Late last month, the Nintendo Switch 2 was jailbroken for the first time. Modders, with the help of AI, found an exploit in a game called SmileBASIC that let them bypass many of the restrictions on Nintendo's latest hardware. It ultimately led to a heavily modded version of Mario Kart World, with characters like Cinnamoroll, Peter Griffin, and Hatsune Miku racing against the likes of Mario, Donkey Kong, and Dry Bones.
It was an early warning sign for Nintendo that its hardware wasn't as safe as the company must have thought, so naturally, they've moved to fix it, with today's Nintendo Switch 2 software update patching out the exploit.
Today, Nintendo released the Switch 2's Ver. 23.5.0 update. This update came with a range of changes seen below:
While gifting games is a fantastic addition, the patch notes don't mention that the jailbreak exploit has been removed. That was, instead, first spotted by OatmealDome on Twitter.
They claim that, at least for the time being, "Dumping and modding games will be impossible". They say there will be exceptions from some games releasing in the future, but for now, the loop is closed.
They add, "While game exploits like SmileBASIC...
