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Nintendo's Nightmarish Virtual Game Cards Make the Switch 2 a DRM Minefield
We found out the hard way just how bad Switch 2 DRM can get.
This option is meant for people with missing or damaged Switch units, but it’s the only way to move forward if you don’t have immediate access to your older handheld. This data transfer can go awry if you don’t carefully read any on-screen prompts, as Gizmodo’s Senior Editor of Consumer Tech, Raymond Wong, experienced when moving his Mario Kart 8: Deluxe game save to the new handheld. It seems the console took the new cloud save as the one dedicated to the Switch 2, effectively deleting hundreds of hours of effort and vehicle unlocks from either system.
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