If you're playing Pokopia on Switch 2 and want to know exactly what items and environment setup you need for any Pokémon, I made a database that has all of it.

Covers 300 Pokémon across 200+ habitats. You can search by Pokémon name and it shows you which habitats they appear in and what you need to build.

Supports EN/JA/KO/ZH. Let me know if anything's missing or wrong.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/34900770

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sop32ZoiLBI

Nintendo’s new Switch 2 has been out for only a couple of days as of writing, but modders have wasted no time poking around under the hood. On June 5, developer and security researcher David Buchanan (@retr0_id on Bluesky) shared footage of a successful framebuffer graphics demo running on the console through a userland Return-Oriented Programming (ROP) exploit. For reference, it's a technique that doesn't involve native code execution, but still manages to draw graphics directly to the screen. In this context, "userland" (or "user space") refers to code that runs outside the kernel, meaning it doesn’t have full system privileges or direct hardware access.

"This has no practical purpose and I can’t prove I’m not just like, playing a YouTube video or something," Buchanan joked. However, fellow devs and modders were also quick to confirm its legitimacy - and to express concern that Nintendo will likely patch this quickly, making it viable only on early production units.

https://bsky.app/profile/retr0.id/post/3lqtwrndzf22w

Obviously this doesn’t mean much for now. But it’s cool to see that people are already beginning to tinker with the system.

Anyone have any experience with this? I recently undocked my Switch for the first time in a while and found the battery was significantly swollen. I've powered it down but I want to replace it.

iFixit has a kit that seems good but there's others online for half the price. How risky would buying the cheaper one be?

Thanks

Edit: went with iFixit and it was a success!

Jeff Grubb confirming. It's a 2-step reveal. On the 16th will be almost 100% hardware with little to say about software. It's expected to launch by summer.

If you are in Canada and looking for someone to install a mod chip for you, I'd recommend reaching out to u/De9ed0 on Reddit. They are super friendly, professional, and they respond quickly. I just got my switch back from them and it works great.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/28549378

(MAJOR UPDATE: ONLY 10 HRS REMAIN BEFORE SHUT DOWN AT TIME OF WRITING THIS UPDATE)

Hello everyone. For everyone who owns a 3DS, 2DS, or even a Wii U, I'm sharing this out to as many places I can think of, where the awareness can make an impact. Please read if you own a 3DS or Wii U at all, or know anybody who does:

The SpotPass servers by Nintendo will be shutting down on April 8th, 2024 (4PM PDT). The SpotPass Archival Project has been created by the 3DS and Wii U Homebrew modding community, to make sure as much SpotPass data as humanly possible is preserved for the foreseeable future and not lost forever in the coming few days. A huge amount of SpotPass content is essentially free DLC for various games and apps, and they could have been installed without your knowledge. They are not required for most games to play, but without their archival, many games will lose DLC content permanently and some features may no longer work. This archival project can only be made possible by the donations of any individuals owning a 3DS or Wii U (not a donation of money, but rather a donation of SpotPass data stored on your system)

This data can only be collected before April 8th. Any and all dumps made or sent after the end-date will be useless due to the nature of how the archive process works. The dump does not require you to have a modded or Homebrewed console, and can be done completely unmodded. All you need extra as an unmodded user, is a PC or laptop. There is also zero risk of having your console banned; so rest assured. The guides can be found here: https://spotpassarchive.github.io/#guides.

Update: For those who can't recall the difference, what we're archiving here is SpotPass, not StreetPass. The difference between the two are: StreetPass: Is a 3DS exclusive offline wireless tech which connects your 3DS to other systems and shares various bits of data with random people you pass on the street (in the real world). For example, in the game StreetPass Mii Plaza, the data sent to random passers are your Mii, along with your most recently played game, and your Mii can be played with in the various minigames that StreetPass Mii Plaza offers, and vice versa. SpotPass: Is an online wireless tech available on both the 3DS and Wii U. Unlike StreetPass, it does not connect to other 3DS systems directly, but rather connects to Nintendo's SpotPass servers online. The data sent could be anything from notifications, to in-game content. This is what we're archiving; not StreetPass data. Streetpass is not an online service, and thus does not lose content after April 8th; but SpotPass data will be lost after the 8th if it's not archived. Wikipedia article.

Even if you make the dump before April 8, and send it to them afterwards, the dump will be useless regardless, this is why we are frantically trying to spread the word about the project as quickly as possible, as there is a lot of data that is still going to go away permanently regardless of the efforts of this project. The data is stored offline locally on your 3DS and Wii U, so you may be confused as to why you can't just make the dump after the date. For a better explanation, here is a Discord message from the official Discord server which explains things. I am not a developer of the project, I'm just someone who is passionate about gaming and technology preservation, and wants to get this out there, and the 3DS was a wonderful part of my late childhood.

The data is going to be used by the developers to put towards developing a replacement for the SpotPass network, similar to what was done by the Homebrew community who created the Nintendo Network replacement, dubbed "Pretendo Network".

Even if you don't think you have much data on your system, please help dump it towards the archive as soon as possible (within the next couple of days), because you likely have some things you don't know about. The process does not require a modded console at all, and the official site here, has instructions for both users of modded consoles, and users of unmodded consoles. You can ask for help in the official Discord server of the project here and people will be very willing to help.

There are also many many niche, lesser known games, which have absolutely no data archived for them still to this day, so any help archiving them is vital. Thanks for reading, and I ask you to also share this out to as many people as you possibly can. Even if you don't own a 3DS or Wii U, please share this out to anyone you know who owns one, or even those whom you suspect might have one.

Edit: added some extra information, removed some no longer relevant information, fixed some typos, improved some wording slightly.