TL;DR: The Nintendo Switch 2 requires new microSD Express cards due to faster internal storage, making original Switch cards incompatible. PNY's 256GB microSD Express U3 V30 A1 offers high-speed ...

Liam has been a Features writer for Game Rant since 2021. He's a life-long gaming enthusiast, and started covering game news in 2019. Liam has a preference for melee-focused action games, and enjoys ...

The 256GB model retails for $54.99 which is $5 cheaper than the official Switch 2 memory card (which, curiously, is also made ...

Nintendo has confirmed that those sleek new Switch 2 game cards won’t always carry an actual game and will, instead, sometimes simply contain a key for a game download. The Super Mario Bros. company ...

Pokemon Pokopia got a 2026 release date, but we also got confirmation it is a Game-Key Card release and not a full game cart.

On the 3DS and Switch 1, it didn't really benefit them to add such a feature, because internal storage and the cards were roughly the same access speed. On the Switch 2, the difference is significant ...

Well, it appears the average Nintendo Switch fan’s worst nightmare has come true. When Nintendo announced their new “game key card” along with the Switch 2, almost everyone was immediately hit with a ...