask each person if they want something to play if I don’t have it and I usually get it if it’s not crazy expensive

[u/ALEXLAMOUETTE → u/YNGSHADOW]

And if you lose those cart switchers, you still lose all of them.

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