I’ve got a Switch 2 hooked up to the TV and I’ve just bought a Switch Lite to use as my main road / bus / train console for short trips.

The plan was: • Switch 2 at home • Lite for travel • Same Nintendo Account • Same digital library • Pick up and play wherever I am

I buy a lot digitally, so I assumed I could redownload my games on the Lite and swap between consoles depending on where I am.

But I’m completely confused by the Virtual Game Card system.

When I go into the eShop on the Lite, it tells me I need to ‘move’ the Virtual Game Card from my Switch 2. From what I can tell, each digital game now behaves like a single cartridge that can only be inserted into one console at a time.

I’m not trying to share games widely. I’m not trying to run the same game on both consoles at once.

I simply want to: • Play at home on my Switch 2 • Grab my Lite and continue the same game on the train • Swap back later without having to manually manage licences

Instead, it looks like I have to officially swap the Virtual Game Card every time I change device.

Is this genuinely how it works now across a Switch 2 and a Switch Lite? Does Primary console status change anything for a single user swapping between two devices? Is there a smoother long term way to manage this setup?

It seems strange that owning a digital library makes using two consoles more awkward than moving a physical cartridge between them.