Nintendo Switch 2 Edition physical games will have no download codes

Since the Nintendo Switch 2 was revealed last week, there has been a lot of confusion regarding the Switch 2 Edition games. Select titles, including Super Mario Party Jamboree, Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, and more, will be enhanced for the Switch 2.

The concern among fans has been whether the physical versions of these Switch 2 Edition games only have the Switch 1 cartridge and a download code to upgrade it.

Nintendo put out a statement to Vooks confirming that Nintendo Switch 2 Edition games will include the original Nintendo Switch 2 game and its upgrade pack all on one card.

That physical versions of Nintendo Switch 2 Edition games will include the original Nintendo Switch game and its upgrade pack all on the same game card (i.e. they are exclusively Nintendo Switch 2 game cards, with no download code). Alternatively, some publishers may release Nintendo Switch 2 Edition games as download codes in physical packaging, with no game card.

For Nintendo-published games, the Switch 2 edition is going to include the entire game on the cartridge, with no other download required. As for third-party games, that might be different.

Although The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is going to have a Switch 2 Edition game, the $79.99 cost will not include the Expansion Pass the game had.

Kirby and the Forgotten Land’s Switch 2 Edition is going to come with the new Star Crossed World expansion that will release this August.

One of the other new features Switch 2 is going to have for new games are Game-Key Cards, which act as a digital-only game still. However, you will still get a cartridge, which will be your “key” to downloading the game. This will allow pla