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Nintendo Switch 2: The Current State of Physical Releases

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The thing I don't like about NS2 Editions are the covers, they look so ugly as if it were ads, but on the bright side it comes with extra content and improvements.
 
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The thing I don't like about NS2 Editions are the covers, they look so ugly as if it were ads, but on the bright side it comes with extra content and improvements.
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Unfortunately the ugliness is the distinct aspect of it. All Nintendo Switch 2 releases suffer with the large red banner across the top, so that's less box art already. The Nintendo Switch 2 Edition blurb at the bottom doesn't make it any better, but it is at least transparent, so you still see some of the box art. I have to put partial blame on the consumer for not reading the back of the game boxes though. Probably wouldn't have to have the blurb on the front, if more people actually cared about what they were buying more thoroughly. Some stores don't allow you to pick the packaging up though, instead they are stuck behind plastic casing and secured to the shelf. While differing systems can still make it possible to view the back, I have seen some that don't. Due to this, I do kind of get the benefit of having the blurb on the front in a situation like that. Could also just be that Nintendo really didn't want people to confuse the types of physical releases, since they all have the large red banner already. I don't feel we needed another situation where we couldn't distinguish between standard Nintendo DS / 3DS releases, and those that were enhanced for the Nintendo DSi / New 3DS. New Nintendo 3DS releases had a large white banner across the box too.
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I took another look at the YouTuber's site mentioned in my earlier post. I don't think I was really off or that far behind realistically speaking. I missed only a small handful of releases that are actually out right now, but based on the large list I'm building related to the ones missing in my list, they are all pre-orders. Which means these had to have been just posted not that long ago. Places like Amazon and what not would have had something to work with, if these were that widespread and known, but nothing like these ever came up during my searches. I don't trust this source for box art though, because many of the pages use blurry images. I'll try and outsource for better images. Most of them appear to just be Nintendo Switch 2 Editions so far. I haven't even checked the game key card section. So if anyone is thinking I'm about to balance the playing field of physical releases and game key cards, hold your horses lol. The site combines full, exclusive, releases with Nintendo Switch 2 Editions. The Game Key Card section literally outnumbers both even combined. You can just imagine how much larger that will be for any I missed. The site doesn't cover every release either from what I could tell, but it does cover a lot. I doubt full releases will topple game key cards.
 
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It is a given that this thread will lag behind a little as publishers are deliberately using misleading box covers and sometimes it's not clear what type of physical cartridge until actual release time.
 
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98% - 99% of these are all pre-orders, so these are pretty fresh. Expect possible distribution changes (if a game becomes a game key card as an example). Example of this, Brigandine Abyss has box art indicating it's a full release, but later box art reveals it's a game key card release. Before someone gets too excited, keep in mind I haven't gotten to the game key cards list yet, the list below is not an indicator that there will be more full, proper, releases toppling game key cards, or getting close to doing so.

Added the following full releases:
- Blue Prince
- ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard
- Cotton Rock With You
- Dread Delusion
- Eternal Anima
- Grim Trials
- Layers of Fear: The Final Masterpiece Edition
- MIO: Memories in Orbit
- Ratatan
- Shenmue III: Enhanced
- Starsand Island
- Super Meat Boy 3D
- Toy Story: Retro Roundup! + Toy Story 3: Complete Edition
- Unbeatable: Breakout Edition
- Wanderstop
- Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader: Voidfarer Edition
- inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories

Added the following game key card releases:
- Brigandine Abyss

Added the following Nintendo Switch 2 Edition releases:
- 1000xRESIST: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
- A-Train Hajimaru Kankou Keikaku: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
- Absolum: Nintendo Switch 2 Edtion
- Another Eden Begins: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
- Card-en-Ciel: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
- Dark Auction: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
- Dave the Diver: Complete Edition: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
- Dispatch: Deluxe Edition: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
- Hollow Knight: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
- Hollow Knight: Silksong: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
- Moonlight Peaks: Vampire's Gothic Life: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
- Pokemon Legends: Z-A: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Mega Dimension
- Rain World Anthology: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
- Stardew Valley: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
- Super Bomberman Collection: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
- Terranigma: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
- Viractal: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
- Wandering Sword: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
- Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
 
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Well, I ended up buying Shenmue 3 Enhanced on VGP along some NS1 games.

It's cheaper to buy from Canada (VGP) than from retailers here in England, and I do quite like the US covers a bit more than the EU ones... At the end of the day it doesn't matter too much (I'm not that OCD about it).
 
Added the following full releases:
- Clive Barkers Hellraiser Revival

Added the following game key card releases:
- Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2
- Atelier Karia: The Night Kingdom & the Guide of Memories
- Attack on Titan 3
- Back to the Dawn
- Crymelight
- Danganronpa 2x2
- Destroy All Humans
- Destroy All Humans 2
- Devil May Cry 5: Devil Hunter Edition
- Digimon Story: Time Stranger
- Disgaea Mayhem
- Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed
- Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World
- Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Final Fantasy VII: Revelation Day One Edition
- Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD Remaster
- Hello Kitty Party Land
- High on Life 2
- It Takes Two Remastered
- Legend of Heroes, The: Trails from Zero / Legend of Heroes, The: Trails to Azure
- Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: Encore Edition
- Metaphor: ReFantazio
- Monopoly: Star Wars Heroes vs. Villains
- Monster Hunter Wilds
- Octopath Traveler
- Octopath Traveler II
- One Piece: Grand Gourmet
- Professor Layton and The New World of Steam
- Rayman Legends Retold
- Resident Evil Generations Pack
- Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
- Split Fiction
- Tales of Eternia Remastered
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants Ninja Edition
- Tormented Souls 2
- Village in the Shade
- Walking Dead, The: Streets of Survival
- Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Complete Edition
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Tag Force

Added the following Nintendo Switch 2 Edition releases:
- Hello Kitty Island Adventure: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
 
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DeadSkullzJr said:
Added the following full releases:
- Clive Barkers Hellraiser Revival

Added the following game key card releases:
- Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2
- Atelier Karia: The Night Kingdom & the Guide of Memories
- Attack on Titan 3
- Back to the Dawn
- Crymelight
- Danganronpa 2x2
- Destroy All Humans
- Destroy All Humans 2
- Devil May Cry 5: Devil Hunter Edition
- Digimon Story: Time Stranger
- Disgaea Mayhem
- Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed
- Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World
- Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Final Fantasy VII: Revelation Day One Edition
- Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD Remaster
- Hello Kitty Party Land
- High on Life 2
- It Takes Two Remastered
- Legend of Heroes, The: Trails from Zero / Legend of Heroes, The: Trails to Azure
- Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: Encore Edition
- Metaphor: ReFantazio
- Monopoly: Star Wars Heroes vs. Villains
- Monster Hunter Wilds
- Octopath Traveler
- Octopath Traveler II
- One Piece: Grand Gourmet
- Professor Layton and The New World of Steam
- Rayman Legends Retold
- Resident Evil Generations Pack
- Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
- Split Fiction
- Tales of Eternia Remastered
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants Ninja Edition
- Tormented Souls 2
- Village in the Shade
- Walking Dead, The: Streets of Survival
- Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Complete Edition
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Tag Force

Added the following Nintendo Switch 2 Edition releases:
- Hello Kitty Island Adventure: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
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That's a lot of empty boxes for early Christmas buyers. 🤣

I was hoping for a better update (more full releases).
 
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Marc_LFD said:
That's a lot of empty boxes for early Christmas buyers. 🤣

I was hoping for a better update (more full releases).
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The last update I provided has more physical releases. Like I said in that post though, game key cards are still going to topple the lists. I'm still not done adding games yet for the categories. I just had to break these lists down, since I lack the compute needed to process images in bulk super fast. Took me (more like my computer itself) 12+ hours just to parse the images from the game key card list provided lol. I find it worth it for your guys and gals, but yea.... Would be nice to upgrade to a better computer for shit like this lol.
 
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Marc_LFD said:
That's a lot of empty boxes for early Christmas buyers. 🤣

I was hoping for a better update (more full releases).
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I mean, they're not empty boxes, it's a lot better than download codes (which are only useful on sale when I need new cases, I have like 4 copies of Kitaria fables because of that)
 
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I mean, they're not empty boxes, it's a lot better than download codes (which are only useful on sale when I need new cases, I have like 4 copies of Kitaria fables because of that)
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I do like the Code in a Box releases just for that one reason, and to swap Switch 2 games into Switch 1 clear cases, but if it becomes too many I just won't have enough.
 

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