This issue *could* ruin Nintendo Switch collecting! Be aware!!

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This is VERY IMPORTANT, please read.

This may not affect you personally, but it’s something to keep in mind.

We have encountered this issue with several games. As shown in the picture below, the switch does an error of “a software update is required. Update data will be downloaded now”. This is not new to us. We have known this for years now. Just to go over this part really quick, If you have a game cart with version 1.0.0 and you update the game to a new patch of 1.0.2, and then you RUN the game, the switch will require that patch going forward and you will not be able to reverse to the older version unless you factory reset the switch. Again this has been known for years now.

But, there is a new factor to this that wasn’t really discussed or known until recently and we have some examples. There are games out there such as Gato Roboto, Mighty Gunvolt Burst, MushuhumeSama that have cartridge builds that don’t have patches. As an example, Gato Roboto 001 has version 1.0.6 on cart with special reserve, mighty gunvolt burst has 1.4.2 on cart thru LRG and MushuhumeSama has version 1.0.5 thru LRG. All three of these games are complete on cart and have no patches available. None.

Now, all three of these games have cartridges in other regions that have a higher version number. Gato Roboto got released thru the triple pack retail version and it now has version 1.0.7 on cart. Mighty gunvolt got released in a collection in Japan and is now version 1.4.3. MushuhumeSama got released in Japan with version 1.0.8. If you run your game with any of these new version numbers, and then try and go back and use the older cart, they will NOT work. The switch will now require the new patch. The problem?? There is no patch available as mentioned before. All games I mentioned have no new patches as of today. So the switch will then force you to use the new cartridge whether you want to or not. Your older cart will be completely useless going forward.

There is a workaround but it requires more than one switch or a full reset for the switch itself.

Again, this may not affect you. It doesn’t affect me per se but knowledge is power. And it’s better to know the info before it just randomly happens to you! Be aware!