Nintendo Reveals New Switch Bundle Exclusive To Walmart In The US

Is the game popular enough to sell Switch consoles to people who don't have them already?

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One of those doesn't qualify as a game. Might as well be one game and a tech demo.

Doesn't seem like a good bundle compared to the Mario bundle last year. Mario Tennis and 1 2 Switch aren't exactly heavy hitters or very good. I don't see a lot of these being sold this Christmas.

If they release this in Canada I might be tempted. My son really wants this game and we have enough people in our family that we could use a second Switch & be able to play together.

@NewAdvent I'd add Pokemon Let's Go to that list, there have been Pokemon hardware bundles for many years now and I don't see that changing.

It's hilarious how bundles like this always seem to include games that nobody really wants. Now a Breath of the Wild or Super Mario Odyssey bundle would fly off the shelves.

@Lizuka 😂

Hope they give Bayo3 a bundle. They should give FIFA a bundle.

https://segmentnext.com/2018/08/15/fifa-19-ps4-bundles-announced-six-different-versions-in-europe/

Their games sell one way of another. Give bundles to the other games.

Maybe they'll drop the price of 1-2 switch to a more appropriate $15 so I can try it out

Should have been like that since the beginning
1-2 Switch as a free bundle game, it doesn't deserves more

Not a bad deal.... would have been nice if they could have had this at launch for those who supported Nintendo early on.

Yeah, I'm no fan of 1-2 Switch but am happy to see it as a pack-in game at essentially no cost to the consumer. At least it demonstrates what the joy-cons can do and may make the system look a little more interesting going forward to new owners.

Mario Tennis Aces...I haven't played it yet but from reviews I've seen people are pretty happy with it. If this bundle were $300 I could see it moving pretty good, but at its current price some will inevitably think "Well why can't I have BOTW, or Odyssey, or Splatoon 2"?

At least this bundle isn’t just being sold for the combined cost of its parts, unlike that ridiculous Splatoon 2 “bundle”.

An alright bundle but it still continues the awful trend of game downloads rather than carts.

Probably because the US Open tennis is in September

I think this is a nice bundle. This will drive Mario Tennis sales up a bit too.

I would actually pull the trigger on this because we own neither game, but I'm holding out to buy our third Switch until they release a Smash bundle with special edition joy cons!

A new bundle.....
But still Black color again for Switch tablet's body.
Just wish for colorful Nintendo Switch as New 2DS LL bundles.

Not exactly the clean and non-threatening box exterior that we saw with the Wii.
I'm positive the unassuming and almost boring frankness helped the Wii shift quite many systems to adults and the elderly alike, without any pretenses of handing them over to any children.

So if you buy a Switch and Mario Tennis, you get 1, 2, Switch at no extra charge.

Price seems steep for a bundle including two games I’d never buy. 1 2 Switch should have been a free pack in from day one. Tennis Aces is bargain bin bound. I love Nintendo but these games won’t move consoles and they don’t feel like a “bonus” at that price point.

This would be the first official discounted Switch bundle in the US. Too bad it's a Wal-Mart exclusive.

They should have also given a free copy of Mario Tennis Aces to every current Switch owner as well. Not much meat on that game at all!

@Mountain_Man

They already did a Super Mario Odyssey bundle before?

1-2 Switch is a tech demo at best.
Mario Tennis is not THAT bad, is barebones as hell and would recommend getting a used copy or in a very good sale.
Mario Odyssey + other game would e a good bundle.

@dings: $15 for 1-2-Switch is still too much. It should be a free eshop download.

Doesn’t seem worth it unless you really want both games

1-2 Switch is trash. Should have come free with the console.

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Looked like an okay bundle until I saw 1-2 switch was included then thought it was a terrible bundle

Eh...it’s ok I guess. Really wish the bundle would have come with new colored joy-cons ala the Splatoon or Mario bundles

@MH4 I'm guessing you won't be buying this. 😉

Really hate full price game carts as downloads in a bundle. I know this makes 1 2 Switch free, but who the ... has been holding out on buying Switch for this $360 bundle?

This should be a special imited Black Friday $279 bundle at best for people who don't really want a Switch but might pick it up for the kids.

Seems like a waste of Switch stock which could be sold in a $359 SSBU bundle instead. Maybe $399 with the controller and adaptor as well.

Glad it's just Walmart, they know their market, let'em have it.

Smart bundle, so people will buy the must-haves BotW and Odyssey separately. Although I love Aces' gameplay.

It’s a start and hopefully further future different bundles will come

A bundle just in time for Nintendo's online service release. Makes sense since I've been waiting for cloud saves so that i could buy a second Switch (one for the bedroom because why the hell not). I'll wait until Black Friday. I have zero interest in the games included.

Looks like they are positioning it like the Wii with this bundle. I bet the commercials will be similar to Wii sports.
Lets see if this works.

@darkswabber Tbh, I don't really care which one wins. The whole thing is amusing to me.

@LegendOfPokemon nintendo have recently been like that for quite a while including 3DS.

it's disappointing especially for physical users who would have to buy the games separately, this bundle is not really meaningful apart from digital only users.

I can't envision Aces as a system seller. It's a fun little game to kill some time, but I wouldn't be buying a console for it... I can't imagine many people would. I guess it's a nice freebie for anyone that was buying anyway.

@Anti-Matter I doubt there will ever be a non-black tablet chassis, simply due to production costs. if there ever is, it will be a very limited run. Colored joycon can customize it without increasing costs or causing production delays. And it's Nintendo

It's finally happened...

1-2-Switch is the new Wii Sports! 😂

@NEStalgia
Mario Tennis Aces had the biggest launch ever for a Nintendo sports game (outside of Wii Sports/Wii Sports Resort 😛), and the game continues to sell very well across the world, so I wouldn't understate the game's impact.

This bundle is also going to be the first Switch bundle that actually offers a value discount, so that will help.

Though obviously a Pokemon Let's Go bundle would be a much bigger deal during the holidays, and that's what I suspect will happen (If not Pokemon Let's Go, then possible Mario Kart 8 DX or Smash Bros Ultimate)

If these were my two first switch games, I'd be sad.

Doing everything they can to shift 1-2 Switch before its £5 foddle....

@westman98 Has any Nintendo sports game other than Wii Sports/Resort ever had a good launch though?

Stunning it's doing so well with such limitations. I loved the demo and jumped in day 1....and discovered that basically the demo is all that there is to it....all the other cool courses and such are used once in the tutorial campaign and that's about it. I was looking forward to varied maps for tournaments, but no, it has just more characters in the same map.

Can't believe that's a system seller.

1-2 Switch should be pre-installed for free to each Switch sold. Its not much more than a tech demo. Not a bad bundle though

@rjejr I see what you did there! 😉

What’s ironic is that this bundle releases on my birthday! I’m going to get the Labo Robot Kit and Crash Bandicoot, which are a lot more deserving of my time and money than 1-2 Switch.

@Lizuka Brutal. But true...

Should be $299 to make it worth it. 1-2 Switch should have been a pack-in title from the jump and Mario Tennis Aces isn't worth $60 in my humble opinion. A $40 game at best.

@BradC40 Exactly!

@Schwarcz I'm sure Nintendo will keep bringing new stuff to Mario tennis so it will eventually be the game it should have been at the start

2 of the worst games on switch. What a deal

So much hatred towards 1-2-Switch. Maybe the game's just not for you.

My kids enjoy it. They are not necessarily wrong. It's sold 2.5m copies.

@JamesR Literally what I was about to say. 2.5 million copies sold, and people here think it should be a freebie.

Eh. I'll just stick to getting a regular one. Sports games aren't my thing.

@NEStalgia
Several of the sports titles on Wii and DS were huge.

I'm not saying Mario Tennis Aces is comparable to something like Mario Odyssey or Smash Bros Ultimate, but it being in a bundle that also packs in 1-2 Switch for free should pretty appealing to families who want to play together, as both games focus on local co-op and motion controls.

A bare bones Mario Tennis game & a terrible tech demo... not the first choices if I was trying to push even more units.

Why all the hate for Mario Tennis Aces? I really love the game, it's way better than the Wii U version. The ONLY thing I don't like is that you can't make a 3-set 5-game match.

Otherwise the game is awesome.
It's a nice 7.5/10 for me.

And it only comes with the standard neon joy cons? That's no fun.

They should have done what sony did and bundled it with 3 popular games for a stupidly good price. Just printing mario on the box and giving 12Switch out for free doesn't sell like 3 major games for free.

At last, 1 2 switch is a pack in, as it always should have been!

1-2 Switch is fun when you play it with a small group for a short amount of time. Imo, playing any game with a small group for more than 30 minutes gets tiresome so this is a good game for short bursts. Play the game for a bit, set it aside, have some food, drinks, mingle, come back to it for a few minutes.
I think this looks like a good value bundle.

So many comments saying that 1-2-Switch should have been given away for free. Personally I've never had any interest in the game but 2.5 million people bought it.

2.5 million x $50 = $125 million in sales.

And you're all saying Nintendo was wrong to not give this 'tech demo' away for free.

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@darkswabber Yeah that whole exchange and reaction video was excellent.

@ryancraddock
I don’t think it's exclusive to Walmart US. The tweet is from NOA which include Canada. The box is bilingual too, french/english. You might need to correct the information in your article. Cheers!

Man NintendoLife comment sections have grown negative recently.

Is Mario Tennis really as bad as some people are making it out to be?

I skipped it (and Kirby) because of negative things I read about them (lack of content vs. price).

Ooo, lookie here, people on the interwebs found something to complain about. Shocker!

Horrible bundle you might as well buy a Switch by itself and use the rest for a good game like Zelda or Mario, I'm glad that people finally opened their eyes and say the true about 1-2 Switch that it's nothing more than a tech demo that should have been bundled with the console since the beginning, as for Mario tennis it's just an average game that they are trying to sell for 60 nothing more

@Mountain_Man not always. Splatoon 2 bundle was neat. If it was physical I probably would have gotten it last year instead of a grey one.

DK64 bundle when I was a kid....

@Heavyarms55 : One of the consequences of the Switch attracting cough "hardcore" gamers, I'm guessing.

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