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Lock your doors: Final Fantasy 7 Remake is coming to Switch 2 as a monster game-key card that will eat around 90GB of storage

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16 September 2025

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake is the newest game on the Nintendo Switch 2 game-key card roster, and you’ll need to give up a big chunk of your storage for it.

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade is finally coming to new consoles after almost six years of being a PlayStation console exclusive (with a PC release coming slightly after the original). But, as is sadly the story almost every time a big third-party release comes to Switch 2 (barring a few exceptions like Cyberpunk 2077 and Hades 2), Final Fantasy 7 Remake is going to be on a game-key card.
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