How to use Nintendo Switch virtual game cards

Nintendo Switch's virtual game card system lets you let friends and family members borrow a game you've purchased from the eShop.

You can lend out a game for 14 days at a time, and you can only borrow one game from multiple users simultaneously.

The Nintendo Switch 2 (which arrives on June 5 ) will support the system on April 30 .

You only need to be connected to the same wireless network when you're actively lending and borrowing a virtual game card.

To swap virtual game cards from one Switch to another, you first need to link them.

You don't necessarily have to be online to play a game once it's on your Switch.

You can freely swap them between two of your own Switch consoles even if one is in sleep mode.

Save data isn't automatically shared across each system, so you can't start playing a game on one Switch and continue where you left off on another.

To hide one, go to Virtual Game Cards on the Switch home screen and choose the user that's linked to your Nintendo Account.

You can unhide a virtual game card from this section too. Select the particular game, then choose Options and Unhide .