Nintendo is hiking the price of the Switch 2, but not until September. That gives prospective buyers a chance to pick up the new console before it goes up to $500, and a new bundle deal will let them add a recent game to the mix for cheaper than normal.
On May 12, Nintendo announced the “Switch 2: Choose Your Game Bundle” deal, which lets you pick up the console plus one game for just $500. The options are Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, or Pokémon Pokopia. While Mario Kart World is normally $80, giving you up to $30 off the combined bundle, both of the other games are excellent, so it really depends on what you’re most into.
This is essentially the bundle Nintendo had for the Switch 2 at launch, just with newer games added to the mix. But what seemed like a decent discount then will look like a much better deal once the Switch 2 price becomes $500 on September 1. Wait until the end of the summer to upgrade, and you’ll be looking at up to $580 for the new hardware and a copy of Mario Kart World.
Who knows if we’ll even get new surprise Black Friday deals for Switch 2 this time around? Nintendo also announced it’s raising the price of Switch Online, but only in Japan and Korea for now. I wouldn’t expect it to stay that way, however. The company is probably waiting for a big new online game or retro catalog upgrade before rolling out price hikes in the U.S. and elsewhere.
And if the Switch 2 is anything like the PS5, it’s somehow only going to get more expensive as time goes on, not less.