Hey Neo, would you be interested in helping to moderate this community? If so, let me know and I will add you.

Do note 2.74 is the unstable fw with 300mhz clock. I would recommend not using it.

I would prefer nsp/nsz since those are eShop dumps and intended to be installed into the system.

Xcis are gamecard dumps and weren't intended to be installed, so the installer has to modify it in order for the console to pick it up as a digital copy.

Basically, the nsp is just cleaner - you install the game without any modifications, and just register the ticket for it to the system.

Don't believe so, but you can just search for games you want by highlighting the New Games tab and then clicking the search button.

To add onto this, this is THE best way to get into Pro shops and pro-only access stashes like NekoDrive or Tits Pro. The Missing Content finder discord can help you locate missing content to buy and donate.

NSCB is great software and I personally recommend it. It does work to verify new games if you provide it with an up-to-date prod.keys from your console. Super easy to setup on Windows as well, just download and extract the zip file, get your prod.keys file from your console, rename it to keys.txt, and place it in the ztools folder inside the NSCB files. Run NSCB.exe, select option 1 for individual processing, drop in an nsp, start processing, select 8 to verify files, and then option 3 for full integrity+sig1+hash verification.

Cheers!

Yes, but make sure you have dns-mitm setup to block Nintendo servers. You can confirm this by booting into emummc, then checking the dnsmitm startup logs. A report will be generated in sd:/atmosphere/logs called dns_mitm_startup.log. Open this file in Notepad and confirm it looks something like this, where it has Nintendo domains redirected to 127.0.0.1:

Also, NEVER launch the Tinfoil installer on sysCFW/sysNAND. I know it's impossible to do in Stock because there is no HBMenu, but it is possible if you boot Atmosphere on Sys. Be careful not to do that, or else you will get banned.

I agree. I've stopped pirating games on PC as well because the risk is simply no longer worth it. I can afford games and can pay for the ones I need on PC. They're also not as overpriced as console games.

I'll take a look at those, haven't heard of them before.

I still have too many good visual novels left to play to make a claim like that!

I agree lol. I can never give a good answer when people ask for my favorite VN, because there are many I like and many I haven't played.

Also off topic, but I love visual novels! What are your favorites?

I'm currently reading the Tsukihime remake, enjoying it a lot.

I usually use FOSS when I can. Commercial software simply isn't necessary for most tasks, and you take the least amount of risk if you use the least amount of pirated software possible.