Switch 2 bundle pops up

Nintendo has started selling a limited-time Switch 2 deal in the United States that cuts $20 off when buyers pick up the console with *Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2*. (nintendo.com) Nintendo’s U.S. store page says the offer runs from April 12, 2026 through May 9, 2026 at select retailers. IGN reported the promotion went live on April 12 and framed it as an official hardware-and-software bundle push for Nintendo’s second year of Switch 2 sales. (nintendo.com) (ign.com) Nintendo used the same tactic in its May 8, 2025 earnings question-and-answer session, when President Shuntaro Furukawa said the company planned to release hardware bundled with software to speed up early adoption of Switch 2. In that same briefing, Nintendo forecast 15 million Switch 2 hardware sales and 45 million software sales for the fiscal year ending March 2026. (nintendo.co.jp 1) (nintendo.co.jp 2) The bundle lands as Nintendo’s 2026 first-party calendar is still filling in. Nintendo Life reported that two Switch 2 games on Nintendo’s European pages now show final age ratings instead of placeholder labels: *Splatoon Raiders* at PEGI 7 and *Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave* at PEGI 12. (nintendolife.com) Age ratings usually arrive late in the release pipeline, after a game’s content is far enough along to be reviewed. Nintendo Life said *Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave* is listed for 2026, while *Splatoon Raiders* still shows a release date to be announced. (nintendolife.com) Nintendo’s own Switch 2 page already points to a broader lineup beyond the Galaxy promotion, including *Resident Evil Requiem* coverage on the storefront and featured Switch 2 software listings. Separate reporting from Nintendo Life says Nintendo recently locked in a May 2026 launch for *Yoshi and the Mysterious Book* on Switch 2 and confirmed *Rhythm Heaven Groove* for July 2026 on Switch. (nintendo.com) (nintendolife.com) Pricing remains part of the backdrop. Nintendo’s May 2025 financial materials said its fiscal outlook assumed U.S. tariff rates in effect on April 10, 2025 would stay in place through that year, and Furukawa said in that period that the company was watching how prices could affect demand for a console that already costs more than the original Switch. (nintendo.co.jp 1) (nintendo.co.jp 2) That leaves the April 2026 bundle looking like two things at once: a straightforward retail discount through May 9 and another sign Nintendo is still using software packages to keep Switch 2 momentum up while more 2026 releases move closer to full announcements. (nintendo.com) (ign.com) (nintendolife.com)