Nintendo Switch Black Friday 2025 deals: where the real savings are

Nintendo isn’t famous for big discounts, but Black Friday 2025 is one of the first moments where the entire Switch family — from the original hybrid to the new Switch 2 — is on some sort of sale. The headline is that Switch 2 is finally seeing price cuts and meaningful bundles, while retailers quietly clear stock of the older hardware with the steepest reductions.

Key Black Friday 2025 Nintendo Switch offers

Black Friday timing for Nintendo Switch deals

Black Friday in 2025 lands on Friday 28 November, with official end dates rolling into Cyber Monday on 1 December. In practice, Switch discounts run across the whole second half of November:

• Large UK retailers such as Argos, Currys and Very started Black Friday pricing on Switch 2 hardware and bundles well before the 28th.
• In the US, Nintendo’s own “Cyber Deals” sale on the eShop and My Nintendo Store runs from 20 November through 3 December at 11:59pm PT.
• Australian retailers, including Amazon.com.au, Big W, JB Hi‑Fi and EB Games, are treating Black Friday and Cyber Monday as a single multi‑week event around the same dates.

Waiting for the exact day of Black Friday is no longer required for Nintendo deals; most of the meaningful discounts are already visible once those official windows open.

Switch 2 Black Friday deals: small price cuts, smarter bundles

Switch 2 only launched earlier in 2025, so headline price drops are modest. The more interesting moves are bundles that effectively discount games, online access and accessories.

In the UK, the best overall Switch 2 value for most people is the Mario Kart World bundle with a free 12‑month Switch Online membership, because it handles both local multiplayer and online racing out of the box. The larger “party” bundle with Super Mario Party Jamboree and the Switch 2 camera is aimed at households that want to lean into camera‑ and motion‑driven minigames.

In North America, pricing is more rigid: Switch 2 stays at $449, and Nintendo focuses on bundles, such as the $499 Mario Kart World pack and a Nintendo Store campaign that puts several first‑party games on sale for $30–$40 on cartridge.

Older Switch hardware: where the bigger discounts live

With Switch 2 on shelves, retailers finally have a reason to push down prices on the previous generation consoles. That’s where most of the double‑digit discounts sit.

The most aggressive single deal in this category is a refurbished Switch OLED at around £196 via specialist refurbishers, helped by coupon codes. That undercuts buying new by more than £100 in some cases.

Standard Switch and Switch Lite discounts are smaller in any one place, but they combine with the fact that both still run the full back catalogue of Switch games. If Switch 2 exclusives like Donkey Kong Bananza and Pokémon Legends: Z‑A aren’t immediate needs, a discounted OLED or base model remains a rational buy.

First‑party and blockbuster game deals

Black Friday 2025 also pulls a rare set of discounts on first‑party and flagship titles, including several that have free performance updates for Switch 2.

On top of packaged games, Nintendo’s own eShop promotions add hundreds of third‑party titles, especially on Switch 1, with savings that can run from 30% to well over 60% on indie and back‑catalogue releases.

Note: several first‑party Switch games — notably Zelda Echoes of Wisdom, Super Mario Odyssey and Splatoon — have free Switch 2 updates that boost resolution and smooth out framerates when played on the new hardware. That makes physical sale copies more future‑proof if an eventual upgrade to Switch 2 is planned.

Switch accessories: controllers, wheels and storage

Accessories are seeing their first serious Switch 2 discounts as well, especially on upgraded controllers and the new high‑speed storage format.

For Switch 2 owners, the main decision is whether to buy the upgraded Joy‑Cons or a Pro‑style pad first. Joy‑Con 2 is the better pick for multiplayer and games that lean on motion and handheld play; the Pro Controller is better for docked sessions or players coming from Xbox and PlayStation who want a more traditional feel.

On storage, microSD Express cards specifically labelled for Switch 2 are the safest bet. The system can read older cards, but Nintendo’s own holiday promotions focus on the faster Express options for a reason: they keep load times and streaming stutter closer to what first‑party games are tuned for.

Digital vs physical: where to buy Nintendo’s holiday deals

Nintendo spreads its discounts across digital stores and physical retail, and the best choice depends on what you care about.

• Digital buyers get the broadest sale list via eShop Cyber Deals on both Switch and Switch 2, plus My Nintendo Store offers on games, plushies, LEGO collaborations, and accessories. Once a game is bought digitally, it is tied to the Nintendo Account and can be redownloaded on future hardware, subject to compatibility.
• Physical buyers tend to see the largest cuts on a narrow set of high‑profile games — the pattern in 2025 is $29.99 pricing in the US for a curated group of first‑party titles — plus aggressive deals on refurbished or clearance hardware at retailers and refurbish‑focused marketplaces.

Hardware bundles sit somewhere in the middle. Console + game packs are almost always physical, but they are being orchestrated closely with Nintendo’s digital calendar; many of the same games are on sale digitally if you prefer not to deal with cartridges.

For once, Nintendo’s holiday line‑up hits every layer of the ecosystem at the same time: a brand‑new Switch 2 with its first real discounts, a clearing of the decks for the original models, and a long list of first‑party and third‑party games at prices that haven’t been common in the last few years. The trade‑off is that the biggest individual saving still comes from choosing older hardware, while Switch 2 deals are more about structured value than dramatic price drops.