Update [Thu 24th Apr 2025, 10am]: Pre-orders for Switch 2 games are starting to go live in the US and, in the case of Sega titles at least, it looks like they too will be game-key cards in the region.

Nintendo has revealed that physical copies of certain games on the new Switch 2 console will be 'Game-Key Cards', requiring a download before they're playable ...

Good news: Switch 2 game-key cards won’t be locked to the first account or console that uses them. “[Game-key cards] will start up on the console or system that it is slotted into, so it’s not tied to ...

We didn't spot this in the Switch 2 Direct (although, frankly, there was so much packed in there we might have missed it), but Nintendo's website has a small section and an FAQ live detailing a new ...