Nintendo and Western Digital Corporation have formed a global partnership to create Nintendo-licensed memory cards for use in Nintendo Switch video game systems. The microSDXC cards will be available in capacities of 64 GB and 128 GB, and will feature the Nintendo Switch and SanDisk logos.

“Western Digital is a global leader in memory storage, and its SanDisk brand microSD cards are trusted by consumers around the world,” said Tom Prata, Nintendo of America’s Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives. “These new Nintendo-licensed memory cards provide significant additional storage for digital content, and in many retail locations they will be conveniently displayed alongside Nintendo Switch games and accessories.”

“As more and more amazing games and related content become available for download on Nintendo Switch, our licensed memory cards allow users to quickly and easily expand their storage,” said Sven Rathjen, Vice President of Product Marketing, Client Solutions, Western Digital. “Nintendo Switch has generated tremendous momentum, and we are thrilled to partner with Nintendo to offer consumers a trusted card for their system.”

Nintendo Switch gives players the option to supplement their system’s built-in storage, depending on how much digital content they choose to download. Ever since Nintendo Switch launched in March, the system has become home to a continually growing library of diverse downloadable games and content. Additional storage enables players to download more digital games and content, and take it all on the go. Also, a microSD card will be needed for certain Nintendo Switch games that contain an especially large amount of content and require additional storage for players to enjoy the full experience.

The Nintendo-licensed 64 GB and 128 GB microSDXC SanDisk memory cards will be available at select retail outlets starting in October 2017.

Source: GBAtemp Inbox

 

[tbb043]

Just buy from Amazon or somewhere reputable

You better make sure you really buy from amazon and not an amazon marketplace seller. Only the former is even possibly reputable.

Not me problem if their shit corrupts.
SanDisk is the most faked brand out there, it's a fact.

Not if you buy from a real store, fact.

 

[sarkwalvein]

Well, if someone wants to buy a Nuntendo Swetch or a Sandısk SD Card from Alibobo, there they go.
Everything can be faked, and the more popular and recognized the brand is, the more it will be faked.
Of course, brands tend to be popular and recognized when they make good products.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

And you can still find those overpriced things on the shelves of surprising number of stores.

The only things that matter here are they decent cards, which sandisk usually is, and are they a good price, which these nintendo licenced ones usually aren't.




How long are stupid ignorant parents going to be an excuse? In 2017 they should at least understand sd cards with all the cellphones and stuff.





If you're buying from shady online "retailers" maybe. Walk into a B&M store like Best Buy or Walmart, it's gonna be absolutely fine. And that's not what they mean by trusted anyway, trusted assumes you've got a real card and then it won't fail out of nowhere. You buy from flybynightsd.net, you get what you deserve.





not when there's a known track record of these things being well overpriced compared to the same card without a nintendo branding

They don't, they probably get help at the store for that as well. And don't forget a lot of phones and tablets lack expandable storage, including every iOS device which hold a huge part of the market share.

SanDisk trusted?
It's the most faked brand there is...

I wonder if Nintendo brings a 265 GB one.

No, that would be Kingston
Kingston are so commonly faked that fake cards even slip into legitimate shipments.

 

[Spider_Man]

N3DS came with no charger lol and it didnt have a charger which "comes with your phone"

exactly, nintendo's excuse for passing this expense was that chances are you already have a 3ds/ds so it was able to cut its costs and pass it to the consumer.

and most phones or devices these days use usb c chargers, id be surprised if they don't try the same again.

 

[DinohScene]

No, that would be Kingston
Kingston are so commonly faked that fake cards even slip into legitimate shipments.

In all fairness, I barely see Kingston SDs in shops here.

 

[Redhorse]

I have to admit, I fell for this when I bought my first memory card for a GC, didn't realize the Wii (?) one would have just as easily worked.. duh.... don't know what I was(n't) thinking.

 

[Yepi69]

Can't wait for Nintendo to pull shit like this over a logo:

 

[johndoegba]

Are these available yet? I have the Wii one as well.

 

[F34R]

Here's a placeholder.. so not released yet.

64GB
128GB

That price. No thanks.

 

[johndoegba]

Here's a placeholder.. so not released yet.

64GB
128GB

That price. No thanks.

Great! Thanks

 

[droople]

read 100MB/s, write 90MB/s, so it's a SanDisk Extreme 256G

 

[grubgrub]

Any chance that these nintendo/sandisk microsdxc card will have the microsdxc update on the cards instead of having to download the update?

 

[20degrees]

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