Switch 2 lacks perfect backward compatibility due to a hybrid software emulator/hardware compatibility approach. The ...

I'm going to stick with cartridges and skip the microSD, at least in the early months. No installation required, minimal load times. The only real worry is keeping tracking of cartridges -- but ...

Known as the Family Computer (Famicom) in Japan, this console implemented cartridges to allow users ... to audio through headphones. Nintendo DS was the first unit in the DS line, which marked ...

The Switch 2 requires the latest microSD Express cards for game storage ... called "Game-key cards" that changes how physical games work. Unlike traditional game cartridges that contain the entire ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 comes with 256GB of storage onboard. That's an 8x improvement over the original Switch, but pardon us if we're not exactly impressed considering that current-generation games ...

You may remember that the original Switch cartridges taste absolutely awful ... about storage and information about the new microSD Express standard. Update, March 6, 2025, 2:30PM ET: This ...

Check out how we test and review games here The confusion regarding the Nintendo Switch 2 continues as it appears some – if not all – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition cartridges of existing Switch ...

Just when we thought we were starting to get a grip on what would and would not be on Switch 2 cartridges, publisher Marvelous comes in with another bombshell (thanks for the heads up ...

After decades of questionable practices around emulation, a chance conversation with a retro game store owner changed my views forever.

These cards look similar to the physical Switch 2 game cartridges, but don't have game ... connection and enough space on your system (or a microSD Express storage card). Switch 2 can run the ...

The big problem I could see happening is with game key card concept, Nintendo is now more directly acknowledging the option of full content not on cartridge. This may mean more publishers cheap ...