Nintendo Switch live blog: Best prices on Prime Day

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This is an unusual deal for US readers. Amazon now has an extension Animal Crossing: New Horizons Edition Nintendo Switch for $296.99 (Opens in a new tab), which is a $63 savings—the only problem is that it’s a British version of the console. The good news is that it is fully compatible with US games, you will simply need a power adapter to make sure you can charge it. Believe us, it will cost you a lot less than $63, so that’s still a huge saving.

Prime Day Deal on Nintendo Switch OLED

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here we are. Amazon just dropped three Prime Day Nintendo Switch deals on the best-ever Nintendo Switch, the latest version of OLED. There are no discounts on the console alone, but there are three Prime Day deals on bundles – which are cheaper than the regular price for the console alone!

What are your options? The biggest saving is on Nintendo Switch OLED + Just Dance 2022, reduced by £64.99 from £359.98 to £294.99 (Opens in a new tab). Considering the standard retail price of the OLED console alone is £309.99, that’s a pretty good deal.

If you fight against evil alien lifeforms more than bus dance moves, you can get Nintendo Switch OLED + Meteor Dread for £308.95, saving £51 (Opens in a new tab). A great package that gives you a gamer that makes the most of the amazing OLED display. Your last option is OLED with Star Wars The Skywalker Saga, also £308.95 (Opens in a new tab).

Prime Day Nintendo Switch Lite Deal

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Amazon Prime Day has officially started in the UK, see any Prime Day Nintendo Switch deals? Well, unfortunately there are no Prime Day deals on Switch consoles, but there is a nice 13% saving on the Nintendo Switch Lite, which is not part of Prime Day. This means that you can take advantage of this deal even if you are not a Prime member.

The Nintendo Switch Lite reduced by £25 from £199 to £174.99 (Opens in a new tab)There are currently stock available in all five color options.

We’re still keeping an eye out for any Amazon Prime Day deals on the Nintendo Switch but nothing big has come out yet. But maybe you can take a look at this revamped Best Buy deal; Could you Get $50 off a Nintendo Switch OLED that’s now $299 (Opens in a new tab).

Meanwhile, in the UK, Amazon has a few small savings on offer, with the original Nintendo Switch in gray. From £255 to £247 (Opens in a new tab) and the Nintendo Switch Lite reduced by £25 to £175 (Opens in a new tab) in several colours.

Nintendo Switch OLED Deal

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To summarize, with a few hours left until the start of Prime Day itself, we don’t see any discounts on Switch consoles in the US yet. But the good news is that Amazon now appears at least to have decent stock levels on all three models: the original Switch, Switch Lite, and OLED — all at official retail prices, not resellers.

This means that you can get the original Nintendo Switch for £298 (Opens in a new tab)The Nintendo Switch Lite for $199 (Opens in a new tab) and the luster Nintendo Switch OLED for $349 (Opens in a new tab). It was nearly impossible to get OLED in the US until recently.

Meanwhile, in the UK, Amazon has a few small savings on offer, with the original Nintendo Switch in gray. From £255 to £247 (Opens in a new tab) and the Nintendo Switch Lite reduced by £25 to £175 (Opens in a new tab) in several colours.

Amazon Prime Day Deals, Kirby Picture

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It’s not all about hardware when it comes to Nintendo Switch deals. Ahead of Amazon Prime Day, there are some great deals on the best games and even Switch Online subscriptions.

The ones that are the pinnacle of our interest 7% off a three-month membership to Nintendo Switch Online (Opens in a new tab) Which makes this $7.42. That’s not great, but we’ll take any opportunity to make small savings no matter how small.

You can also get up to 30% off some of the best Nintendo Switch games now also on Amazon, when purchased as digital downloads. Our choices will be Super Mario Odyssey (Opens in a new tab)And the Star Wars – Knights of the Old Republic (Opens in a new tab) And the Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Opens in a new tab) – Well, the latter is only 9% off, but it’s Kirby!

Amazon Prime Day Offers, Nintendo Switch in a Box

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As mentioned, deals on the Nintendo Switch are always thin on the ground. This is why bundle deals can often be a good way to save cash on highly sought after game consoles.

Walmart has a lot of packages, including special-branded editions. Some of them are a bit old but if this is your first Nintendo Switch, they are well worth looking into. It catches our attention Nintendo Switch Animal Crossing Edition for 479.69 USD $389.99 (Opens in a new tab) – This comes with a themed controller, Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Mytrix Accessories.

We also recommend taking a look at Nintendo Switch Multiplayer Bundle for $651.89 $529.99 (Opens in a new tab), which includes the standard Nintendo Switch and four games: Super Mario Party, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Kirby Star Allies, and Minecraft. There are a couple of oldies here, but Mario Kart is a must.

If you’re after the Switch OLED model, Walmart’s most interesting bundle is the one that contains all of the Zelda games for the console (plus a few extra accessories). The games are: Zelda: Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Zelda: Link’s Awakening, and Zelda: Skyward Sword HD. this is The Nintendo Switch OLED Zelda Bundle is USD 737.99 $599.99 (Opens in a new tab).

Nintendo Switch Joy Cons

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After some Joy cons for your Nintendo Switch? Walmart has some for just $39.99 (Opens in a new tab) Bring in pink and green. It’s been reduced from $99.99. happy Days.

We’ve been blogging for five hours now and there’s still no sign of any good deals on the Nintendo Switch being across the pond. Aside from individual savings on a game or two, that is. Amazon, you’d better save the big discounts for us.

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Excited about Splatoon 3? You can pre-order the OLED Splatoon 3 Edition now from Game for £319.99 (Opens in a new tab).

Nintendo Switch Lite on a multicolored background.

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Back to Amazon itself. It’s the day before Prime Day and there’s not much going on in the US in terms of shows. Is this because product prices drop as soon as midnight comes? It’s hard to say at the moment (but don’t panic, because we’ll be here to inform you about the best rates). Take a look at Amazon Custom Nintendo Store (Opens in a new tab) To see for yourself what happens.

In the UK, things are a little sweeter. There are discounts on the Nintendo Switch and Switch Lite, although none on OLED. To be honest, we’d be surprised to see a lot of discounts on OLED anyway, but hopefully there will be more price drops on the Switch and Lite. check the Nintendo Switch page on Amazon (Opens in a new tab) To take a look at what is on offer.

Target currently offers a Nintendo Switch at retail, but it does have a few games on offer. You can get Just Dance 2022 for just $19.99, while Super Mario Party is $20 off — all the way down to $39.99. check the Target Switch Games Page (Opens in a new tab) To see what else is on offer.

Nintendo Switch Pro concept

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If, like us, you’re wondering what on earth happened to the Switch Pro, you’ll want to read a news story about The latest rumors about the Switch Pro.

Reminder that some of the best deals available in the UK come from Very, where you can get a range Trade in with Mario Kart 8 for only £271 (Opens in a new tab).

Memorial Day Deal on Nintendo Switch Lite

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For the Switch Lite in the US, we’re seeing a lot of the $199.99 retail price (Like this at Best Buy (Opens in a new tab)) and not much less. If you don’t mind buying a pre-owned console, you can Get one at GameStop for $159.99 (Opens in a new tab).

Nintendo Switch OLED

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Calling anyone who wants to switch OLED. Have you tried curry? It’s progress White OLED switch, Animal Crossing: New Horizons and SanDisk 246GB memory card for £349 (Opens in a new tab). This is a £20 savings over the previous price. Go ahead and click “Add to Cart”.

For those of you lucky enough to already own a Switch, GameStop offers a range of games at a discounted price (Opens in a new tab) As part of the summer sale. Just Dance 2022, New Pokémon Snap, and Sonic Colors are just a few of the games on offer.

Nintendo Switch Lite

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So the lowest price we’ve ever seen on Amazon for a Switch Lite is £169, which was above Prime Day last year. It fills us with hope that this year we will also see a drop in prices. And there shouldn’t be long to wait to find out!

But the good news for now is that The Switch Lite is currently on sale for £174.99 on Amazon (Opens in a new tab). That’s £6 off the best price ever and well worth a buy if you’re in the market for one. It’s already £25 RRP so we can’t imagine it going to drop much more than that…an extra amount seems to be the most we could hope for.

Memorial Day Deal on Nintendo Switch

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In the US, it’s a pretty slim choice in terms of deals on Switch consoles right now. Let’s hope Amazon plans to lower its prices for members as part of Prime Day. At the moment you can buy the standard Switch for $299 at Amazon (Opens in a new tab)or $299 at Best Buy (Opens in a new tab)or $299 from the Nintendo Store (Opens in a new tab). You can get the picture…

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We are out! We’ll bring you the hottest Nintendo Switch deals and report on the highs and lows of bargains searched for here from Bath, UK. Hopefully the stock will hold up and we don’t see the kinds of switch shortages we saw during Black Friday last year.

For now, let’s start things off with an offer not for you from Amazon.

In the UK, Very has some of the best deals on Switch, including Switch controllers with Mario Kart 8 for £271 (Opens in a new tab).

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