Nintendo has uploaded the latest version of its switch Firmware on corporate servers, and hackers have already studied the changes.
As revealed on Reddit, the changes are fairly minor and relate almost exclusively to the upcoming Nintendo Switch Online service. The slogan for this service is apparently “More Games. More features. More fun.”
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One of the fun features mentioned above is support for cloud saved games. Anyone paying the £20 per year feature can back up their saved data to the cloud, which in practice looks like this:
The fact that the update primarily relates to the online service is not surprising. Nintendo has already announced that the Switch Online service will launch in September, so it’s only natural to get the millions of Switch consoles out there ready for the big reveal.
Aside from cloud saves, we are to expect old NES games remastered for online multiplayer, as well as the ability to continue playing the titles that already support online gaming.
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Unfortunately, there is precious little there that has nothing to do with the upcoming online features. There are a number of new icons in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. Two from Captain himself, two from Toadette, one from Wingo and one from Draggadon. There are also new controller icons for the NES and SNES.
Aren’t the Nintendo Switch controllers cool? pic.twitter.com/MFtTtR1kRZ
— Eman Cisab (@shadowninja108) August 31, 2018
That being said, it just seems like security measures designed to protect the Switch from hacks that could leave it open to piracy and homebrew software.
Suffice it to say that many users were hoping for a little more. “Just give us damn folders,” reads a comment on the Reddit thread. “Honestly Nintendo, how freaking hard is it to add folders?”
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