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I never connected my Switch to the Internet ... Fire Emblem Engage installed a fucking system update from the god damn cartridge 😡

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@fuggy @djsumdog if they add a feature to the console in a later patch that a game needs to use it'll sometimes include a download on the disc/cartridge for a system update. i know the wii had a few instances of that.

but i mean, there isn't really much of a reason to NOT update the switch. if you have an old model, it doesn't matter what firmware you're on, you can still hack it (and brand new firmware gets patched for homebrew only like a day later usually). if you have a new model, your only option is to hardmod anyway so, still doesn't matter what firmware you're on.

I have an OLED and I want to keep it as low firmware as possible in case someone discovers a vulnerability

@djsumdog @fuggy could happen, i just think that there isn't too much of a drive to do so because the original mod works so well and there is already a hard mod that works really well too. nintendo also doesn't offer up payment for finding vulnerabilities like sony does. keeping your playstation on an old firmware means there is a good chance that a vulnerability will come around sooner or later but with the switch, i only really see that happening after it's not receiving updates anymore.

from the community consensus, it seems like nintendo would have to add in a vulnerability, or one would have to arise from a game (such as smashstack or indianapwns). it's possible but i wouldn't hold my breath for it, at least not any time soon.