Nintendo has confirmed that those sleek new Switch 2 game cards won’t always carry an actual game and will, instead, sometimes simply contain a key for a game download.

Nintendo confirms that Switch game-key card downloads aren’t locked to a specific Nintendo account.

As part of its Nintendo Switch 2 announcement earlier this month, Nintendo revealed that game developers could sell their games as a Game-Key card. These cards look similar to the physical Switch 2 game cartridges, but don't have game data. Instead, when put into Switch 2, instructions will be presented to download the game.