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In Short:
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**Use XCIs for gamecards, NSPs for anything else. You need encryption keys which you can [dump with our guide](https://github.com/yuzu-emu/yuzu/wiki/Dumping-Decryption-Keys-from-a-Switch-Console)**
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### Short Descriptions of Yuzu-supported Formats
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- XCI: Represents a dump of a game cartridge. Contains icons, metadata, and a switch game. Sometimes contains updates to the game as well. *Used For:* Dumps of Gamecards you own
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- NSP: Contains all of the files and data needed to display icons, a title and a game.
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*Used For*: Dumps of SD and NAND games
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- NCA: A raw format that can contain a multitude of things (most similar to a ZIP file on your computer)
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*Used For*: System Archives
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- Deconstructed Rom Directory: An NCA that has been expanded into its component parts.
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*Used For*: Developers and Power Users with more advanced applications
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- NSO/NRO Homebrew: Cool and neat applications made unofficially by members of the community
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### Here is an overall diagram of what each format contains:
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