It's the first Nintendo Switch firmware update of 2024. Made available as of today is system software version 18.0.0, marking a new milestone. According to the patch notes, not much is brought to the table in this update, which features a new timer option for auto-sleep, and Korean as a supported language for the Nintendo Switch Parental Controls video. Under the hood, however, it looks there there's some substance, as it has broken support for Atmosphere. SciresM says that it'll take a few days to get around to, but expect to see a new Atmosphere update that supports version 18.0.0 in the near future.

Ver. 18.0.0 (Released March 25, 2024)​

• Added “15 Minutes” as an option for “Auto-sleep when playing on TV” in Sleep Mode Settings.
• Added Korean as a supported language for “Nintendo Switch Parental Controls” introductory video.
  • When the console language is set to Korean, the video can be accessed from Settings > Parental Controls.
• General system stability improvements to enhance the user's experience.

This is a major update, so Atmosphere will be broken until updated.

I've been traveling in Japan since earlier in the month, but I get back this week -- I'll start sorting out getting Atmosphere updated as soon as I can, but it might be a couple days before I can get started. https://t.co/ELLRWrz7Xg

— Michael (@SciresM) March 26, 2024

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[SylverReZ]

For anybody who hasn't heard about the recent news, the sigpatches repo has been taken down due to a harsh DMCA claim by Nintendo. For now, if you're willing to mod your Switch on the latest firmware, do NOT update until new patches are created.

EDIT (03/04/2023):
Atmosphere and Hekake have been updated to support FW 18 with only one exception, that being Fusee will no longer work.
https://github.com/Atmosphere-NX/Atmosphere/releases
https://github.com/CTCaer/hekate/releases

 

[BigOnYa]

Makes me wonder if anything in this update is related to Mig usage, or breaks it outright.

 

[Deleted member 466238]

The Switch is following the 3DS's legacy of stability updates

 

[Northicc]

well that's great news.... ugh.

 

[realtimesave]

general stability improvements my ass

 

[x65943]

Remember when updates used to actually add features? Yeah me neither

 

[AmandaRose]

Makes me wonder if anything in this update is related to Mig usage, or breaks it outright.

Nope Mig Switch works fine with the new update.

 

[Kioku]

Another major number revision with no major features. Classic Ninty.

 

[TheStonedModder]

Nope Mig Switch works fine with the new update.

Can confirm

 

[realtimesave]

I won't update til 20.0.0 comes out

 

[SylverReZ]

Nope Mig Switch works fine with the new update.

I'm not surprised. Since the Mig Switch is emulating a gamecart in such a way that its authenticated by valid certificates, might be impossible to block it outright.

I won't update til 20.0.0 comes out

It won't be out for a long while. Patience is virtue as they say.

 

[Xzi]

I seriously doubt we're getting any major releases from here on out that would necessitate an update anyway. Switch 2 will be out before Ninty releases anything worth a damn (like Metroid Prime 4).

 

[ZeroFX]

The changelog is a huge list of nothing, as always.

 

[Noctosphere]

I'm not surprised. Since the Mig Switch is emulating a gamecart in such a way that its authenticated by valid certificates, might be impossible to block it outright.


It won't be out for a long while. Patience is virtue as they say.

Patience is not a vertue. Or "no longer". Being patient today is actually naively thinking anything will change/work out in the right way.

 

[Worldblender]

The changelog is a huge list of nothing, as always.

But looking near the bottom of https://switchbrew.org/wiki/18.0.0 shows that another master key (master_key_11) has appeared, although it didn't increase the burnt fuse count, that which can make any new releases using this key may become challenging since the tools that can dump the keys seem to be harder to find after more prominent ones were hit with DMCA anti-circumvention takedown requests.

 

[impeeza]

I told you , the down of the sys-patch and rcm-picklock have a firmware on the next days.

The: "my dog updated my console PLEASE HELP" will be a waterfall tomorrow.

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Remember when updates used to actually add features? Yeah me neither

but this indeed add two new features (little bit ones but new)

 

[PotatoStatic]

Remember when updates used to actually add features? Yeah me neither

As a Steam Deck owner I'm used to getting nice goodies every update. Lol.

 

[Larsenv]

Fuck you Nintendo, I just spent an hour or two trying to figure out why my brand new Switch that I got today doesn't let me boot into emuNAND. Turns out it's because they released this update right this evening when I was setting this up. Now I must wait until sigpatches roll out.

 

[scoobydude51]

But looking near the bottom of https://switchbrew.org/wiki/18.0.0 shows that another master key (master_key_11) has appeared, although it didn't increase the burnt fuse count, that which can make any new releases using this key may become challenging since the tools that can dump the keys seem to be harder to find after more prominent ones were hit with DMCA anti-circumvention takedown requests.

That seems like the main feature of this update. I knew something was done to break (or make it harder) emulation and modded switches and this further proves it