Official Nintendo Switch SD Card Line Expands With 1TB Zelda Card And Cute Yoshi Design

I sorta want that 1TB card as I need a new one (3TB FTW) but even I won’t toss extra money at a card that I can’t see when I can get a regular one for less.

I see no point in ever buying these when generic SD cards are cheaper. It's not like you'll ever look at the design of your SD card when it's in your Switch.

Nintendo officially promotes 1 Tb cards for Switch? I feel spotted.😆

Wow that's more storage than even the Steam Deck could handle.

I bagged a 1TB Lexar last year for way less than that. It’s almost full now.

It's still ridiculous to me that they charge sometimes twice as much as the generic microSDs just for slapping on a different plastic shell.

I have a Mario mushroom on my Switch memory card and it warms my heart to know it's there, even if I paid an extra $5 for a little piece of art I'll never see. (I got it on sale or I would have paid WAY more than $5.)

@Serpenterror No it's not. You can use 2TB cards in Steam Deck and the Deck has more storage on it's SSD than the Switch. You can also replace the SSD if you want to open up your deck.

I'd actually get this if I didn't already have a sandisk 1tb sd card. They're priced pretty similarly

The color looks cute, but the price is not cute.

I'm at the point where I'm having to delete older games to make room for new stuff on my 512gb.

I have a fine-point gold ink sharpie pen, so I'll just get a cheaper 1TB, and draw a triangle on it with the word "Zelduh" on in the middle.

I was so sure 1TB Micro SD cards would be more than enough to last me the entire Switch gen easily. About 95% of my collection is physical and I have about 90gb left on my 1TB cards 🫤. Hopefully a 2TB card will be announced soon.

Umm. Why would be people want this? It goes inside the Switch never to be seen. To look cool when you have multiple cards, I guess.

I've been needing a 1TB Micro SD for ages, but keep putting it off because of the price. Don't think I would be getting this particular card over the competition either.

@Serpenterror Both the Nintendo Switch and the Steam Deck can handle up to a 2TB card.

Ah yes, let me just take my SD card out of my Switch so I can admire its official Nintendo-brand design..

Don't forget, functionality and price are the two most important things when it comes to hardware, even if it means not getting the first-party stuff.

Paid $45 for the 256GB yellow official card. More than good enough for me (in hindsight, I would have gone for 128GB at half the price).

$150 for 1TB is mind boggling. I’m gonna sound like an old man here, but I still remember saving $120 for my 1GB card on PSP.

No shame, ordered the zelda 1TB for import to the US but will hit up Best Buy when the card goes live

I may get the Yoshi one just because. I can use it for some smaller scale stuff. It's not overly expensive, unlike the Zelda one, yeesh.

These are fun but the mark up to have a tiny logo printed on something you never look at is waaay to much. I bought a 1TB Sandisc MiscroSD card a few months ago now on sale for £76 from MemoryC. Looks like they still have them for £103.

Not a plug for that store specifically, I've only used them once and they were fine, but if you shop around you'll save yourself enough to buy a few games to go on the card too!

I'm old enough to still have my mind blown by 1TB of space on something so small.

@Chocobo_Shepherd While I can remember Sony memory sticks for PSP going for $100US per GB around 2006.

@Chocobo_Shepherd same. An outrageous amount of storage on something fairly durable and reliable still seems like witchcraft. I remember days of breathing wrong on a 3.5 floppy and losing that precious 1.44MB load.

Must be a collector SD card. Rally...more like expand the wallet when SanDisk can be gotten for $99 when in sale. It's a money grab I already got my 1tb SanDisk for $99 Amazon prime. It's inside no will ever see the daylight of the 1tb beyond it dying and replacing it. So go spend your 200+ and the rest of us will get SanDisk for 99. Whom looks smarter now.

Lmao! 150 bucks for a 1TB card. That's half the price of the console itself XD

You can get the same storage for a lot less with different cards. It doesn't matter what it looks like, it'll be inside the console. Unless they make a clear switch like the did with the GBA, I'd buy it day one.

What are the best first-party eShop games to buy? I could rattle off dozens on 3DS and Wii U, but I'm drawing a blank for Switch.

@MikeJones Nope, mostly physical (291 cartridges). If I had gone mostly digital, I'd probably need 5TB worth of memory...

This makes me want to fork over $150 just for a Zelda-skinned 1TBSD. Yes, I am a sad fan, but that's the power of merchandising. Key word want, however. Probably won't!

Not gonna lie, I was expecting a bigger markup on the 1TB model lol

That Zelda 1TB is pretty, but some gold ink doesn’t grab me more than my Sandisk 1TB at $99. Though I’m sure it will snag some.

@sd7232 Oh god I remember that misery lol. Difference was we had no choice!

Great now I can spend even more money for something I will never see.

Tell me more about that price.

Buying these cards is the level of fanboism that I don't understand. I got 1 TB Sandisk Ultra, the same one, but cheaper. It sits in the console anyway.

Pretty cool designs, though I am honestly happy with my 256 GB card. I don't mind having to reinstall bigger games when I want to play them again. I will probably upgrade to a much bigger card for the next Nintendo console though.

I will never understand why these micro SD cards have to be this expensive. Like seriously I really want to know how much these things cost to make them. And if a 1TB card cost like under $40 to make. Then this is just thievery/scam in my eyes.... Just like furniture... (I know how much wood cost where I live, since I took construction class and it is just awful how they mark up the price too high...)

Storage and prices, the reasons I go physical whenever I can. For some reason, microSD Cards aren't cheap over here in my area, not even on sales.

The only microSD Card I could afford some time after I got my Switch was a 128GB one and it's already not enough for what I've bought.
I admit it's a Super Mushroom red one, which I do look when I want to move my screenshots and videos to my pc. My Switch 32GB of internal memory are exclusive to DLC and updates to the physical games I own and it's also running out.

If Nintendo wants me to go all digital, this isn't the way to do it.

I already have a 1TB SanDisk Micro SD Card for my Nintendo Switch OLED. I'm 100% Digital all the way! I've also purchased the Digital PS5, and they look Great together!

@DTfeartheBEARD Yeah I'm with you on that, I'm chewing through my second 1TB and will need another by november, and that's with me being half physical. Granted I did hit 600+ games a few months back (I need an intervention send help).

These microSD cards make about as much sense as tattooing your internal organs.

@Ryu_Niiyama 600+ Switch games? Damn and I thought I needed help lmfao. I'd probably be around that if PS4/PS5 & Xbox One/Series X games didn't take up half of my monthly gaming budget. Is Switch your only console?

Is that a good price for a 1tb card? I’m new to switch and addicted to it and haven’t bought a card yet as I only have a few games but have been checking out the sales and defs need to get a card.

@Smokemon A good price for a 1TB Micro SD Card is 120 dollars, but you can get them for 100 dollars on sale. Anything cheaper than that and you're either buying lesser quality, or getting scammed. Basically, these SD Cards have a Nintendo themed symbol on them, and can cost 30+ more than what the same SD card would go for without the branding, from the same company.

@DTfeartheBEARD Nope have all 3 and a gaming PC. Just no restraint lol. That being said my PS5/Series X collection is much smaller (only a hundred or so each if you include the previous gen). I mostly buy exclusives there. Nintendo is always my main console.

That's nice. Same here, Nintendo is always my main console but Playstation is right behind it. Series X has been mostly a GamePass and back-compat machine for me the past year or so.

The price hike for Nintendo branding isn't worth it. I mean, once it's inside your Switch, how much does it matter how it looks? If you need help telling cards apart, tiny stickers work great

This is why "the Switch has such low internal storage, and a single GameCube game is at least 1 GB" is a bad argument for their implementation into NSO. Sure, it will gatekeep some people who don't want to pay for such an expensive SD card (though the price of these things depreciates like crazy after a few years when the next size increase comes out), but I don't think Nintendo really cares that much. They already expect NSO subscribers to purchase their own LAN adapter and wireless retro controllers separately at a premium price.

@Smokemon If you're new to Switch, I doubt you'll need that much storage anytime soon. Unless you even download retail games like Breath of the Wild and Smash Bros. that are 16+ GB each. I'd start with one of the smaller ones for way cheaper, like 250 GB. If you max that one out, the 1 TB will probably be way cheaper. It's not too difficult to transfer over your downloads. Anyways, welcome to the community! We're glad to have you here and to help!

I already have a 1TB microSD but this is cool n' all

Neat and all, but... What's the point of designs of something that essentially hides?

I have an atomic purple Switch and I still don't see the design of my basic one from years back. Sort of fruitless to get something stylized that cannot be shown off.

@DTfeartheBEARD If I had gone mostly digital, I'd probably need 5TB worth of memory...
This is the part those mentioning going all Digital seems to forget- it does eat up valuable sd space. If sd became 5-10tb that be no issue but unfortunately sd limits haven't gone that far yet. And not all can afford a 1tb at current low prices even so that cuts out those that would like to get one. I got two OLED with each 1tb and now a TOTK OLED with a 1tb waiting and I'll do the same for the Switch 2/etc when it does arrive as a 2tb would not be feasible in the near future either.

I understand the convenience of going all digital, especially for a hybrid system. But I will always prefer physical media for preservation and I like to collect games.

Better deals and using less SD storage also makes choosing cartridges over digital an even easier decision.

I agree. I bought my 1TB micro SD cards for $300 each a few years back. It's nice to see how far the price has dropped since then. Same with SSD's for PS5 at least, not so much for Series X/S yet...

I do love the designs, but I don't love the price