Switch 2: If you do that, Nintendo will ‘punish’

 

Some console owners received received error code 2134-4508, which leaves them permanently offline; Understand.

Nintendo Switch is the company's new portable console, launched in 2025
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Switch 2 has just become the biggest release in history. In just four days, Nintendo sold 3.5 million console units. And it intends to reach 15 million until March next year.

All hype and euphoria are totally understandable: it was almost 10 years of waiting for the successor of one of the most successful hardware of all time

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Now imagine you buy a Swtich 2 and receive a serious punishment from the Japanese company in the early days of gameplay. That’s what is happening to some users in the United States.

Error code 2134-4508 on SWTICH 2

  • Several people reported finding an error screen when starting a game.
  • This is the case of the Scattered Brain content creator, which has a YouTube channel.
  • Scattered Brain, as well as several other users, uses a business called flash mig.
  • This is a kind of cartridge in which you can create copies of your games, making a kind of backup.
  • Most people, however, use Flash Mig to run pirate games.
  • Nintendo does not want to know if you the type of person A or B.
  • If Switch 2 detects a MIG, it automatically presents the Error code 2134-4508.
  • But what is the punishment for this error code? It leaves you offline.
  • And the promise of the Japanese company is that this ban is permanent!
  • It is noteworthy that you can play on your console normally, but without internet access.
  • That is, without multiplayer or other basic things, such as entering eShop or unlinking your account, as you need to be online.
Escape this dreaded error code (it can leave you offline permanently) – Image: Reproduction/YouTube

Nintendo against piracy

Despite the fright of some users, this Nintendo behavior is not surprising. The giant has a long history of combating piracy.

And not only in relation to fake games, but also to emulators. It was just like the switch – and the plot should now be repeated with the successor (especially with sales up there).

The issue is taken so seriously by the company that there has been more than one official demonstration on the subject. Earlier this year, for example, the company’s lawyer, Koji Nishiura, said at an event that an emulator may not even be illegal, but its use violates the law and the protection of copyright.

The Japanese company promotes a kind of crusade against piracy – Image: Trygve Finkelsen/ISTOCK

Nintendo has already filed a number of lawsuits in court – and in various parts of the world. And this should be repeated now with Switch 2. Here’s the warning, if you don’t want to have problems with your new and long -awaited console.

 

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