Nintendo has detailed some of its offerings for this year's Black Friday period in the US, discounting a variety of games and accessories for the Switch, as well as reiterating the console bundle deals currently available.
First up, starting on 24th November 2024, several first-party Nintendo games will be discounted by $20 at select local retailers such as Best Buy, GameStop, Target and Walmart. These are some pretty big hitters, and would no doubt complement a new hardware purchase quite nicely.
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - $49.99
- Super Mario Maker 2, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Pikmin 4, Nintendo Switch Sports, Kirby and the Forgotten Land - $39.99 each
- Super Mario Odyssey, Pikmin 1+2 - $29.99 each
Accessories will also receive a tasty $20 discount at retailers, including the Neon Red and Neon Blue Joy-Con controllers and the official Pro Controller. A Tears of the Kingdom Switch carry case will also benefit from a smaller, $10 discount.
Of course, if you've yet to treat yourself to a Switch console, Nintendo also reiterates that it's offering up a few bundles over the Black Friday period. The standard Switch console + Mario Kart 8 Deluxe comes in at $299.99, while the OLED console + Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will cost $349.99. Both bundles will also include a code for 12 months of Nintendo Switch Online, giving access to a whole bunch of NES, SNES, and Game Boy (Color) retro games.
Please note that some external links on this page are affiliate links, which means if you click them and make a purchase we may receive a small percentage of the sale. Please read our FTC Disclosure for more information.
Finally, the Switch Lite Hyrule Edition is on offer at $209.99. You don't get a copy of Echoes of Wisdom with this one, but again, a 12-month NSO membership is included.
So there you have it! Not the heaviest of discounts, we're sure you'll agree, but Nintendo has always been somewhat resistant to slashing the prices of its biggest games. This will arguably be the last holiday season for the current Switch console, however, with Nintendo poised to announce its successor within the current fiscal year ending 31st March 2025.
What are your thoughts on Nintendo's Black Friday offerings? Leave a comment and let us know if you plan on picking anything new up ahead of the new year.
Comments 19
Wow, hell of a deal on Pikmin 1&2!
I would love to find this physical GameSpot location.
(Second paragraph. Edit: It was fixed.)
@Peteykins I think I'm going to finally pick this up!
I got Pikmin 1+2 for $25 at my local Walmart a few months ago and still haven't even booted it up, one day I'll get to it.
Odyssey for $30 is not surprising but man no DLC? It was already one of the weaker 3D Marios to go back to, it could've used some more content.
We'll probably get the usual 30% discounts from Nintendo first party games.
Looking forward to the eshop discounts for the period.
What are the chances we get an upgraded version of TOTK for Switch 2? Truly trying to wait and see before buying it.
Some genuinely great discounts listed here (Pikmin 1+2 for example as others have already mentioned), happy for those in the US going for them!
I need to watch more Pikmin 4 playthrus to see if i'd get it. The demo didn't click w me simply because of the frequent cut scenes but now would be the time i suppose
I bought Pikmin 1+2 physical for full price having convinced myself that this one would come and go quickly, with the physical carts becoming hard to find within a few months.
Guess I was wrong… grr.
@Peteykins also Kirby and the Forgotten Land is a deal but I have bought Mario & Luigi Brothership and I prefer to play one game at the time instead of multiple ones because, I'm sure, that I will lose track on what the hell I was doing in the game.
@IceClimbersMain Weaker 3D Mario? Honestly, it's my favorite of all the 3D Mario games I have ever played.
@NintendoLife Switch Lite Hyrule Edition actually comes with 12 months NSO + Expansion Pack, which is ~double the value of standard NSO 🧐
also you can't have checked your prices as it has been £199.95 from The Game Collection for around a week now (after being reduced to £184.95 for a short time)
i feel the Switch Lite Aloha Editions are definitely worth mentioning too as they also now include 12 months NSO, like the regular Switch and Switch OLED bundles, in addition to including Animal Crossing New Horizons 💪
Hoping some digital sales put the Xenoblade passes on sale...
@Simone93 It's fun on the first play but it offers practically no challenge/satisfaction in its gameplay going back. It's like a puzzle game more than a platformer, what's the point of solving puzzles you already know the answers to
@bloody_velvet I'm in the same boot. Woot is offering TotK for $45 USD, which is the cheapest it will probably ever be, but I keep thinking, "What if?". "What if Nintendo does a Sony and remakes/remasters a game one generation later?"
@IceClimbersMain. Agree 100%.
It’s why Super Mario Galaxy 2 is my favorite 3D Mario of all time, challenging and pure platforming perfecting
I hope 1 and 2 also get discounted separately on the eShop. I bought 1 when they came out but never did pick up 2.
Wish we could get this in the UK. Thanksgiving doesn't even exist here, but that doesn't stop loads of other retailers from doing Black Friday deals.
@IceClimbersMain From my POV I don't consider it a puzzle game and, recently, I have played the game all over again and still found some mini levels challenging.
Leave A Comment
Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...