Certain physical Nintendo Switch 2 games will be digital downloads that use a new feature called Game-Key Cards, Nintendo has revealed. Why a particular game may use a Game-Key Card instead of a ...

Nintendo’s data-free, download-unlocking Game Key Cards have proven popular with game publishers, even as they’ve drawn ire from many fans of games stored on physical media. Now, though, a developer ...

One of the biggest changes of Nintendo's generational leap to the Switch 2 is the new console's game carts. Not the aesthetic shift—they're now red, to differentiate them from the original Switch's ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 features several exclusive titles I'm excited to play, but how you access these games may differ from previous iterations of the console. The Switch 2 supports regular game cards ...

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TL;DR: Nintendo Switch 2's Game-key Cards, praised by Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi, offer a cost-effective, faster-loading alternative to traditional cartridges by providing ...

This one detail will make the difference if gamers will celebrate or condemn Game-Key Cards. There’s still a lot of confusion about the Switch 2, as Nintendo seems to have difficulty catching up to ...