US distributor claims Mig Flash (AKA the Mig Switch) is compatible with the Nintendo Switch 2, potentially opening the door to piracy

The Mig Flash started out as what many believed to be a hoax, appearing only in videos by YouTubers and not in the hands of the public at large. However, despite complaints around delivery taking up to 2 months, the product certainly appears to be shipping and indeed lets you back up and pirate Nintendo Switch (available on Amazon) games.

It is marketed (and used in legitimate cases) as a tool that allows you to back up and play your own games on a single cartridge, negating the need to carry multiple games around. However, in these situations there will be alternate use cases that fall into illegal territory, although many would argue, for piracy at least a mod chip is a far better solution.

Nevertheless, the Mig Flash is a product surrounded with suspicion. With regularly switching "official" URLs, likely due to takedowns from Nintendo, along with numerous resellers and AliExpress pages, purchasing a Mig Flash, is a punt at best.

Now, one of these resellers, (claiming to be the number one US distributor) also claims that the Mig Flash V2 is compatible with the yet to be released Switch 2.

It is unclear how long the site has been making the claim, and whether migflashunited has some insider knowledge or is simply making false statements to drive sales. However, when cross-referencing against AliExpress and what appears to be the official Mig Flash site, no comparable information can be found. Similarly, no additional information is provided about whether this "compatibility" is restricted to Switch 1 titles running on Switch 2 hardware, whether it is just the physical size that is compatible, or whether the Mig Flash actually enables piracy of Switch 2 games as well.

Nintendo already blacklists consoles from online play when discovered to be running modifications, and given the latest update to their EULA, there is a good chance that Nintendo will brick any Switch 2s as well. Certainly in the US and other countries with inadequate consumer protection. The same statement is conspicuously absent from the European EULA.

Either way, Nintendo has made it abundantly clear where it stands on piracy, emulation, or anything else that impacts its bottom line. Even if the Mig Flash somehow does turn out to support the Switch 2, the chance of Nintendo letting them run without consequence is extremely slim.