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.

The March 2025 Nintendo Direct was packed with updates on new games like Metroid Prime 4, but one of the most potentially impactful announcements had to do with how digital games work on the console.

Nintendo has introduced a new feature to download, manage, and even share digital game purchases with Virtual Game Cards for both the Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2. With this feature, any ...

Plus, Nintendo has a new app where you can nab all the news for Switch 2 right when it happens. Reading time 3 minutes Nintendo can’t get enough of cartridges. Even its digital downloads are turning ...

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The Nintendo Switch series of consoles allows you to add friends that you can play with, invite to GameChat or GameShare, and much more. You can add and find friends on the Nintendo Switch 2 in a few ...

Importing Switch saves to Nintendo Switch 2 is something you should automatically be able to do when you first set the system up. However, if you skip the transfer or don't have your original Switch ...