The Switch 2 console will only accept MicroSD Express cards. If you have a standard MicroSD card from your previous Switch, it won't work on the Switch 2. Although the two might look similar, the MicroSD Express cards is much faster than its precedessor. The Samsung P9 Micro SD Express card model boasts transfer speeds of up to 800MB/s. More importantly for gamers, it's Nintendo Switch 2 compatible. We recently reviewed this card and highly recommend it.

Quite a few games have now been released for the Switch 2 and some of them require an enormous amount of space. Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade is the most gigabyte-hungry game to date, requiring 90-100GB all by itself. Other plus-sized games include Split Fiction (70GB), Cyberpunk 2077 (60GB), and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment (44GB). Nowadays it's completely possible to download just three or four games and find yourself completely out of onboard storage. The Switch 2 has 256GB of onboard storage. This card will double your total capacity.

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