Nintendo has released a new trailer to provide an overview on how Switch 2 cartridges and Game-Key Cards work (just in case the last six or seven months' worth of discourse hasn't already clued you in).
In it, one of the examples showcased to demonstrate the Game-Key Card is none other than Pokmon Pokopia, which has just been confirmed to launch on 5th March, 2026. The title is being published by The Pokmon Company in Japan and Nintendo in the West, which makes this the company's first Game-Key Card release.
Of course, the renders shown in the trailer clearly have a 'SAMPLE' watermark included, so there's a chance - however small - that the game may have just been plucked from thin air to demonstrate Nintendo's practices, but we think not. It's far more likely that the SAMPLE refers to placeholder key art for the box and cart, though. We've reached out to Nintendo to make 100% sure, but it seems clear that Pokopia is a full-blown Game-Key Card release.
The game will come in at an estimated 10GB, according to its page on Nintendo's website.
So, what does this mean? Is this the start of something more? We can't be sure yet. Nintendo has previously gone on record to state that it wouldn't use the medium for "Nintendo-developed titles", but that's the thing... This isn't a Nintendo-developed title it's Omega Force (Koei Tecmo). But then if that's the case, then why didn't the KT-developed Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment also receive a Game-Key Card release?
Lots of questions for now, and we'll be sure to push for answers going forward. But if you're someone who's dead set against Game-Key Cards, then you might want to strike Pokmon Pokopia off your wish list.
This isn't a Nintendo-developed title it's Omega Force (Koei Tecmo). But then if that's the case, then why didn't the KT-developed Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment also receive a Game-Key Card release?It's some guy legit just bitching
Because they fucking want to? Basically the article was a lot of nothing except to say the game is a game card release lol
didn't xbox fail a console generation for this shit? i guess the nostalgia goggles protect nintendo though.No, they failed because they made sharing games impossible (the system would restrict your access if the Kinect saw someone else in the room), required 24 hour check ins for the internet for the system to function, intended to have the kinect on at all times, didn't allow used games, etc.
didn't xbox fail a console generation for this shit? i guess the nostalgia goggles protect nintendo though.Not in defense of Nintendo but this is a completely different thing. Xbox One games weren't going to be shareable. You can still sell/give away Nintendo key cards.
No, they failed because they made sharing games impossible (the system would restrict your access if the Kinect saw someone else in the room), required 24 hour check ins for the internet for the system to function, intended to have the kinect on at all times, didn't allow used games, etc.
Please go back and read what the Xbox One was going to be. It was worse than all modern systems still.
Not in defense of Nintendo but this is a completely different thing. Xbox One games weren't going to be shareable. You can still sell/give away Nintendo key cards.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_JVVUnCWnY&t=22s
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That ratio... LOL!
is a Game-Key CardAnd just like that, I'm out.