Nintendo adds a new wrinkle to its game-distribution system. Here's what you get with a game-key card and how to tell what ...

Nintendo has shaken up how it treats your digital game purchases. It's now calling those virtual game cards, and it hopes to make it easier for you to share your games across multiple Switch systems.

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Once you update your Nintendo Switch to version 20.0.0 (which came out on April 29), you should see icons for two new features that will also be on the upcoming Switch 2: GameShare and Virtual Game ...

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 ...

Nintendo has pushed out a major system update for the Switch that enables its new Virtual Game Card ownership system for digital games, as well as several Switch 2-related features, including ...

With the release of the Nintendo Switch 2, folks looking to buy a physical copy of a game will be faced with one more option — the Game Key Card. This means folks who buy a “physical” copy of a ...

Japan's National Diet Library has said that Nintendo Switch 2 game-key cards will not be eligible for preservation by the library. As exciting as the Nintendo Switch 2 is, the third party game ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 has the Virtual Game Card system, which lets you share your games with friends. (To be clear, the original Nintendo Switch has this too, but you may have seen a notice about it ...