If you play games mostly digitally, you need to make sure you have substantial storage space if you want to hold onto more than just a small handful at a time. Nintendo Switch 2 players can expand their console’s storage with the help of a SanDisk microSD Express Card. Amazon has a 512GB Micro SDXC available and on sale for 20% off. Typically priced at $200, the card has now come down to just $160 for a limited time.
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The Nintendo Switch 2 catalogue is starting to feel a lot more rounded out then it did in year one. With the big hits of last year really being limited to just Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza, adopters of Nintendo’s latest handheld console hybrid now has way more to pick from. This year we’ve seen Pokémon Pokopia, the Star Fox remake, Orbitals, and now Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave. We’ve got even more on the horizon including the long-awaited The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake, a new multiplayer FromSoftware game in The Duskbloods, and a brand new Kirby adventure with Kirby and the World Beyond.
If you want to play all these awesome new titles, you might have a problem. That problem is the Nintendo Switch 2 only comes with 256GB of internal storage out of the box. Now while that is significantly better than its predecessor’s abysmal 32GB, it’s still small enough that it might fill up quickly if you’re not keeping an eye on it. Especially if you end up playing some third party titles like Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition or CyberPunk 2077. The first clocks in at about 41GB, while the latter hit about 64GB.
You’re able to triple your storage capacity to download new games thanks to this Express Card. It also offers ample room to save video clips and screenshots of your gameplay.
Now, you can’t just pop in any old microSD card into your Nintendo Switch 2. The architecture of Nintendo’s new system requires much fast read and write speeds than the original Nintendo Switch did. This means some older microSD cards that were compatible with the Switch will not be compatible with the Switch 2. In order to be sure of compatibility, make sure to grab one that is labeled Express. This one from SanDisk is one of these Express cards and it can deliver read speeds up to 880 MB/s and write speeds up to 650 MB/s. It also has a fun little fire flower on it, so that’s cool too.