Physical edition Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade Switch 2 Port comes to the game key card, because Square Enix is trying to maximize RPG performance, according to the director of the game Naoki Hamaguchi. This explanation came during a recent interview in which Hamaguchi also discussed more details about the most loudspeaker aspect of the upcoming Remake Final Fantasy 7 port.
September 12 to Hamaguchi personally revealed Remake Final Fantasy 7 It comes to Switch 2 and Xbox Series X/S. The Square Enix followed this announcement by sharing the design of the boxes of physical editions of new versions. It wasn't long before the fans noticed that the Switch 2 version was listed as a gaming key card. As with all high -ranking titles using this format, apparitions caused some online complaints.
Switch 2 game keys cards offer faster loading time than cartridges
In a new interview with the German Outlet JPGames (via Automan West), Hamaguchi defended the decision to send the upcoming port on the game key card instead of the cassette, which would be possible to play out of the box without requiring considerable download. The industry veteran claimed that the “top HD” projects in the vein Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade Face of narrow places in the form of speed loading speeds. Starting the game from the internal flash storage is significantly faster, so Square Enix has decided on the game key card and basically digitized the RPG 2 “physical” release switch.
Hamaguchi acknowledged Player's complaints Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade Starting on the game key tab and says he understands why some fans don't like format. However, it insisted that in this case the compromise of the traditional edition of the cassette was not justified. “[A cartridge] It will be inferior, it just must be, so physically works media, ”he said.
Why are Switch 2 game keys so controversial?
Some Nintendo Nintendo fans have been pushed against the game keys since they were announced in April 2025 and have quoted concerns about maintaining games stemming from “false physical” boxes that do not actually contain games and rely on servers that Nintendo can close in the future. The Japanese game giant framed the format as a way to allow developers to circumvent storage and limit the speed of cartridge-how Hamaguchi has now repeated-and at the same time reduced the cost of physical distribution because games are significantly cheaper than cassettes. They also allow the transfer of licenses to just hand in to someone else, similar to traditional physical games.
[A cartridge] It will be inferior, it just must be, so physically works the media.
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade It reaches Switch 22 January 2026. This is also the XBOX X/S XBOX date. Square Enix does not stop there and Hamaguchi revealed earlier that the whole Final Fantasy 7 The remake series will jump in time to both platforms. There is still no word where Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth It seems likely that its physical version will also release the latest Nintendo console, but given what Hamaguchi says about his predecessor, he will also be issuing a game card.
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10th June 2021
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T for teens for blood, tongue, suggestive topics, alcohol and tobacco use, violence
