{"id":971635,"date":"2026-01-04T13:50:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T13:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=452247"},"modified":"2026-01-04T13:50:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T13:50:26","slug":"ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahead of Switch 2 tease, Nintendo debuts 2 Switch bundles"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The
<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You\u2019ve got to hand it to Nintendo. Well into the Switch\u2019s 7th year (and just ahead of its long-awaited debut of the Switch 2<\/a>), the company is still doggedly trying to find people who somehow don\u2019t yet own its popular handheld console. Its latest effort includes two Switch bundles, both of which include a digital copy of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/em> \u2014 by all accounts the best-selling Switch game of all time to the tune of 63 million<\/a> \u2014\u00a0and a 12-month individual subscription to Nintendo Switch Online. <\/p>\n

Both the regular Switch and Switch OLED are getting the bundle treatment, each selling for their usual retail price of $299.99<\/a> and $349.99<\/a>, respectively, and are expected to be available by October. Even if it\u2019s not as nice as a hardware price cut, you\u2019re getting $79 worth of stuff for no extra charge. We\u2019ll add more shopping links as they become available.<\/p>\n

Nintendo Switch Online<\/a> may not seem as flashy as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/em>, but it deserves your attention. The subscription enables online multiplayer, yet more impressively offers dozens of classic NES, SNES, and Game Boy games that you can play from the Switch. Not just that, most game saves will be backed up in the cloud, and members can purchase a two-pack of Game Vouchers for $99.98, granting you a $20 discount on two of the Switch\u2019s biggest titles, like the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom<\/a><\/em>, Super Mario Bros. Wonde<\/em>r, and more<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nintendo has launched numerous Switch bundles throughout the years, although it typically defaults to pushing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/em> in front of shoppers around the holidays. I\u2019m hopeful that we\u2019ll see the return of other bundles that I personally think are more interesting, like the \u201cChoose One<\/a>\u201d bundle that was available in early 2023 that let shoppers redeem one of three digital Mario games: Super Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, or New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. It\u2019s possible that Nintendo will wait until later this year to debut more bundles, like last holiday\u2019s Switch OLED bundle<\/a> that included Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/em>, Nintendo Switch Online, and Joy-Cons with a custom design. <\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You\u2019ve got to hand it to Nintendo. Well into the Switch\u2019s 7th year (and just ahead of its long-awaited debut of the Switch 2), the company is still doggedly trying to find people who somehow don\u2019t yet own its popular handheld console. Its latest effort includes two Switch bundles, both of which include a digital copy of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe \u2014 by all accounts the best-selling Switch game of all time to the tune of 63 million \u2014\u00a0and a 12-month individual subscription to Nintendo Switch Online. Both the regular Switch and Switch OLED are getting the bundle treatment, each selling for their usual retail price of $299.99 and $349.99, respectively, and are expected to be available by October. Even if it\u2019s not as nice…<\/p>\n

Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":971636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-971635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polygon"],"yoast_head":"\nAhead of Switch 2 tease, Nintendo debuts 2 Switch bundles | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You\u2019ve got to hand it to Nintendo. Well into the Switch\u2019s 7th year (and just ahead of its long-awaited debut of the Switch 2), the company is still\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ahead of Switch 2 tease, Nintendo debuts 2 Switch bundles | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You\u2019ve got to hand it to Nintendo. Well into the Switch\u2019s 7th year (and just ahead of its long-awaited debut of the Switch 2), the company is still\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-04T13:50:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"Ahead of Switch 2 tease, Nintendo debuts 2 Switch bundles\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-04T13:50:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":364,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Polygon\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ahead of Switch 2 tease, Nintendo debuts 2 Switch bundles | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-04T13:50:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"You\u2019ve got to hand it to Nintendo. Well into the Switch\u2019s 7th year (and just ahead of its long-awaited debut of the Switch 2), the company is still\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":320,\"caption\":\"Ahead of Switch 2 tease, Nintendo debuts 2 Switch bundles\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ahead of Switch 2 tease, Nintendo debuts 2 Switch bundles\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ahead of Switch 2 tease, Nintendo debuts 2 Switch bundles | Arcader News","description":"You\u2019ve got to hand it to Nintendo. Well into the Switch\u2019s 7th year (and just ahead of its long-awaited debut of the Switch 2), the company is still","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ahead of Switch 2 tease, Nintendo debuts 2 Switch bundles | Arcader News","og_description":"You\u2019ve got to hand it to Nintendo. Well into the Switch\u2019s 7th year (and just ahead of its long-awaited debut of the Switch 2), the company is still","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2026-01-04T13:50:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":320,"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"Ahead of Switch 2 tease, Nintendo debuts 2 Switch bundles","datePublished":"2026-01-04T13:50:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\/"},"wordCount":364,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles.jpg","articleSection":["Polygon"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\/","name":"Ahead of Switch 2 tease, Nintendo debuts 2 Switch bundles | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles.jpg","datePublished":"2026-01-04T13:50:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"You\u2019ve got to hand it to Nintendo. Well into the Switch\u2019s 7th year (and just ahead of its long-awaited debut of the Switch 2), the company is still","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles.jpg","width":480,"height":320,"caption":"Ahead of Switch 2 tease, Nintendo debuts 2 Switch bundles"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ahead-of-switch-2-tease-nintendo-debuts-2-switch-bundles\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ahead of Switch 2 tease, Nintendo debuts 2 Switch bundles"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=971635"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1450003,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971635\/revisions\/1450003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/971636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=971635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=971635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=971635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}