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The virtual game card feature for Nintendo Switch* and Nintendo Switch 2 systems adds some of the flexibility of physical game cards to your digital game library!. If you have two systems, you can ...
Nintendo's announcement of a new virtual game card feature for the Switch and (presumably) the Switch 2 didn't generate that much buzz, but it solves a problem I've had since the launch of the ...
Instead, it was Nintendo's new Virtual Game Card, and it's one of Nintendo's strangest moves yet. To be fair, doing things in a quirky way that goes against all sense is Nintendo's entire brand. As ...
The Virtual Game Card makes digital games just as flexible. The company made the announcement during its Nintendo Direct event, ahead of next week’s big Nintendo Switch 2 showcase on April 2.
Let’s break down exactly what Virtual Game Cards are and how they work for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 consoles.Using Online Licence to share a game - Once you enable Online Licence as shown in ...
Virtual Game Cards are designed to work just as flexibly as physical cartridges. As Nintendo explains in their video, players can take a Virtual Game Card from one console, and transfer it to another.
Virtual Game Cards will come to Nintendo Switch via a system update in late April, according to Nintendo's Shinya Takahashi during the Nintendo Direct presentation, and will be included as a ...
Nintendo has announced 'Virtual Game Cards' for Nintendo Switch, effectively turning your digital games into 'game cards'. This will be applied via a system update in late April.
One interesting side effect of virtual game cards is that I now have much more motivation to use our Switch Lite again. My wife and I both have full-sized regular Switches, but I always liked the ...
Digital games didn't use to afford such luxuries, but Nintendo released a Switch update on 30th April 2025 that added Nintendo Virtual Game Cards, GameShare, and a few more bits and bobs.
Nintendo announced a new system called Virtual Game Cards, which should allow owners to transfer games between Switch systems and lend them to family members. The announcement came at the end of ...