[Snuupy]

> both still require owning a hacked switch which is quite a barrier to entry

This has not been necessarily the case for years.

[azalemeth]

By which you mean that if you have a fusee-glecee (sic) compatible switch, no hardware mods are necessary beyond turning it on holding a usually inaccessible button combination, right? After that, everything is perfectly legal backup and format shifting.

[Gigachad]

Looking at the websites, both emulators claim you have to dump the system keys for them to work.

[dmonitor]

just like how they require you to dump ROMs from your legitimately owned game copies, presumably.

[eatonphil]

What are the conditions under which do you still need a hacked switch?

[TAForObvReasons]

https://github.com/Ryujinx/Ryujinx/wiki/Ryujinx-Setup-&-Conf...

> Your Switch keys and either your dumped firmware or recent game cartridge untrimmed XCI

> Your dumped Nintendo Switch games or homebrew

You don't need a hacked switch if you can find the homebrew apps / games / firmware on the internet and if you can find a donor set of keys. But that enters questionable territory

[cptcobalt]

Fortunately, it's way easier to dump keys/etc from recent eras of of consoles than consoles of old.

[mrguyorama]

How do you dump keys from newer versions of the switch that fixed the old way?