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There have always been ways to share digital games on Switch, but Virtual Game Cards are making it even easier. Here's everything they do and how to use them.
Nintendo unveiled its Virtual Game Cards for the Nintendo Switch, a new way to share games coming in late April.
Starting in late April, all digital games you own or buy will become Virtual Game Cards. These will be stored in a new menu screen on your Switch or Switch 2. Nintendo says any registered user on the ...
During its Nintendo Direct event Thursday, the company revealed “Virtual Game Cards,” which will allow players to share games ...
Switch players who buy their games on physical cards are used to being able to share those games with other players simply by ...
Even if you have multiple Nintendo Switches at home, sharing digital games has always been a no-go. While you can easily pop a physical game cartridge out of one Switch and into a ...
They can simply pop out the cartridge from the Switch and hand it to a friend or family member. But with digital games, that's never been an option — that changes now with the Virtual Game Card.
digital Switch games will become Virtual Game Cards that can be swapped back and forth between consoles, and even borrowed by family members. For players with multiple Switch consoles, Virtual ...
You can also manage and load virtual game cards via your Nintendo Account on the Nintendo website. Lend Games to Members of Your Nintendo Account Family Group You can also lend out virtual game ...
However, Virtual Game Cards can also be lent to anyone within a Nintendo Account Family Group, which can support up to eight Nintendo Account users. Again, this initially requires the lending user ...
including lending them out to family members. Announced via the most recent Nintendo Direct, buying digital games on Switch consoles will in the future (and on Switch 2) be treated as Virtual Game ...