The March 2025 Nintendo Direct was packed with updates on new games like Metroid Prime 4, but one of the most potentially impactful announcements had to do with how digital games work on the console.

Nintendo announced on Thursday that it is working on Virtual Game Cards, a feature that makes digitally downloaded games more portable across different devices. With the highly awaited Nintendo Switch ...

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 ...

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.

Virtual Game Cards are coming, and they'll work across systems and family accounts, and on both the Switch and Switch 2. Here's what we know so far. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now ...

As Nintendo prepares for the launch of the Switch 2, it has announced a new feature called Virtual Game Cards that will work for both the current Switch and its successor. Virtual Game Cards make it ...

The latest Nintendo Direct included an announcement regarding Nintendo’s virtual game ecosystem. The company is introducing Virtual Game Cards as a new way to manage digital libraries on the Switch 1 ...