SmileBASIC
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Oct 29, 2026
Brad EllisHOST
Family guys, Peter Griffin, of course, and the ever iconic Hatsune Miku into Mario Kart World.
Brad EllisHOST
While we won't fully go into how they managed to do it, put it simply, it involved getting help from OpenAI and using Smile Basic for a $25 program on the eShop that serves as a game-building tool.
Brad EllisHOST
It's likely that Nintendo will act fast to take the software down as the jailbreak continues to make their rounds online.
Brad EllisHOST
It's also important to note that the jailbreak itself is tethered, which means it's lost every shutdown.
Harrison HuntHOST
Entry point.
Harrison HuntHOST
Exploits a 32-bit integer overflow bug within Smile Basic 4 application chained with a buffer overflow vulnerability in the console's file system
Sean HuntHOST
service.
Sean HuntHOST
Woo! Let's
Harrison HuntHOST
Cool.
Harrison HuntHOST
Nintendo response.
Harrison HuntHOST
Nintendo has already pulled Smile Basic 4 from the eShop and is expected to roll out firmware patches to close the vulnerability.
Harrison HuntHOST
Yeah.
Bob WulffHOST
They pulled it recently.
Bob WulffHOST
Smile Basic.
Will WulffHOST
It's a game that you can play on the Switch 2 that allows you to code games on the Switch 2.
Bob WulffHOST
Yes.
Will WulffHOST
Now we're dumping ROMs.
Will WulffHOST
ROM dumps.
Will WulffHOST
So recently, security researcher Sammy Majamid, also known as PepsiPoo, like you said, discovered a Nintendo Switch 2 jailbreak that lets you jailbreak the console using AI and a backwards compatible Smile Basic coding.
Will WulffHOST
So it is the same guy.
The ProfessorHOST
Yep.
The ProfessorHOST
So the next step was to look at a Switch 1 hack, which was broken by using a called Smile Basic, which is a programming language.
The ProfessorHOST
You could hook up your Switch with a basic programming language.
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The ProfessorHOST
and this goes way back to the 3ds it's a um a basic interpreter that's been around since the 3ds and it's not uncommon for these hacks in the early days to take place on emulated consoles so the first 3ds hacks relied on the internal emulation of the Nintendo DS.
The ProfessorHOST
And this first Switch 2 hack relies on the internal emulation or running of the Smile Basic for the Switch 1.
The ProfessorHOST
Which, before you get any ideas, it's been locked down.
The ProfessorHOST
You can't actually go and get Smile Basic
WoodHOST
There's an Angry Bird, there's Peter Griffin, there's Cinnamon Roll from Hello Kitty.
WoodHOST
And the person that tweeted this said that they had, their wording was like, I've hacked the Switch 2 or something, which Zesef quickly pointed out to us that isn't totally true because as we have here on the right hand side, this uses the Smile Basic 4 to jailbreak, which is a video game about coding that's on the Switch and Switch 2 that gives you access to code on the Switch.
WoodHOST
And they essentially circumvented within the game to be able to code within Mario Kart.
SullyHOST
So they're coding on a Switch 2 unit with the cartridge? Through the game, yeah.
WoodHOST
kind of the equivalent here, I think.
WoodHOST
So Switch 2 can run many original Switch games.
WoodHOST
Smile Basic contains a full program language interpreter.
WoodHOST
Older software can be easier to attack than brand new Switch 2 software.
Mark MitchellHOST
So what's believed to be the first jailbreak of the Switch 2 was reported last week.
Mark MitchellHOST
Using the now delisted program Smile Basic 4, which is like a programming software from the eShop, the exploit lets a user run homebrew, reverse engineer, and mod Switch 2 games and backup save files.
Mark MitchellHOST
Since it's a software-only exploit, it doesn't seem like a full jailbreak of the system yet.
Mark MitchellHOST
Okay, interesting.
Sean McDowellGUEST
Looking beyond that, the hack itself was pretty cool.
Sean McDowellGUEST
The fact that I used Smile Basic, a Nintendo Switch tool that honestly I was always I was always surprised that Nintendo like allowed because the programming tool that allowed you to make like it's sort of like RPG maker, but like more in depth than that, especially since that was used to hack the 3DS at one point.
Jeff GrubbHOST
They were ready to go.
Jeff GrubbHOST
They've already removed that game.
Gardiner BryantHOST
It's The Switch 2.
HiTechLoLifeHOST
Yeah, so The Switch 2 was opened up with a little game that you could buy called Smile Basic 4.
HiTechLoLifeHOST
And it's gotten to a point where you could jailbreak it.
HiTechLoLifeHOST
And heck, if you fullscreen that video, I don't know if you can or not, but essentially they managed to mod in characters in the Super Mario Kart world.
Gardiner BryantHOST
my favorite part about trolling people is when they're sitting on the couch right next to you and you pick baby park and they get pissed off
HiTechLoLifeHOST
Yeah.
HiTechLoLifeHOST
So unfortunately, though, you can't buy Smile Basic 4 anymore.
HiTechLoLifeHOST
That's been delisted.