Nintendo confirms no download codes needed for physical Switch 2 Edition games

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SvennoJ said:

Yeah I got that part. Just curious about the mechanics as upgrade pack sound like a patch (pre-stored on the card) that needs to be applied to the game.

Curious how Nintendo is going to make that work.

Does the upgrade pack simply contain instructions for the Switch 2 on how to interpret the Switch game and alter some of the render parameters in run time?
Or do you need to install the Switch game to internal storage first, apply the upgrade from the card and then play. (Which would all be done automatically on start up, but will take up space on internal storage)

I guess we'll find out at launch. At least Switch 2 has much bigger internal storage.

I can't imagine that this will be any different than later printruns of Switch 1 game cards that had version 1.3 or whatever on them instead of the initial 1.0 version on the first printrun. Meaning that the patches/software updates are already a part of the game card data and are read straight from the card instead of needing to be downloaded to the internal storage.