The recent virtual Nintendo game card system is now live with the latest switch update. For those who want to hide their cards to play from prying eyes, they will have the opportunity to do it.
As the user on X/Twitter shows, virtual game cards can be hidden from the purchased list VGC Nintendo portal. This means that everyone who looks at your list of virtual game cards will not see any games you have for any reasons.
I tested it myself and could hide games such as Remaster Suikoden I and II HD and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. While games would still appear on my list on my OLED switch, if I installed or loaded them, after uninstalling they will be removed from the list.
At this point, you can enter the list of games via “Redownload Software” and display the offer, but you have to go to “You can’t find software?” Section I log in to your Nintendo account to see a list of hidden games. The same also applies to the site that will attract your hidden games for “you can’t find software?” Option in a separate folder.
So, if you have any special games that you would not like to notice by other people using your system, you can hide them in the folder. Certainly it is an bulky method, because you have to break away and reinforce the games so that they play them again. This still meant my account as playing in the remaster Suikoden I and II HD, when I launched it, and I also marked them in the game’s activity.
But I suppose that if you divide consoles and want to keep, say, a deadly combat or an inaccessible destruction, this may be used as a parental control function. Or maybe if you have only lustful titles in the Switch catalog, which you prefer not to see a pop -up when you switch to the next roof party, there is also some exploit.
Either way, virtual game cards can now be hidden. The latest update has also redesigned icons, added a system transfer function for the upcoming Switch 2, and mainly turned off the gap for sharing games. You can read more about the recent Nintendo Switch update update here.
Eric is an independent IGN writer.
