Game-key cards are different from regular game cards, because they don’t contain the full game data. Instead, the game-key card is your “key” to downloading the full game to your system via the internet.
Pay a premium for a physical copy of your game, and the cartridge may not contain the actual game. Only on Nintendo Switch 2.
Until the download servers go down and you have a cartridge that’s just ewaste
Yes, which is a big part of why, despite allowing transfers, it still sucks.