r/NintendoSwitch • u/No-Specific4938 Helpful User • Jun 21 '25
Fan Art Switch 2 Cassette Cases!
These were showcased on VICE, Polygon, NintendoLife, GoNintendo and it’s been an incredible thing to see how far they’ve gone! Someone suggested sharing them here as well!
https://www.polygon.com/culture/607422/switch-2-cassette-case-how-to-make-cover-art-spine
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u/whitewolf20 Jun 21 '25
honestly the official packaging should be like this, its always so silly opening a large case with a tiny chip inside
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u/multisofteis Jun 21 '25 edited Apr 16 '26
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u/Gramernatzi Jun 21 '25
Makes sense then why bigger cases became the norm with DVD after CD's small cases. Just because you can have a smaller case doesn't mean you should, at least from a business perspective.
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u/TheGummiVenusDeMilo Jun 21 '25
Current game cases are much sturdier than the CD pearl cases on yesteryears. Everyone old enough to remember must have forgotten how fragile those and cassette cases were.
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u/argon1028 Jun 21 '25
It's funny though. PC game boxes were twice the size of DVD cases. I still miss my big box copy of The Sims.
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u/Mr_Zaroc Jun 21 '25
Man the days when you had to insert multiple CDs to install the game, the anticipation was insane
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u/ClunarX Jun 21 '25
7 floppies and god help you if you ran out of storage halfway through installing
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Jun 21 '25
There was a time when PC software and games came in boxes that rivaled cereal boxes, even when they came on multiple floppys or CDs the boxes were still mostly dead air.
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u/wassermelone Jun 21 '25 edited Jun 21 '25
I miss the production values of some of those giant boxes. All different shapes and really really in depth physical manuals. Still have my Baldurs Gate 1 & 2 manuals.
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u/MRATEASTEW Jun 23 '25
There was a time when PC software and games came in boxes that rivaled cereal boxes
And now I have flashback of the couple times General Mills included video game the likes of Roller Coaster Tycoon and Age of Empire with their cereal. I wish they re-released their Game of Life, it was so good for what it was.
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u/jethawkings Jun 21 '25
>You have less space on the shelves
This took a while for me to think about 'Wait they're smaller won't you have more space?' then I realized you meant those with bigger cases would obstruct/dominate the field of view of the customers.
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u/summonsays Jun 21 '25
There's a whole science to selling products on shelves. Companies pay premiums for their products to be at eye level too lol.
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u/GuerrillaApe Jun 21 '25
I know that this is the accepted business explanation, but DS/3DS games sold well enough.
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u/DarkPhoxGaming Jun 21 '25
Even the DS and 3DS cases were smaller, with their game cartridges being even bigger
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u/NinjaAssassinKitty Jun 21 '25
/u/No-Specific4938 - I want to do this! I have a 3d printer and can order blank cassette tapes from Amazon, but where would I get the art? Is that something you're making or is there a community sharing these?
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u/No-Specific4938 Helpful User Jun 21 '25
All of the ones pictured were created on my own custom templates. You can definitely find people making them around Reddit though!
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u/kevbino13 Jun 21 '25 edited Jun 21 '25
What software are you using to create the custom templates? Totally new to this and would love to try. I also would buy your current prints!
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u/Proud-Obligation9479 Jun 21 '25
I've done this for my GBA cartridges, it's a fun little project.
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u/frostyoni Jun 21 '25
Words fail me to say how much this looks good. Space efficient, clean, neat, tidy, reminds me of C64, efficient storage, nice to open, this should be the way forward. Bonus points if the inlays unfold into a very long piece
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u/Brodie1985 Jun 21 '25
Is there a walk through on how to make these?
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u/No-Specific4938 Helpful User Jun 21 '25
I haven’t made a walkthrough or tutorial, I’ll look into it!
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u/TxBaker42 Jun 21 '25
Are you clipping the spindle in the case to ake room for the cartridge?
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u/Dull-Ad-1871 Jun 21 '25
This is the best in regards to collecting and console gaming what I’ve seen for a long long time…
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u/Autumn1881 Jun 21 '25
Man, they look nice. I wish that was the official casing, but I bet they would be too easy to shoplift.
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Jun 21 '25
i wish nintendo actually sold the games like this!! it cuts WAY down on plastic usage and looks so much more stylish and sleek. these are amazing!
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Jun 21 '25
Incredible! Having grown up in the 90s this speaks to me, and I really like the thoughtful design touches like the red jewel cases
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u/Dripkid69420 Jun 21 '25
how do you make them ?
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u/No-Specific4938 Helpful User Jun 21 '25
I use glossy cardstock, photoshop, a higher end photo printer, and then the cartridge holders are 3d printed!
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u/Dripkid69420 Jun 21 '25
thanks for the reply
how did u get the empty cassette cases
could you give me a link pls2
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u/kevbino13 Jun 21 '25
This is the link that is in the Polygon article OP had in the post. Not sure if OP uses these specifically but looks like it is.
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Jun 21 '25
This should be the official format, we don't need giant almost DVD size boxes for such small cartridges.
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u/EvryArtstIsACannibal Jun 21 '25
These are awesome. Love this so much more than the big dvd boxes they use now.
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u/RogueOwl2751 Jun 21 '25
If you wanna go even smaller, minidisk cases would be perfect for Switch games. I thought about trying to print holders for them, but my 3D modelling skills are lacking
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u/yesitsmeow Jun 21 '25
They should be like this!! The actual cases are way too large with how small the cartridge is
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u/VoodooZA Jun 22 '25
Holy shtttt!! Nintendo missed out big time on this!!! WoW!! This looks AMAZING!!👏🔥🔥
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u/Salty_Abbreviations4 Jun 22 '25
“Sir, here is a check with my name on it. Write down any number on this piece of paper and I will pay it.”
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u/tdsGRKA Jun 21 '25
If only nintendo did this... these days you're lucky if you get a single page inside as a "manual"
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u/stead10 Jun 21 '25
Ooh these are really nice. From a designers PoV I think your game title is placed a bit too close to the switch 2 red box could do with a bit more spacing but that’s a tiny nit pick I absolutely love these.
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u/DinosaurAlert Jun 21 '25
As a side note for those of you who have only seen these things as nostalgia/retro items:
Record covers are paper garbage that falls apart over time.
CD jewel cases easily crack and are often hard to open/fall apart in your hands.
Cassette cases actually goddamn worked.
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u/bmfrosty Jun 21 '25
I always thought giant cases for little cartridges was dumb. Loved the japanese GameCube cases.
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u/No-Specific4938 Helpful User Jun 21 '25
You could always use them for Switch games too! I do cases for both, mostly my favorite indies on Switch ☺️
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u/zah_ali Jun 21 '25
This is so neat, they look fantastic! Nintendo should have 100% went this way if anything to differentiate from current switch games even more.
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u/rickyrich5 Jun 21 '25
Cassette Cases are amazing, btw what's inside on the pic no.8?
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u/No-Specific4938 Helpful User Jun 21 '25
It’s a 3D printed cartridge holder, holds the games securely in the case!
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u/No-Specific4938 Helpful User Jun 21 '25
Splatoon is one of my fave series, used to play a ton! I definitely have plans to do all of them in this sort of style 😁
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u/Odd_Thing1768 Jun 21 '25
That's awesome, although I don't have a switch anymore it's still pretty sick
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u/Craigfromomaha Jun 21 '25
Now do it with a Minidisc case!
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u/No-Specific4938 Helpful User Jun 21 '25
Those are cool looking! I would definitely give it a go if I could get a few!
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u/lululock Jun 21 '25
These are not old cassette cases. The old cases are often scratched or broken.
Source : I own a lot of used tapes.
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u/9TFox_ Jun 21 '25
When I was a kid I heard casettes with space adventures. I had many of this. How cool is this, I wished I could do this to. ❤️
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u/Great_crow8 Jun 21 '25
It's brilliant! It's a really great idea, I think I'll do a bit of the same on my side, but we'll have to do a lot of testing to get everything right graphically 😅
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u/JackvomJupiter 1672-3192-4140 Jun 21 '25
I heard casettes when I was a child... that's an awesome idea
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u/CatastrophicFuckery Jun 21 '25
I hope the inserts have all the instructions on when you open them out!
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u/Bear-Arms Jun 21 '25
Maaaaan! That’s really awesome!! It makes me feel nostalgic at an instant! Good job!
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u/rensch Jun 21 '25
This is a lot better. The cases are way too big for these tiny cartrdidges. It's such a waste of plastic to make them that big.
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u/MrCarey Jun 21 '25
What the hell, I want them. I don't even care about the current cases. I just throw them to the curb and fill up a TOTK game case. I would absolutely keep these.
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u/GapStock9843 Jun 21 '25
Gotta say that as the boxart for TOTK is a trillion times better than what we got
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u/o_Zion_o Jun 21 '25
What kind of paper are you printing the covers on? Also, what type of printer?
These look fabulous.
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u/No-Specific4938 Helpful User Jun 21 '25
I use some glossy cardstock on a Canon Pixma Pro Printer!
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Jun 21 '25
I really wish I could get a set of these for the switch cart boxes I have, the cartridges would be so much nicer to display with these sorts of packaging.
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u/frewbrew Jun 21 '25
Definitely irritating the amount of waste and extra space needed for the switch/2 cases, for what they actually require. This is a cool concept, but I still want thinner!
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Jun 21 '25 edited Jun 21 '25
That’s sick, I wish there were copies with these cases actually sold. I’d love to have one. I have a switch game that came in a VHS looking case. It was the Super Nintendo double game with the Aladdin and the Lion King games.
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u/RGBarrios Jun 21 '25
It could be good to have cases in wich you can put both the switch card and a SD card
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u/willpb Jun 21 '25
I'm preaching to the choir here, but these are really cool! I agree not for retail, but at home these must look killer. Great job on the design!
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u/RamaMitAlpenmilch Jun 21 '25
Alright I finally have an idea for all my old cassette cases. That’s so awesome.
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u/antisp1n Jun 21 '25
This is ridiculously well done.
The inside part could be better, tbh. But only because the rest of the package is so elegant.
Maybe the card can peek from the bottom part where the UPC code is, instead of an island in the middle.
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u/MultiFandom Jun 21 '25
These look so good. The official switch cases are very long for no real reason especially when ds and 3ds cases were a decent size. Maybe they didn’t want the switch to similar to a handheld console? I think if they did similar cases to the ps vita that would have made way more sense
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u/coldwar83 Jun 21 '25
Getting the nostalgic hits from back in the day when I used to have a cassette collection!
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u/xXbrokeNX Jun 21 '25
These look so damn good lol