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 is updating how digital Nintendo Switch games work with what it’s calling Virtual Game Cards ahead of the impending launch of Nintendo Switch 2. The company explored how Virtual Game Cards ...

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.

Virtual Game Cards are coming, and they'll work across systems and family accounts, and on both the Switch and Switch 2. Here's what we know so far. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now ...

Switch players who buy their games on physical cards are used to being able to share those games with other players simply by handing them the card. Now, Nintendo is planning a process to allow ...

In a surprise announcement during Thursday’s Nintendo Direct, Nintendo revealed a major change to the way digital game purchases will be handled. From now on, digital Switch games will become Virtual ...

Nintendo Virtual Game Card - Official Trailer | Nintendo Direct 2025 Nintendo is switching up the way digital games work on Switch. Learn how sharing virtual game cards across multiple Nintendo Switch ...