One of the stranger details that came out of last week’s big Nintendo Switch 2 event was the existence of game-key cards. They won’t be used for all releases, but essentially they’re Switch 2 cartridges that don’t actually contain a game, but instead feature a “key” that’s used for “downloading the full game to your system via the internet.”

The Nintendo Switch 2 direct confirmed several games headed to the new console at or near launch. But a few notable titles were missing.

New console carries the hopes of a company and a sector, but it has already been thrust into a gathering trade war