Kirby Air Riders on Switch 2 is now on Version 1.3.4 after Nintendo pushed a fresh patch this week. The update is mostly housekeeping: a batch of bug fixes plus several miscellaneous gameplay fixes, and it arrives alongside a new in-game event that has replaced the Halloween one. For a racing game, small patches like this can matter more than they sound.
The largest manufacturer of chips for both the Nintendo Switch 1 and Switch 2 has officially exited the ROM business. This move is expected to complicate Nintendo's ability to produce game cartridges for its hybrid consoles.
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A modder known as Sammy Hajhamid, or pepsipu, has reportedly jailbroken the Nintendo Switch 2 using a method called ns2jb. The jailbreak was reportedly helped by OpenAI's Codex tool. A custom version of Mario Kart World was shown running on the hacked console, featuring new playable characters including Cinnamoroll, the red Angry Bird, Peter Griffin, and Steve from Minecraft. This demonstrate…
A developer named Sammy 'pepsipu' Hajhamid, assisted by OpenAI's Codex, claims to have built a software-only tethered jailbreak called 'ns2jb' for the Switch 2. Nintendo has reportedly delisted the programming software SmileBASIC 4 from the eShop following the supposed discovery. Whether this is a genuine vulnerability or a premature claim, the move indicates Nintendo is r…