Nintendo launches Switch 2 bundle with $80 game

Nintendo said on May 12 that participating retailers would begin offering a Nintendo Switch 2 “Choose Your Game Bundle” in early June for a suggested retail price of $499.99. The package includes a Switch 2 system and a download code for one digital game, according to Nintendo’s U.S. news post and store listing. Retail listings at Nintendo’s own store and GameStop show the bundle is already appearing online ahead of that early-June window. Nintendo’s official materials frame the offer as a console-plus-game package rather than a discount on hardware alone. The company said buyers can choose one of three games: *Mario Kart World*, *Donkey Kong Bananza* or *Pokémon Pokopia*. Nintendo’s U.S. Switch 2 page says the bundle lets shoppers save “up to $29.99” compared with buying the items separately. ### Which game do buyers actually get? Nintendo said the bundle includes a digital download code redeemable for one selected title. The three games named on Nintendo’s U.S. news page are *Mario Kart World*, *Donkey Kong Bananza* and *Pokémon Pokopia*. GameStop’s product pages show the same structure in a more retailer-specific way. One listing names a “Nintendo Switch 2 + Pokémon Legends: Z-A Bundle” at $499.99 and says the package includes the system and a full game download. That suggests some retailers may present the offer as separate game-specific bundle pages rather than one generic listing. ### Is the “free $80 game” claim accurate? Nintendo’s own copy does not describe the game as “free.” Nintendo says the bundle is priced at $499.99 and promotes savings of up to $29.99 versus separate purchases. Retail and deal coverage has described the included title as a free game worth up to $80, but Nintendo’s listed math points to a smaller effective discount. If the bundle price is $499.99 and the base console price is below the combined standalone price of the console plus game, the savings depend on which title is selected and what Nintendo lists as that title’s standalone digital price. ### Where is the bundle available now? Nintendo’s U.S. store has a live product page for the “Nintendo Switch 2: Choose Your Game Bundle.” The page says shoppers can get a Switch 2 system plus their choice of one of the three named games. GameStop also has live Switch 2 bundle pages, though availability varies. One GameStop page reviewed on Wednesday showed the $499.99 Pokémon bundle as “currently unavailable,” while still displaying the product details and price. IGN and Technobezz reported that Amazon and GameStop had begun carrying the bundle online this week. ### Did retailers post the bundle earlier than Nintendo said? Nintendo’s May 12 post said the bundle would start at participating retailers “in early June.” Yet Nintendo’s store page is already live, and retailer listings were circulating online before June began. Technobezz reported that Amazon and GameStop listings appeared weeks early. Nintendo has not, in the materials reviewed, separately explained why some listings surfaced before the stated retail start window. ### Is Nintendo also preparing a price increase? Technobezz reported last week that Nintendo would raise the Switch 2 price in the United States by $50 starting Sept. 1, citing market conditions and component shortages. Nintendo’s official bundle announcement reviewed for this story does not mention any September price change. Nintendo’s current official U.S. pages still show the “Choose Your Game Bundle” at $499.99. The next concrete milestone in Nintendo’s own announcement is early June, when participating retailers are scheduled to begin offering the bundle more broadly.