Official Nintendo Black Friday and holiday deals have been announced, and my wallet is not ready

Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch OLED on a wooden desk with blue backlighting
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Nintendo officially announced what it has in store for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and the rest of the holidays, and original Switch owners haven't been forgotten about.

From November 20 through to December 3 at 11:59 p.m. PT, the Nintendo online store and Switch and Switch 2 eShop will be showcasing its annual Cyber Deals sale, dropping the prices on select games.

Princess Peach Showtime

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If you were expecting a bit more, Nintendo also confirmed that Super Mario Odyssey, Nintendo Switch Sports, Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door and Splatoon 3 will also be discounted for even less and will be available from $29.99. This is great timing when you consider that titles like Super Mario Odyssey, Echoes of Wisdom, and Splatoon 3 have Switch 2 enhancements, which include optimized visuals and HDR support, making them ideal pick-ups if you missed them the first time around.

If you were expecting any discounts on the Nintendo Switch 2 or Switch 2 bundles, you're out of luck. The only mention of the new handheld amongst the upcoming holiday deals press release just acts as a reminder of the new shiny handheld's existence. However, it's not all doom and gloom if you've already invested in the Nintendo Switch 2.

Select amiibo, including the new Switch 2 Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom and Street Fighter 6 figures, will be $10 off at select retailers. You don't actually have to wait for those deals either, as you can grab the Nintendo toys-to-life collectibles right now for $10 off at Best Buy, way before the amiibo sales go live on November 30.

Photo of the Sidon Tears of the Kingdom amiibo sitting in front of a Switch 2 on a wooden table.

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Photo by Rosalie Newcombe of a close-up of the Game-Key Card of No Sleep For Kaname Date sitting on its physical Switch 2 game box.

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Amazon's Woot currently has a whole smorgasbord of Switch 2 game deals available without the wait, including record-low savings on Donkey Kong Bananza and Mario Kart World. There's even some deals on game-key card releases if you're okay with that.

Switch 2 gaming deals at Woot

My favorite bit of deal news from Nintendo's entire announcement has to be the reveal that the Samsung microSD Express card will be $20 off within the Nintendo San Francisco and Nintendo New York stores and at select retailers online. Typically, the pricey SD retails for $59.99, so getting 256GB of extra storage for approximately $39.99 is an absolute bargain, and more in line with older SD card pricing, which is what I like to see.

If you're lucky enough to visit those stores in person from mid-November onwards (please know I am entirely jealous), then Nintendo states that you can enjoy "festive décor" and gift with purchase offers too. There's also an exclusive Winter Collection available in-store, including merchandise and accessories, although Nintendo hasn't shared exactly what it entails. I imagine cute products with Mario wearing a winter scarf, that sort of thing.

Of course, if you're more interested in the hardware deals, you can check in with Nintendo US stores and select retailers from November 23rd to get Switch games starting from $29.99 each, deals on amiibo figures, and receive $20 off the Samsung microSD Express card on November 30.


If you're on the hunt for more Black Friday gaming deals, check out our Black Friday PS5 deals and Black Friday gaming laptop deals hubs for early discounts and what to expect when the savings officially start to drop.

Rosalie Newcombe
Hardware Editor

Ever since I first held a NES controller in my hand I've been obsessed with gaming, and the hardware it runs on. I could hook up a NES and SNES to a telly, without instructions, before I could walk. Even now, nothing is more exciting then taking a console, or handheld, out the box for the first time and setting it up. This obsession transformed into a love of games and game music, which lead to my music degree and dream of becoming the Scottish Nobuo Uematsu. After sharing my love of games through music, I began to share my love through words on sites like TechRadar and iMore. This lead to becoming a Hardware staff writer for PCGamesN, and later the Senior Tech Writer for Dexerto, covering all things Steam Deck, PlayStation and Nintendo. With that experience, I was able to level up as Hardware Editor for GamesRadar+, where I'm still just as Nintendo, PlayStation and gaming tech obsessed as ever.

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