Installing Gamecards

The following steps will help you convert your physical gamecards into digital installs that can be used anytime, even without the gamecard being inserted into your console.

Prerequisites:

• Gamecard Installer NX (gamecard_installer.nro) (alt)

Setup:

• Copy the downloaded gamecard_installer.nro to /switch on your SD card.

Installing

1. Launch emuMMC via Hekate. If you followed our guide for CFW setup, this is the Atmosphere FSS0 emuMMC button. Confirm you are booted into emuMMC before proceeding!
2. Insert the gamecard you would like to install into your console.
3. Launch HBMenu and open Gamecard Installer NX.
4. Select SD Card Install (or NAND Install if you're out of SD space).
5. Press A to confirm.
6. Wait until the app finishes installing the game, then exit to the home menu.
7. Take out your gamecard and you'll find that your cart is now installed to the system. You're done!

Info

Gamecards contain only the base game. If your game needs updates or DLC, you will need to dump those using the Dumping Updates/DLC guide, and then install the dumped NSPs with Goldleaf.