Nintendo adds a new wrinkle to its game-distribution system. Here's what game-key cards are, how to spot them, and a workaround if you prefer physical games.

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This one detail will make the difference if gamers will celebrate or condemn Game-Key Cards. There’s still a lot of confusion about the Switch 2, as Nintendo seems to have difficulty catching up to ...

Some Switch 2 games will be on Game-Key Cards, which don’t come with an actual game on it: Instead, the game-key card is your ‘key’ to downloading the full game to your system via the internet. After ...

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You’d think that, after everything that’s happened in the last month, Nintendo would finally be “out of the doghouse” with some of the things it revealed last month about its new console. For example, ...

Good news: Switch 2 game-key cards won’t be locked to the first account or console that uses them. “[Game-key cards] will start up on the console or system that it is slotted into, so it’s not tied to ...

If you plan to purchase the physical edition of Pokémon Pokopia, there is one all-important question many fans will want answered: whether Pokémon Pokopia uses Nintendo's new Game-Key cards or the ...