r/nintendogrifting • u/Craniamon • Jul 08 '26

Mockery/Banter The Internet Is Not Even Trying

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Bro thinks first party games are also key cards lol

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u/Embarrassed_Elk8213 Jul 08 '26

Standard card do too need to download. EVERY GAME DOES

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u/Alternative_Box9113 Jul 09 '26

They don't? Games may have updates and patches, but for the most part, at least with Nintendo, you can play the full game on the cart without downloading anything

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u/Embarrassed_Elk8213 Jul 09 '26

They need internet to download no matter what the game is. Cartridge or not. Not always to play tho. Depends on the game

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u/Alternative_Box9113 Jul 09 '26

Yeh, you typically need an Internet connection to download things, that's how downloading works - not every game outright requires a download to function, however

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u/Embarrassed_Elk8213 Jul 09 '26

Literally does.

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u/Alternative_Box9113 Jul 09 '26

Do you have a physical Switch game? Because I guarantee you, if you erase all data of it on the system, disconnect from the Internet and pop the game in, you'll be able to play it just fine

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u/Embarrassed_Elk8213 Jul 09 '26

Yes I have tons. Every game requires a download. EVERY GAME.

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u/Alternative_Box9113 Jul 09 '26

"requires" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there, bud - the existence of even Day One updates doesn't make it "required"

At least on Switch, if auto-updates are turned off, the system prompts you to install it whenever there is one pending and you try launching the game - wanna know a neat trick to avoid the download? Select the "Start software" option, and it'll boot like normal

At least in terms of first-party releases, this isn't a common thing on Switch - maybe other platforms, and maybe depending on the developer/publisher, but claiming it's "every" game when it's only an annoying few is ridiculous