Behold, The Officially-Licensed Nintendo Micro SD Card To Rule Them All

I'm not spending extra money on a card because it has a Nintendo theme on it, when you can buy the exact same card, from the same company cheaper without it.

You never see the card while it is in the Switch!

I'd rather have a plain, boring microSD card with the same amount of space for less money.

Is this the 100th article about microSD cards or are we just getting close to 100

Literally what's the point. This is for collectors only.

They look nice. That’s just about it.

and yet nintendo cant even make enough docks, just had to buy one off ebay, fing joke

The 128GB / mushroom one is less than half the price of the 256GB / Star one. Logic?

@gaga64 That's actually not that odd. It seems like age of the tech and demand drive the prices more than the tech itself. Smaller, older cards at less in demand so they have to sell them cheaper to sell them at all.

Pretty. But once you put it in the Switch and can no longer see it, it makes no economical sense

That pricing model is weird. I mean, there is only a few quid premium on the first two (based on amazon pricing I have found at time of writing). But the 256GB one is around double the price of the bog standard Sandisk version.

@Heavyarms55 I guess that makes sense

LOL. Even I'm not that much of Nintendo fan that I could pay those prices for something that spends 99.99999999999% of it's time hidden inside my Switch.

Finally, a Zelda 64 cartridge for my Switch!

I'm a sucker for Nintendo officially themed, but, to echo others, this sits INSIDE the Switch. You'll never even see the nice albeit safe design. Big pass.

They look fancy but there are 2 issues,

1. They are Nintendo themed regular memory cards, plus you won't even see their "design" when in use.

2. 128gb is €55 in my country (they sell these over here since almost 2 weeks), even while prices in my country aren't as low as in the US, 128gb is around €26~€29, for €51 I can have a 256gb one.

Not worth it unless a die hard collector that would never use them, but instead put on a shelf.

This site is turning into a joke. It slags off assassins creed 3 on switch but it’s ok to be ripped off to buy an SD card because it “officially licensed”. LMFAO.

@boatie
I agree sick to death of reading about the bloody things

Its just Nintendo scalping collectors, as no sane person would buy it and put it in your switch as you cannot see the picture

Were it an option to buy the same 400gb micro SD card with or without the Nintendo theming I would probably get the theme. It might be cool enough to at least catch my eye on Amazon.

That said, not gonna pay a premium on a smaller card to get a star on it.

I will buy this Star SDcard if it makes me invincible in Mario Kart.

@Heavyarms55 This, and even if there was some kind of bragging rights involved, those are null and void, since the microSD card is hidden within your Switch.

The only way to elicit some "Ohh! Shiny!" comments would be to take them out, but than I guess someone is really seeking the attention, if this person is prone to do that...

I like to think that these items are just to confuse persons, that are not sure and will buy those up; there are also some micro SD cards from the same brand at my retailer, only with a slightly different packaging marked up 5,00 € and if you press the store clerks, they concede it's all a sham.

@Lemmy_the_Koopa It's to cash in on two groups of people I think, first, are die hard collectors and second are moms and grandmas who don't know better. Capitalizing on obsession and ignorance.

I can't fault them too much, but like, people, educate yourselves.

Wake me up when we get the 1TB MicroSD with Nintendo branding.

i got an official sandisk branded 256gb card for cad75$ (about 45 pounds) on newegg, ship and sold by them. it is a real card i already have well over 100gb and nothing has failed so far.

point is, just buy sandisk branded cards they are cheaper and they are the same.

@sanderev lmao you don't need the nintendo branding. you're throwing away money lol

@LOZ_Master95 it’s a joke

Those look cool and all, but I still have my 400 Gig card, so I'm good.

...I mean, I'm a sucker for Nintendo-themed stuff, but this is past my limit. They look nice, but you're pretty much just paying the unnecessary extra cash for brand alone.

@sanderev oh sorry then i really though you were being serious

Ill stick with what I have for now, but I'll keep an eye on this one.

@Heavyarms55 Exactly, I bought a 400 gb SanDisk with 100 mbps (obviously), and it was 5 bucks cheaper than this 256 gb one. A star really doesnt add that much value, and it shouldnt.

Almost $100 for a $40 micro SD card because it's yellow and has a star on it. Thanks Nintendo! I can't wait to buy one of these and stick it in my Switch where I will never see it again!

It's a trust thing for a lot of people. Some people don't trust putting something in their switch without a Nintendo logo on it or the Nintendo Seal of Quality. It makes sense that Nintendo would make these.

512MB and a better price and I'm there.

Now if that was the 1tb at lower price I consider.

Twice the price because it has a graphic on it? Bet that increases performance.

Nintendo Life you need to stop promoting Shovelware games, Indiegogo/Kickstarter crap, and overpriced accessories. Have some self pride and stop trying to deceive your user base at every chance you get.

@blecch
The 512 gb card goes on sale to $100 often

Clearly there are enough stupid people out there buying these things. That 256GB card costs more than a plain 400GB card!

If I was already in the market for one of these and the price was the same as the rest I would totally. Shoot I'm not in the market and that star is looking mighty fine, but again it would have to be the same price as the regular. I'm not gonna pay extra.

Anybody else have trouble with micro SD cards? It seems like a money racket since half the time, the Switch won't even recognize the damn card.

@Heavyarms55

Only benefit I could think of is for identifying it being for the switch if it isnt in the system.

So pretty! Too bad they don't come with an adapter.