Nintendo has shaken up how it treats your digital game purchases. It's now calling those virtual game cards, and it hopes to make it easier for you to share your games across multiple Switch systems.

In short, Virtual Game Cards are a way to share games from your digital library with anyone. They are meant to act exactly like a physical game card, meaning you can “give” it to another person to ...

Though the Virtual Game Card system allows you to swap your digital games between linked systems, or lent to family members for several days, it also means by default you won’t be able to play the ...