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Nintendo can brick your hardware if you mod a game

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Nintendo changed their Account User Agreement giving them power to revoke your account and render your device unusable in whole or in part.

Background

On 05/08/2025 sent out an email notice of changes to the Nintendo Account User Agreement and Nintendo Privacy Policy.

One of the changes was that if you modify or copy a Nintendo digital product they could brick your switch.


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[Incident]

Nintendo can now brick your hardware

May 2025, change to Nintendo Account User Agreement


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References


1 Nintendo Account User Agreement https://accounts.nintendo.com/term/eula/US?lang=en-US&crmid=5F16143E-E608-4C07-BCB9-CE44D74EDB18


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