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Updated Overview of Switch game formats (markdown)

Tobias 2018-08-25 01:40:47 +02:00
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![](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/451185149032529930/482693990240485429/Switch_Game_Formats.jpg) ![](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/451185149032529930/482693990240485429/Switch_Game_Formats.jpg)
- XCI: Represents a dump of a game cartridge. Contains icons, metadata, and a switch game. Sometimes containes updates to the game as well.
Use: Dumps of Gamecards you own
- NSP: Contains all of the files and data needed to display icons, a title and a game.
Use: Dumps of SD and NAND games
- NCA: A raw format that can contain a multitude of things (most similar to a ZIP file on your computer)
Use: System Archives
- Deconstructed Rom Directory: An NCA that has been expanded into its component parts.
Use: Developers and Power Users with more advanced applications? (idk reword this.)
- NSO/NRO Homebrew: Cool and neat applications made unofficially by members of the community