Topic: A micro SD to Switch Game Pak adapter

I had a tough time finding a 512 gigabyte microSD card that actually lived up to its claim and it actually held 512 GB. There was a deal on a Hyundai card and I bought for five bucks a program on the Macintosh which could test my card to "test its size."

It really was a pain to go through this. It feels like you have to hunt high and low and test your card to see if you can have a deal. I was games like Mortal Kombat 11 aftermath ballooning the size of games, I'm afraid the maximum eventual limits of 2 TB will not be enough.

I thought of a way we could solve it. shells you could put micro SD cards in that'll fit in the main cartridge slot. Because seriously are you really going to access the system memory the main memory and the cartridge memory all at the same time? No.

I would buy known brands of SD cards heck even Nintendo authorized brands if I could get 128 gigs for like 10 bucks and just have to buy shuck cartridges.

And the shuck cartridges could be compatible with themes. They'd be like amiibos but significantly cheaper and way more practical. They have pictures of a character on the face of the cartridge, I would load into the system memory and identifying jpeg which matches the picture on the cover. so that if you have hundreds of games over multiple SD cards all you got to do is go to the game look at the picture of the SD card it's on and put it in the cartridge slots through that adapter

Of course it would help if it was deliberate and semi-permanent the sticking of the SD card in the cartridge shuck.

it would also make upgrading to a higher memory card a lot easier so that you don't have to download 512 GB 16 GB at a time because the other 16 holds system and stuff that use real cartridges, into a two terabyte device. This would make a direct transfer possible.

As for security there would be no difference between a file stored on an SD card and a file stored on an SD card within a shock since they all have to check in with them and those virtual store for a license check to assure playing. And those licenses are stored online.

This would also help people with low bandwidth to get a neutered version of the game which is a full version without the license stored on some media and then you go to the Nintendo switch store and buy license and it's already downloaded you made the license with the neutered game.

if it can sniff out unauthorized games then all are neutered the game is is the game code minus the authorization.

also when your games are stored about multiple memory cards since you can't directly label the SD cards these shucks with a) indicate they're meant for Nintendo switch, and b) help you differentiate them from each other.

Heck third parties could sell shucks of their games as licensed Nintendo shucks with their pictures on it.

@tripletopper Yeah, Amazon has zero quality control for micro sd card sellers, as you've seen. You gotta stick to known brands like Sandisk, Samsung, etc., and only buy from pages with like 50,000 or 100,000+ reviews & high star ratings. Most NintendoLife users in the US have probably bought from this amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-400GB-microSDXC-Memory-Adapter...

It sounds like you've figured that out already, but I'm spelling it out for younger readers that haven't learned yet, because there are always a few.

As WoomyNNYes says read and research your sd card before buying and remember the phrase:

If it smells too good to be true then the one smelling rotten is the buyer

If you want to catch these dirty players in the act all you have to do is buy a trusted SD card size tester which is usually the same thing as an SD card speed tester. Which I found on the Macintosh for less than 10 bucks and uses the SD drive. It just writes procedurally created raw data until either it reaches the full capacity is or it stops early. the good ones have a player that can play back the procedural data and compare it to the procedure to make sure it writes what it's supposed to write.

if you plan to buy one of those too good to be true ones in the off chance that they may actually be telling you the truth the first thing you do when you get it in the mail is run through your SD card speed and size tester. If it is advertised speed and size then you have a legitimate item. Otherwise take it back, the sooner the better. Heck you might bust a ring overseas.

By the way the one particular Hyundai one I tested turned out to be as advertised 512 gig as Nintendo switch compatible speeds for decent price. and just because I said Hyundai makes a good one doesn't mean that every Hyundai is legit. Even some "legitimate brand names" are faked Out versions of brand names. Just test before you move your data.

A milligram of prevention is worth a megagram of cure.

Or....Buy storage from reputable resellers.

@tripletopper looks like either this is just Trolling or someone whom clearly just looking for ClickBaiting...

My main point is that if the Nintendo sees that as a problem people getting ripped off, getting exponentially worse as the size goes higher, maybe this idea would work. You can buy more reasonably priced 128s and just five little few dollar cartridge adapters with different characters and swap in and out.

Nintendo makes no money off SD cards therefore it makes sense to make buying legit easier and not requiring a big sum just have a big size.

Why buy more 128 when one can get a 400b or 1tb card. One is asking for problems remove and replace sd cards. Eventually swapping like that will ruin the contacts or slot or both. And that will void your Switch Warranty even if you have a extended Warranty there are EULA and damaging the slot is considered User Abused voiding your Warranty.

Why? Because the cost per gig is cheapest while being guaranteed to be real at 128 GB. It's not my fault memory goes up exponentially after 128? (It's not Nintendo's either, but they make no money off micro SD cards except ones that want to use Nintendo related logos on them or their packaging.

I don't like flipping SD cards. These external Game Pak shells were conceived by me to PREVENT the SD Shuffle. Currently, transferring 128GB to a 512 takes at LEAST 4 double shuffles to transfer, usually more. That's assuming you have the full 32 GB to shift with.

Wearing out the SD contacts when using compatible SD cards will boot void your warranty, first of all. That's ridiculous, and patently false.

Secondly, it makes no sense to introduce an additional item for a user to deal with, in terms of this SD-to-Cartridge adapter that's been discussed.

Lastly, any introduction of a physical handshake has potential to slow down read/write speeds. In this idea, that would be sacrifice for no gain.

Want more storage? Buy a bigger card.

The main problem is that the financial cost per gig valleys at 128 GB. I have a 512G and about halfway through.

I have a Hyundai that looked good, and Hyundai is a recognized name, (maybe not for SD cards in the US). But since I had a bogus Samsung 1 TB, bought a $10 SD card check program on mac to write test data and read it. It checks if it both reads and writes it, correctly, at the intended speed and quantity. Got back my $30 wasted on a "SameSong 1 TB" once it failed the test.

Then found the Hyundai 512 G for $40, and the tester said it worked. No problems so far.

There were so many games the Nintendo shop was offering for 90% off OR MORE, that if you are even REMOTELY intetrested, it's cheap enough to be considered a "virtual rental". If it's worth it keep it in the main collection on the large mini SD card. If not, put it in a reserve SD card, and only access it on the off chance you rated a gem as junk and want to give it a second chance.

Whether or not SD shuffling violates the warrantee, it's something you SHOULD DO RARELY. Since the hardware always checks the authenticity of the Game Pac as a pak-tied license, or upon log in with a download license. Since the only thing these cards are are "exoskeletons", it would not use the temporary pak license, but needs the online license. If you can get the Pac slot to look for EITHER a transferrable local license, or an account tied online license, that would be the 3asuest way to avoid the SD Shuffle