Nintendo Unveils Two Switch Bundles Ahead of Switch 2 Launch

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You have to give Nintendo credit. In the Switch’s seventh year (and just shy of the highly anticipated debut of the Switch 2), the company is still doggedly trying to find people who somehow don’t already own its popular portable console. Its latest effort includes two Switch bundles, both of which include a digital copy of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe — by all accounts the best-selling Switch game of all time 63 million — and a 12-month individual Nintendo Switch Online subscription.

Both the regular Switch and the Switch OLED are being sold as a bundle, each at its regular retail price $299.99 AND $349.99respectively, and are expected to be available in October. Even if it’s not as nice as a hardware price cut, you’re getting $79 worth of stuff at no extra charge. We’ll add more shopping links as they become available.

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Nintendo Switch Online may not seem as glamorous as it seems Mario Kart 8 Deluxebut it deserves your attention. The subscription allows for online multiplayer, but more impressively, it offers dozens of classic NES, SNES, and Game Boy games that you can play on your Switch. What’s more, most of your saved games will be backed up to the cloud, and members can buy a two-pack of Game Vouchers for $99.98, giving you $20 off two of the Switch’s biggest titles, like the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Super Mario Bros. Miracler, and more.

Nintendo has released a number of Switch bundles over the years, though it has typically defaulted to the push option. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in front of holiday shoppers. I hope we see the return of other bundles that I personally find more captivating, such as the “Choose One” bundle that was available in early 2023 and allowed shoppers to redeem one of three digital Mario games: Super Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, or New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. It’s possible Nintendo will wait until later this year to debut more bundles, such as last year’s Switch OLED bundle, which included Super Smash Bros. UltimateNintendo Switch Online and Joy-Cons with a custom design.

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