The Switch 2's controversial game-key cards prove to be a preservation nightmare as Japan's national library refuses to use them

Photo by Rosalie Newcombe of a close-up of the Game-Key Card of No Sleep For Kaname Date sitting on its physical Switch 2 game box.

Japan's National Diet Library has said that Nintendo Switch 2 game-key cards will not be eligible for preservation by the library.

As exciting as the Nintendo Switch 2 is, the third party game situation is a bit dire. Outside of rare cases like Cyberpunk 2077, Sonic Racing CrossWorlds, and Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, pretty much every third party game on the platform has been released as either a code in a box or one of Nintendo's new game-key cards which act as a key to download the game from the eShop.