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Nintendo adds a new wrinkle to its game-distribution system. Here's what you get with a game-key card and how to tell what ...

Last month, Nintendo and its third-party partners revealed that many of the “physical” games on the Switch 2 would be made available only as “Digital Key Cards.” Unlike traditional physical Switch ...

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 ...

UPDATE: Publisher Spike Chunsoft has contacted IGN to clarify that the physical version of No Sleep For Kaname Date – From AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES for Nintendo Switch 2 is in fact a Game-Key Card title.

Nintendo Game-key cards are a new innovation with the Nintendo Switch 2 and should not be mistaken for the regular game card. This is exactly the type of thing that is going to catch your granny ...