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Talented hackers have long been stimulating Nintendo's consoles past their
sell-by dates. Armed with in-game exploits, the home-brew community steadfastly triumph-over updates to release unofficial emulators and apps for the Wii, Wii U, and 3DS. But, the question is, Is Nintendo's latest console as hackable as its antecedent? A lot of enthusiasts have been tinkering away for months to solve that question,
and they've now made a substantial development. As the Wololo home-brew community notes, an update to the Pegaswitch toolkit
allows for the Switch to be prepared for home-brew on firmware 3.0.0. using a
copy of Pokken Tournament DX.
As
always, there's a (large) caveat: in view of how current the Pegaswitch news is, there are no available home-brew apps and games for now. It all boils down
to the commitment of the developers, whether they are in support of home-brew on 3.0.0 or not.
-- the people behind the RetroArch emulator said they're on committed, which
could prove a jumping off point for other modders. There's also the chance that
the exploit may cause the resale price of Pokken Tournament DX to balloon (as we've seen with past titles) if Switch home-brew catches
on. But, if you've already auto-updated, none of the above applies to you anyway.
Nintendo,
which has been cautious of hacks permitting piracy will be hoping that Super Mario Odyssey is enough of a reason for you to give-up home-brew, for now.
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