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.

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Summary: Nintendo has announced a new feature called the Virtual Game Card for the Nintendo Switch platform. Virtual Game Cards will let users load their digital games onto more than one system, as ...

If your household has more than one Nintendo Switch 2, you don’t have to purchase the same game again and again for every console. Instead, Nintendo offers two ways to share a single copy of a game ...

Nintendo has announced the Virtual Game Cards digital games management system for Switch and Switch 2. It is a new system that aims to simplify digital game management and enable players to lend or ...

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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 ...

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Nintendo has continued its habit of pushing the envelope when it comes to sharing fun with friends and family with this industry-changing innovation. Digital Switch games are now considered Virtual ...