Soon after the Nintendo Switch 2 went on sale, some users found out the hard way that Nintendo isn’t messing around this generation. The company’s software can detect when a certain type of card is used on the Switch 2 and then ban the unit from connecting to the web.
I explained before that banning a Switch 2 from connecting to the web is akin to Nintendo bricking the console. The Switch 2 will continue to work if you only want to play offline games and if you don’t try to reset it to factory settings, but if Mario Kart World is one of your favorite games to play right now, the ban will prevent you from racing with others.
The ban is irreversible, for the time being. But there have been certain developments on the matter that all Switch 2 users need to know.
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