Nintendo has found itself at the center of a controversy over its new “game key cards” for the Switch 2. Since the console’s launch, fans have taken to social media to voice strong frustrations over ...

Nintendo’s data-free, download-unlocking Game Key Cards have proven popular with game publishers, even as they’ve drawn ire from many fans of games stored on physical media. Now, though, a developer ...

Nintendo has taken a lot of flak for the use of Game-Key Cards with Switch 2 games, which has resulted in an embarrassing rejection from the Japanese government, one that subtly condemns their use.

Utterly obsessed with gaming, anime, and manga for the past 25 years, Carley attended Florida State University, graduating with a degree in Japanese in 2012. A professional Japanese/English translator ...

TL;DR: The Nintendo Switch 2's Game Key cards, offering download codes instead of full physical games, sparked debate among collectors. Ubisoft chose this format for Star Wars Outlaws due to ...

There’s a pretty loud elephant in the room when it comes to the Switch 2’s software: its strange, anti-consumer approach to selling games in brick and mortar stores. However, it seems that Nintendo ...

Facepalm: Nintendo's Switch 2 has flown off store shelves, but the console's new physical media format has developers and players equally frustrated. The company's decision to limit cartridge options ...