Nintendo Switch 2 jailbreaking is here, with homebrew, modding, and reverse engineering
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The big picture: AI coding has unleashed a new wave of decompilations and jailbreaks, largely centered on video games. Modders cracked almost every PlayStation 5 firmware version a few weeks ago, and the Nintendo Switch 2 is next. The phenomenon could lead to a repeat of the original Switch's piracy problem, but Nintendo has already responded.
The Nintendo Switch 2's first public jailbreak is now in the wild. Unfortunately, anyone who hasn't already bought the coding tool SmileBASIC 4 for the Switch is out of luck, as it has already disappeared from the Nintendo eShop.
Researcher and modder Sammy Hajhamid successfullycracked Switch 2 firmware version 23.0.1, ran homebrew software, accessed most of the device's peripherals, and backed up save files. He demonstrated his progress with footage of a modded version...
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