A flood of novelties has left us the presentation of the Nintendo Switch 2, among which is the appearance of a new cartridge modality, which do not have all the content inside. Unlike normal cartridges, these are used as A “key” to download the corresponding video game.
Nintendo He has shown The features and some of the steps of the “game key” cartridges, which reveal that, once the download is completed, it will be time to insert the cartridge into the Nintendo Switch 2 To be able to play normally. On the other hand, the Japanese company has also revealed that the physical boxes will have a warning when a title present this quality.

For now, so much Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HD Remaster As Street Fighter 6, listings appear with this label, which forces us to have enough memory in memory. The other alternative is to resort to the storage provided by a MicroSD Express card.
The amount we will have to download will depend on each video game, but once we have inserted the cartridge after obtaining the data, more instructions will be shown in the Home menu. Once all the steps have been made, it will be possible to enjoy without having an Internet connection, although the “Game” cartridge must continue to be inserted in the Nintendo Switch 2 to play.
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