List of all Nintendo Switch 2 games with a game-key card release
As we get closer to the launch of Nintendo Switch 2, we’re putting together a complete list of Nintendo Switch 2 games with a game-key card release.
This is a new approach to physical media, which has seen a mixed reaction. In a way, it’s a hybrid between a true physical release and a download code. Each box comes with a cartridge, but there’s nothing really included. Rather than coming with all content, you’ll need to download the game first. After that you don’t need to connect online, but you need to insert the card each time you play.
On the original Nintendo Switch, we saw plenty of games that were sold at retail with a box that contained a download code. The problem there was that you couldn’t lend it out to a friend or sell it later on. Since game-key cards do come with a cartridge, these issues have been eliminated. However, at the same time, they are not true physical releases in the traditional sense since the cartridges do not contain game data.
Every Nintendo Switch 2 game with a game-key card release
– Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HD Remaster
– Daemon x Machina: Titanic Scion*
– Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
– Nogunaga’s Ambition: Awakening Complete Edition
– Puyo Puyo Tetris 2S
– Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army
– Shine Post: Be Your Idol
– Sonic x Shadow Generations
– Street Fighter 6
– Suikoden 1 & 2 HD Remaster
– Survival Kids
– Wild Hearts S
– Yakuza 0 Director’s Cut
* Note: Daemon x Machina: Titanic Scion might be seeing a game-key card release in Japan, but proper physical in the west. Current packaging for North America current shows regular boxart. We’ll update this post as necessary.
Looking at this list, there’s only one third-party Nintendo Switch 2-only game with a true physical release – that being Cyberpunk 2077. Nintendo’s offerings – Mario Kart World and the Switch 2 Editions of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom – should be standard as well. Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma is also confirmed to be on a 64GB cartridge as a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition.
