Modder demonstrates Switch 2 jailbreak with customized Mario Kart World

According to Wccftech, the jailbreak enables game modifications and homebrew software but requires a specific original Switch game each time the console starts. The Verge reports that Sammy Hajhamid, known as pepsipu, credited OpenAI’s Codex with helping develop the ns2jb jailbreak, which was demonstrated with added playable characters in Mario Kart World.

• Demonstrated characters included Cinnamoroll, Peter Griffin and Minecraft’s Steve, according to The Verge.

Covered by 4 publishers within 13 hours of the first report.

• The Verge: Someone hacked the Switch 2 by using an old game and AI

Reporting4

WCF Wccftech The Nintendo Switch 2 Has Been Hacked, As First Jailbreak Blows The Modding, Emulation, and Homebrew Floodgates Wide Open · Francesco De Meo 5:22 AM

VG The Verge Someone hacked the Switch 2 by using an old game and AI · Jay Peters 1:21 PM

TS TechSpot Nintendo Switch 2 jailbreaking is here, with homebrew, modding, and reverse engineering · Daniel Sims 5:38 PM

AA Android Authority Nintendo Switch 2 jailbreak discovery could open the door to a world of mods · Matt Horne 5:55 PM

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