Physical copies of OG Switch games upgraded for Nintendo Switch 2, like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Metroid Prime 4, will seemingly ship with original Switch 1 cartridges.
That’s according to a Nintendo support representative in the UK, who reportedly confirmed in writing that the Switch 2 “enhanced” editions themselves will have to be downloaded separately via “download codes” and then applied to the original version on the cart.
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Whilst the exact question posed to the customer rep is not provided, Does It Play on X/Twitter tweeted an image of an email response allegedly taken from a customer services conversation that reportedly stated: “Yes, we can confirm that the upgrades will be download codes. Thank you for your understanding”.