Everything We Learned About the Nintendo Switch From Today’s Reveal

It Will Use Cartridges

It’s looking like the Nintendo Switch will be using cartridges instead of discs for physical games. In the trailer, the Switch is shown having a cartridge port at the top of the screen, along with a headphone jack. This was likely done so that you can bring your games around with ease, and players won’t have to deal with carrying multiple discs on their person at once.

It wasn’t shown off in the trailer, or mentioned in the press release, but it’s likely that the Nintendo Switch will also support digital downloads from the Nintendo eShop so that you won’t have to bother with bringing physical games around at all.