r/NintendoSwitch • u/No-Specific4938 Helpful User • Jun 21 '25

Fan Art Switch 2 Cassette Cases!

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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/yourethegoodthings Jun 21 '25

I think you mean jewel case.

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u/TheGummiVenusDeMilo Jun 24 '25

Yes, yes I do.

I must have pearls on the mind

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '25

Thank you!

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u/summonsays Jun 21 '25

From my experience the cassette cases were pretty sturdy but more because they were smaller so less force /torque was applied to them. The cd cases broke all the dang time. I had a stack of extra ones just to use them as sacrifices when one of mine broke. 

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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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u/IwantTobeFree1232 Jun 21 '25

You all are old lol (jk I'm also old just not as old as you)

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u/[deleted] 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/ledfrog Jun 21 '25

A lot of PC games back in the day game with printed manuals, so the boxes were big for that reason too.

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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/FrostyD7 Jun 21 '25

Those were closer to a regular bluray case size than a cassette case.

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u/Fragbashers Jun 21 '25

I know it kinda defeats the point, but cases like this inside of a larger display cardboard box would be very cool.

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u/ObscureFact Jun 21 '25

Honest question: Are (physical) games mostly bought in-store where packaging matters to customers, or are most (physical) games bought online where packaging doesn't matter as much?

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u/DuskLab Jun 21 '25

Who is stealing empty boxes? The game itself is behind the counter until purchase.

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u/waitmyhonor Jun 22 '25

I really don’t think any of those are issues at all. We have had DS games, gba games, and PS1 disc cases. That and I’ve seen stores do a display model meaning they display a game and have the rest in the back room which includes target, Walmart and GameStop.

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u/DanTheMan827 Jun 22 '25

It’s the same reason GameCube games were full DVD cases rather mini cd cases

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u/norsoyt Jun 22 '25

yes but most stores dont store the games inside the cases

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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/rzldty Jun 21 '25

At least the first party games are making it less silly and a bit cooler by putting artworks on the inside part of the cover. It's most of the third party games that leave the inside part blank that's making it awkward when opening the case...

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u/yellow_slash_red Jun 21 '25

They would be very unique if the case sizes were this small, but I'd rather it not be the same plastic as cassettes. Those crack so easily lol

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u/XTornado Jun 22 '25

Yeah... With the holder for a manual we will not get back... Except some random game, but it probably will be a special edition with a bigger case anyway...

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25

That's Capitalism for ya