Nintendo Switch System Update Now Live, Adds Virtual Game Cards, Switch 2 Compatibility, And More

Nintendo has rolled out a brand new system replace for the Nintendo Change. This explicit replace is a hefty one, introducing the Virtual Game Cards function introduced through the firm’s March 2025 Nintendo Direct, together with GameShare assist and different compatibility with the upcoming Change 2 system.

After putting in the replace, digital titles and DLC you have bought will now be transformed to Digital Recreation Playing cards. These perform equally to bodily recreation playing cards. You possibly can load and share your digital video games between two Change programs, making it simpler to handle your digital library. You can too mortgage out digital video games briefly to different customers inside your loved ones group.

As talked about, the brand new system replace additionally provides assist for GameShare. This function will permit Change 2 homeowners to just about share appropriate video games with Change 1 gamers, just like the Obtain Play perform the DS supplied, providing you with the flexibility to arrange or be a part of a multiplayer session even when just one participant owns the sport.

Past that, the replace provides a Switch 2 system transfer function that can mean you can switch your Change 1 information over to the brand new console. Nintendo has additionally tweaked the colours of the eShop and Information icons, in addition to added the flexibility to switch a number of save information directly. You possibly can learn the total patch notes, taken from Nintendo’s support website, beneath.

This method replace arrives just a little greater than a month forward of the Change 2, which is slated to launch world wide on June 5. Preorders for the console opened within the US and Canada on April 24 however quickly sold out, though many video games and equipment are nonetheless in inventory. For extra on the upcoming console, try our roundup of everything we know about Switch 2.

Nintendo Change Model 20.0.0 Patch Notes

• The next icons for brand spanking new options have been added to the HOME Menu:
  • Digital Recreation Card
    • Bought Nintendo Change digital software program, DLC, and a few free software program, are actually digital recreation playing cards and displayed in a listing on this menu.
    • You possibly can just about load and eject digital recreation playing cards between as much as two Nintendo Change programs.
    • Digital recreation playing cards might be lent to others in the identical Nintendo Account household group. For extra info, see Virtual Game Card Guide.
  • GameShare
    • Suitable software program might be shared from a Nintendo Change 2 system to different close by system(s) to play collectively.
      • You possibly can solely play collectively by way of native wi-fi, and the Nintendo Change 2 system should provoke GameShare.
      • This function can’t be used between two Nintendo Change, Nintendo Change – OLED Mannequin and/or Nintendo Change Lite programs.
• Consumer-Verification Settings has been added underneath Consumer > Consumer Settings.
  • You possibly can limit entry to the Digital Recreation Card menu by requiring entry of a PIN or signing in to your Nintendo Account.
• On-line License Settings has been added.
  • When turned on, you’ll be able to play downloaded software program or DLC you have bought whereas the system is linked to the web, even when you do not have the digital recreation card loaded.
  • For extra info, please discuss with the small print in regards to the possibility on the System Settings display screen.
• The Nintendo eShop and Nintendo Change Information icon colours on the HOME Menu have been modified.
• A number of save information might be chosen and transferred directly in “Switch Your Save Information” menu.
• System Switch to Nintendo Change 2 has been added underneath System Settings > System.
  • You possibly can carry out a system switch out of your Nintendo Change to Nintendo Change 2 utilizing native communication.
    • For customers that can lose entry to their Nintendo Change earlier than receiving their Nintendo Change 2, there may be an choice to add system switch information to a devoted server which might then be retrieved on their Nintendo Change 2. After you add your system switch information to the devoted server, the Nintendo Change system can be initialized to manufacturing facility settings, so solely carry out this switch should you’ll have the ability to full the switch on Nintendo Change 2.
    • If you wish to proceed utilizing your Nintendo Change till you’ve a Nintendo Change 2, we suggest finishing the system switch utilizing native communication after you’ve acquired a Nintendo Change 2 system.
  • An web connection and Nintendo Account is required to finish each native and the server-based system switch service.
  • For extra info, see System Transfer from Nintendo Switch to Nintendo Switch 2.
• The looks of some consumer icons have been up to date.

For detailed info on Nintendo Change 2, see the Nintendo website.

Word that the usage of “Major Console” has been deprecated with the transition to digital recreation playing cards, and “Move-enabled console” can be used as a substitute. On a console set because the “Move-enabled console” for a consumer, all customers on the console can entry sure subscriptions or passes for some software program. For extra info, see How to Set or Change the Pass-Enabled Console for a Nintendo Account.