Nintendo has shaken up how it treats your digital game purchases. It's now calling those virtual game cards, and it hopes to make it easier for you to share your games across multiple Switch systems.

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The long-lost console is being revived next February in cardboard and plastic form as a Switch accessory with Switch Online games. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable ...

Nintendo consoles haven’t been short of a few ‘interesting’ attachments or accessories, and now, after its announcement in the September 2025 Direct, you’ll be able to experience the Virtual Boy’s ...

Subscribers to Nintendo Switch Online in the US and Canada will soon be able to purchase that $100 dock, which Nintendo says “recreates the form of the original Virtual Boy hardware,” or a slender $25 ...

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Nintendo Update Lays Groundwork for Switch 2 With Virtual Game Cards, More Nintendo's new Switch software update, version 20.0.0, adds a few features you'll want to check out on the Switch 2's launch ...

Right, if you were hoping to play a single copy of the same game online across two Nintendo Switch 2s, it appears you're out of luck. Nintendo's rolled out its new Virtual Game Cards to the classic ...

I have spent most of the last decade eagerly anticipating the Nintendo Switch’s successor. I was rewarded for my patience in January this year with the announcement of the Switch 2. I approached the ...

That said, the Wii U was still a huge success compared to the Virtual Boy, a 32-bit device launched in 1995 alongside the ...