Using unofficial NSP repacks carries several significant risks for users and their hardware:

Pirating copyrighted software is illegal. Nintendo actively pursues legal action against sites and individuals involved in the distribution of unauthorized copies of their games.

Distributing or downloading copyrighted game files (NSPs) without a purchase is considered software piracy. Copyright holders like Electronic Arts (EA) and Nintendo own the rights to reproduce and distribute these titles.

A diferencia del NSP oficial extraído de la eShop, un repack mal hecho puede:

: Las descargas de sitios no oficiales a menudo contienen malware, spyware o ejecutables maliciosos. Algunos archivos están diseñados específicamente para robar certificados de la consola.