The mockups show subtly pixellated cards that ape the game's art style. They have a red design on the rear — Balatro players will know that the red deck is the default set in the game.

A Nintendo cart from 1989 that I can play as-is, posted without comment. I have a simpler take on Game-Key Cards. Items of physical media should be yours, forever, regardless of technical limitations.

with Virtual Game Cards. The news, announced at Nintendo Direct just a week before a streaming Switch 2 reveal on April 2, could be a big deal for my home, and probably yours, too. I'm used to ...

You won’t be able to send a Virtual Game Card to a pal of yours halfway across the world. Much like with a physical cartridge, you can only lend a game to one friend at a time as well, ...

In short, Virtual Game Cards are a way to share games from your digital library with anyone. They are meant to act exactly like a physical game card, meaning you can “give” it to another ...

Nintendo can’t get enough of cartridges. Even its digital downloads are turning into “Virtual Game Cards” on the Nintendo Switch. After an April update, each game you own digitally will ...

Certain physical Nintendo Switch 2 games will be digital downloads that use a new feature called Game-Key Cards, Nintendo has revealed. Why a particular game may use a Game-Key Card instead of a ...

But the previous Nintendo Direct dug into the past, revealing a final flurry of major titles for the original Switch, along with Virtual Game Cards, an intriguing attempt to bridge old-school physical ...

Digital games can now become "virtual game cards," facilitating slightly more flexible sharing of digitally purchased games between multiple Switch systems owned by the same person or family of ...

At some point, servers abruptly vanish. I have a simpler take on Game-Key Cards. Items of physical media should be yours, forever, regardless of technical limitations. The end. Not being so makes ...