How to download Nintendo Switch games onto your console, or enter a download code to get a game

You can download Nintendo Switch games from the Nintendo eShop onto your console without ever having to buy a physical game ...
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Buying Physical? Watch Out For the Switch 2's Game-Key Cards

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 you're really buying before you check out.
VideoGamer

Nintendo Switch 2 Game-Key Cards are physical carts that have no game data on them at all

You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and ...

Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows may arrive on Nintendo Switch 2 as a Game-Key Card

Assassin’s Creed Shadows may be coming to Nintendo Switch 2 as a Game-Key Card, requiring an online download to play. The ...
TweakTown

Switch 2 Game-key Cards aren't account bound, Nintendo confirms

TL;DR: Nintendo confirms that Switch 2's Game-key Cards will not be account-bound, allowing them to be shared or resold. Switch 2's Game-key Cards will not be account bound upon use, Nintendo confirms ...
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How to Download Digital Games on the Switch 2

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GameSpot

This Switch 2 Game Card Also Works On The Original Switch

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Nintendo Switch 2 game cards for Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma will also work on the original Switch, according to publisher Marvelous Games. In ...

Assassin's Creed Shadows for Nintendo Switch 2 spotted at French retailer - and yes, it's a Game-Key Card

A Nintendo Switch 2 port of Assassin's Creed Shadows seems likelier than ever as a listing appears at a French retailer.
IGN

Nintendo Says Switch 2 Game-Key Cards Help Third-Party Publishers Bring ‘Deeper, Larger, and More Immersive Content on the Platform’

It’s fair to say Nintendo’s new Game-Key Cards for Switch 2 have sparked a passionate response. When Nintendo pulled back the curtain on Switch 2 last month, it confirmed that several new Switch 2 ...
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We Should Reject the Switch 2’s Bogus Game-Key Cards or This Will Be the End of Physical Games

On Sunday, Nintendo propped up a survey for players to share a few thoughts about how they prefer to play games on the Switch 2. By Tuesday, Nintendo pulled the survey, but not before the poll went ...
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Despite Switch 2's controversial game-key cards, Nintendo president says "physical games are still a key part of our business"

Nintendo Switch 2 The Switch 2's controversial game-key cards prove to be a preservation nightmare as Japan's national library refuses to use them Games Nintendo gives Switch 2 users a platform for ...
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Asked about concerns Switch 2 game-key cards could turn off players and third-party publishers, Nintendo president says the controversial cards were introduced since file sizes ...

Final Fantasy Switch 2's controversial game-key cards "let us do things that maybe we wouldn't otherwise," says Final Fantasy 7 remake co-director, but "I really get where people are coming from in ...