Nintendo just unveiled a new feature that could make sharing digital Switch games easier, but potentially less useful for some players.

The visual novel, set in ancient China, has garnered success since its PC launch last year, and a sequel is confirmed for late 2025. The hit visual novel The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty has been pulled from the Japanese Nintendo Switch shop mere days after its release.

Switch players who buy their games on physical cards are used to being able to share those games with other players simply by handing them the card. Now, Nintendo is planning a process to allow players to share their digital Switch purchases in a similar way.

As Nintendo explains it, these virtual cards work a lot like physical cartridges. You can “eject” a game from one device and then load it onto another, so long as the second Switch is tied to your account or a member of your family plan.

Just in time for the Nintendo Switch 2's imminent launch later this year, Nintendo is introducing a new feature for the OG Switch and its upcoming successor called 'Virtual Game Cards.' That comes from the latest Nintendo Direct,

Switch 1 and Switch 2 owners can send games across consoles and lend them to friends with Virtual Game Cards. The latest Nintendo Direct included an announcement regarding Nintendo’s virtual game ecosystem.