Blew my mind to realize TOTK is year🔴s old now, in my head it was like last yea𒊎r 😂

Hoping it's not brought up for GOTY talks though. ꦫTo my understanding I think you have to do remaster work (like Sony with their repeat updates of TLOU) or a new content drop (like last year's controversy with Elden Ring being included due to SotET). I don't think mild next gen updates make em eligible. Like Witcher 3 iirc re-entered conversation with expansions, not with the PS5 update patch

"It's a mea༒sure for Nintendo to get games onto the Switch 2 that may have larger file sizes than the maximum 64GB cartridges will allow."

Thats called the eshop.

That’s my issue - Game Key Cards function as a physical license check for what is essentially a digital download. You lose the benefits of both formats.

Physical users no longer get a self-contained game. That’s a problem for families or anyone sharing devices. With a cart like Mario Odyssey, you just pop it in - no downloads, no account issues. But will these Key Cards even be resellable? Are they one-time use, like a digital code is now? And if you want to play the game on a second Switch, you're now juggling re-downloads, accounts, and master device permissions. Can you share by just handing the cart over and making them download, or ♏do you ALSO have to use their new digital lending feature and temporarily block the game from YOUR ability to use it? Because that method works on a time function, as physical sharing is naturally limited by the physical location of the cartridge❀. Are we combining both methods here into one headache?

Digital users lose portability. Normally, I cloud-save and switch freely between my Switch and Lite. But with a Key Card, I still have to download the game and carry a cart to play - defeating 🍬♔the convenience of digital.

A real example: BotW (we have physical) let my son and I swap freely between consoles and profiles. TotK (we went digital) required jugg💮ling which device was set as primary just so we could both access it under our own profiles - but as long as he was on the Switch and I was on the Lite, we literally could play the game simultaneously.

Game Key Cards risk combining the inconvenience of both formats without the strengths of either.