Nintendo Digital Lending Feature Reveals ‘switch 2 Edition’ Games Are On The Way

Nintendo has revealed thing caller astir Switch 2 games connected a time it wasn’t readying to talk astir nan caller system. After today’s Nintendo Direct stream, nan institution revealed nan beingness of “Switch 2 Edition” games on its webpage astir nan caller Virtual Game Card lending system, VGC reports.

The Virtual Game Card system launching adjacent period lets you stock your integer games betwixt family members, giving nan games akin benefits to beingness cartridges that you could already switch betwixt systems. However, Nintendo’s good people gives distant thing other (emphasis ours):

It’s nary astonishment that Nintendo Switch 2-specific titles won’t activity connected older systems; however, this mention of “Switch 2 Edition” games gives penetration into Nintendo’s plans to differentiate original Switch and (likely graphically enhanced) Switch 2 titles of nan aforesaid name

Although Nintendo says Switch 2 will person backward compatibility pinch older titles, it’s unclear precisely what Nintendo has planned here. Nintendo could travel PlayStation and Microsoft, wherever PS4 games could get upgraded to “PS5 Enhanced” versions, and nan Smart Delivery system downloads system-specific versions depending connected if you’re utilizing Xbox One aliases Series X / S. Or it could person abstracted enhanced” versions of games that activity amended connected nan Switch 2 and are sold separately.

We won’t person to hold agelong to find retired really “Nintendo Switch 2 Edition” games really work, arsenic nan company’s Switch 2 Direct position is happening connected April 2nd.