wraggster
August 21st, 2019, 17:53
SciresM doesn’t believe newer Switch units (codenamed “Mariko” will see the ability to run Atmosphere, according to a quote from his livestream earlier this month (https://www.twitch.tv/videos/465835193):
“It will surprise me if we manage to hack Mariko. Our hacking Mariko is not something that I’d expect. I expect that we will glitch it and get the keys but I am not expecting for users to have the ability to run Atmosphere on Mariko. If we can, that would be awesome, but I don’t think we will.”
The Nintendo Switch got hacked “beyond repair” last year when hackers released Fusee Gelee (http://wololo.net/2018/04/24/nintendo-switch-ktemkin-releases-fusee-gelee-exploit-chain-compatible-firmwares-writeup/), a hack relying on hardware flaws of the device (specifically its Nvidia SoC). Software updates are not possible to patch this issue, and it was known that only a hardware revision would prevent hacking the console.
The original unpatched models are set to become even more rare, with the increasing presence of Mariko & the release of the upcoming Nintendo Switch Lite (https://amzn.to/2ZpShSQ). For those who haven’t bought a Switch yet and expect to grab an unpatched version, it appears checking the serial number (https://ismyswitchpatched.com/) on the box remains a semi-valid way of knowing what you buy today.
http://wololo.net/2019/08/21/sciresm-doesnt-believe-newer-switch-units-will-see-atmosphere/
“It will surprise me if we manage to hack Mariko. Our hacking Mariko is not something that I’d expect. I expect that we will glitch it and get the keys but I am not expecting for users to have the ability to run Atmosphere on Mariko. If we can, that would be awesome, but I don’t think we will.”
The Nintendo Switch got hacked “beyond repair” last year when hackers released Fusee Gelee (http://wololo.net/2018/04/24/nintendo-switch-ktemkin-releases-fusee-gelee-exploit-chain-compatible-firmwares-writeup/), a hack relying on hardware flaws of the device (specifically its Nvidia SoC). Software updates are not possible to patch this issue, and it was known that only a hardware revision would prevent hacking the console.
The original unpatched models are set to become even more rare, with the increasing presence of Mariko & the release of the upcoming Nintendo Switch Lite (https://amzn.to/2ZpShSQ). For those who haven’t bought a Switch yet and expect to grab an unpatched version, it appears checking the serial number (https://ismyswitchpatched.com/) on the box remains a semi-valid way of knowing what you buy today.
http://wololo.net/2019/08/21/sciresm-doesnt-believe-newer-switch-units-will-see-atmosphere/