There's been plenty of talk around the Internet about why publishers are option for game key cards for most Switch 2 retail releases instead of putting the game on the cart, and one prevailing reason was the rumor (fact?) that Nintendo has only made Switch 2 cards available in one capacity, 64GB. That size, along with high production cost of game cards in general, has been a deterrent for many publishers to release full physical games.
It seems like Nintendo is acknowledging this issue and has begun making smaller capacity game cards available to third parties:
This article references a blog post from the publisher ININ Games: In a new blog post, the studio stated that "Two days ago Nintendo announced two new smaller cartridge sizes for Nintendo Switch 2", so a full physical release is back on the menu.
However, by the time I visited the blog and read the post, the wording seems to have been updated to remove any reference to Nintendo officially announcing any smaller Switch 2 cart sizes.
The entire European and US production of R-Type Dimensions III for Nintendo Switch 2 will be released on a full physical cartridge.
A little downside to this positive news: The price for the retail and the special edition of the NSW2 version will increase by €10 due to the still higher productions costs. However, as a small thank-you to our early supporters, All early pre-order customers of the special edition will receive the game on cartridge at the original price they ordered.
Still, hopefully this opens the door for more Switch 2 games releasing on the card with the full game intact.
