Nintendo Switch; Q&A

[BigLen]

Hi all, 

Our son will be celebrating his sixth birthday soon and he's looking for a Nintendo switch, 

 

He also wants GTA5 but we both know that's not going to happen 😂he says he's old enough to play it because it's five 😂

Anyway; I have a few questions about the switch; I'm certain that I want to purchase the original Nintendo switch👇

and not the new lite version👇

because the joypads don't separate from the screen on the lite model.

My main question then is; 

I see there are memory cards available for the switch with quite large capacity 128Gb etc.

I also see there is a 12 months online subscription pass available.

Are all of the games available to purchase online via the switch console or is it better to purchase the cartridge game? 

 

Can I purchase just the switch then log on via the switch and download the games rather than purchasing cartridges or am I best to purchase cartridges? 

All information greatly appreciated thanks 👍

[alexp999]

It takes standard microSD cards, so don't bother with the branded Nintentdo ones, a normal Sandisk, etc is much cheaper. Just get one of the faster ones rated for apps, not a super cheap slow one, although most are the faster variety nowadays.

I'd say just go with cheapest source for each game between online and physical, you can just download them to the card if bought on the Nintendo store. But sometimes you get better offers on physical copies from retailers.

[BigLen]

33 minutes ago, alexp999 said:

It takes standard microSD cards, so don't bother with the branded Nintentdo ones, a normal Sandisk, etc is much cheaper. Just get one of the faster ones rated for apps, not a super cheap slow one, although most are the faster variety nowadays.

I'd say just go with cheapest source for each game between online and physical, you can just download them to the card if bought on the Nintendo store. But sometimes you get better offers on physical copies from retailers.

Excellent thanks Alex, 

I think I'm looking for a Class 10 micro SD card then 

[hascrate]

Planning to buy one for my daughter. She's been raving about Animal Crossing for the last few months.