We're not sure about you, but it's our personal opinion here at Nintendo Life that those teeny, tiny (and tasty?) Switch game cards are frustratingly easy to misplace. We might just be very accident-prone or absent-minded (or both), but we've spent many an hour scrabbling around the house trying to find a game that has fallen out of our Switch carry case – usually when we're just about to leave for work.
Thankfully, there's a solution to this weirdly specific problem, and it comes in the form of tiny NES-shaped Switch game card holders. Produced by Retro Fighters, these little plastic cases allow you to store your games in style, and they even have a little sping-loading mechanism, just like the Switch's cartridge slot does – a little push down on the top of the game card, and it pops right up out of the case. Neat!
You get 8 cases in each pack, as well as a transparent carry case to hold them all. We have to say, we're utterly smitten with these and hope to see other variants in the future – Game Boy or SNES ones specifically.
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Thanks to Games Connection for supplying Retro 85 NES cartridge game cases used in this feature.
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HORI 24 is still the Best choice and more economic.
A nice novelty, but nothing more unfortunately. I can't see myself replacing my current cases with these. They do look really good though.
That's a cute novelty, but it means you need a carry case for your carry cases.
It's like the miniature game case keychains they you sometimes get with Play-asia orders.
Not practical for storing Switch game cartridges but nice to have.
@Anti-Matter HORI 24 is still the Best choice and more economic.
I Second that and I got like 18 of them but need more since my collection out-paced my Hori24 cases.
https://www.amazon.com/HORI-Game-Nintendo-Switch-Officially-Licensed/dp/B01NASY99Z
@RupeeClock Those I'll keep at collectors pieces and won't use them.
Nice! Now I need something to help me READ the game cards!
@RupeeClock Did PlayAsia offers those??
I made 5 orders since last year, but the only thing i got until now are stickers
@caiozf
It seems to be for specific games only. I got one with Death Road to Canada for example.
I think Play-asia occasionally adds them as bonus to releases exclusive to their site.
Will think about it ^3^ Those look cute ^3~♡
They look really nice, I'm going to get some of these and make some kind of display. Poking around that sight I came across the Brawler 64, has anyone tried one of these on the N64?
These do look pretty cool, and would be good if there were games you wanted to show off. Unfortunately for actual game storage they are completely DOA with the Hori case storing 3x as many games for half the price and half the footprint.
Do they ship to the US?
@BetterThanVegas I thought they were already in the US? I saw some Youtubers such as John Riggs with these a while ago
https://retrofighters.com/our-collection/retro85-mini-nes-cartridge-switch-game-cases/
@BetterThanVegas https://retrofighters.com/our-collection/retro85-mini-nes-cartridge-switch-game-cases/
...or you could use the case that the game came in?
Nice, very attractive to retro collecting fans.
@carlos82 @NESlover85 Thanks. I'll pick up a few.
@carlos82 I’ve got one and I love it. I’m pretty sure they’ve announced a wireless variant that is getting released soon as well.
@Medic_Alert While super cute! I do see issues with it being wasted space and would make the console bulkier (this was okay with the NES because they didn't want it to look like a game console and it left extra room to expand memory and chips to expand what the NES could do natively. That is one of the reasons why Famicom Disk games could be ported easier to the West and have battery backups). Currently, the Switch is slightly larger than a 3DSxl/GBA and was already criticized for being too big. But, these are super cute and will help keep the cart safe while in transport!
Look great, but they're totally pointless over a hardcase that fits the boxes themselves.
I don’t need game cases myself, but this is clever.
I love this case. 60 games and looks great (I got the retro design). Tons of designs.
UniKeep Game Case for Nintendo Switch Cartridges - Holds 60 Games Securely in Foam (Pink/Green) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NLF88NR/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_Q2PR9RKDYQKQ0ZH6X0R5?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
@Crono1973 what’s the point of that? Where’s the fun?
“Switch game cards are frustratingly easy to misplace.”?
Sure, if you’re five years old. What kind of carrying case are they talking about that carts just fall out of? Try zipping it up?
@caiozf I got ones for my Murder by Numbers and Scourge Bringer from play asia
Yo dawg! I heard you like carrying cases. So we gave you a carrying case for your carrying case so you can carry your case while you're carrying your case
No idea how they can be lost anyway, unless you are a child maybe. They are either in my switch, in a carry case or in their boxes. o/
That’s cute but I’d rather just keep my regular cartridge cases because there bigger and look good on a shelf
Thats truly neat!
Switch game cards are frustratingly easy to misplace.
You are only saying this because you are trying to promote a product.
@caiozf @rupeeclock
I got one for Death By Numbers. They're a fun alternative to the cards many of the smaller publishers include.
I always keep my games in travel cases for them. It's just easier to keep them organized that way and makes it so I don't have a ton of plastic cases.
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