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Early Black Friday Nintendo Switch deals 2024: Up to 46% off

A Nintendo Switch Red and Blue system.
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With Black Friday being a few weeks out on November 29, there are already a lot of excellent early Black Friday deals you can take advantage of on the Switch console, games, and accessories. While the deals over the past six months or so haven’t been great, we’ve been able to scour retailers to find some of the best deals that we can and collect them for you below. We’ve done our best to include a few different games and accessories that we think everybody might be interested in.

Early Black Friday deals are ramping up, but think about the Nintendo Switch all year long. There are some long-running Nintendo Switch deals we’ve collected, and if you’re looking for general recommendations, check out our rankings of the best Switch games.

Nintendo Switch Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Bundle — $337 $360 6% off

Nintendo - Switch Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Bundle
Nintendo

If you haven’t had a chance to pick up a Nintendo Switch yet, then this bundle includes a whole host of items that make the 6% discount worth it. Besides the Nintendo Switch itself, you also get Mariokart 8 Deluxe and three months of Nintendo Online membership, which itself is worth quite a bit, so you’re saving more than the 6% off.

SanDisk 128GB microSDXC Card — $19 $45 46% off

A hand holds a SanDisk 128GB microSDXC memory card for Nintendo Switch up close with console in background.
Nintendo

While it’s great to have a physical copy of games, there are a lot of great deals on digital games, as well as games that simple don’t have physical copies. So, instead of filling up the internal storage, this 128GB MicroSD is a great way to get a lot more capacity, especially since it’s going for $19 instead of $45, a massive 46% discount.

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown — $25 $40 38% off

Sargon leaping with his blades and with blue streaks behind him.
Ubisoft

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is a Metroidvania game set in the Prince of Persia universe, and it’s a lot of fun. In fact, our gaming writer Tomas Franzese said, “Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown is a monumental achievement in approachable, seamless Metroidvania design,” and gave it almost a perfect score, so with this $38% discount its well worth grabbing.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword — $60 $65 8% off

Cover artwork for Skyward Sword HD, showing Link with his sword raised.
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For fans of Zelda that missed out on some of the great installments in previous consoles, this remaster of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword lets you play the original game that was released on the Wii. Given that it’s at the top of the best Zelda games on Switch, this 25% discount makes it worth grabbing.

How to Choose a Nintendo Switch Deal on Black Friday

When the Nintendo Switch originally came out, there weren’t a lot of options; in fact, there wasn’t even an OLED model that you could buy with the upgraded screen. Nowadays, there’s been a boom in games and accessories, so there are a ton of options out there. When it comes to the Nintendo Switch itself, if you’re mostly going to be playing with it docked, then you should get the more affordable base model, but if you do plan to use it as a handheld console more, then the higher cost of the OLED model is really worth it.

When it comes to games, if you’re looking to not spend too much, then you can’t go wrong with the first-party Nintendo games like Mariokart 8 Deluxe, Super Smash Bros, Metroid Dread, and so forth, so it’s worth looking at those to see which you like. As for accessories, a lot of that will depend on the sort of games you play, but it is worth grabbing a “full” controller, either from Nintendo or a 3rd-party seller, since the Joy-Cons can be a bit difficult to use, especially for longer periods. There are also a couple of fun accessories that let you put the Joy-Cons inside them and use them that way, such as the wheel accessory, which is a lot of fun for racing games.

How We Chose These Nintendo Switch Black Friday Deals

Unfortunately, there aren’t a ton of great Nintendo Switch deals floating around these days, which means that we mostly have to rely on finding great deals for games and accessories. That said, there are some refurbished Nintendo Switch deals that we may add or remove based on how good we thing the deal is and whether it’s worth the offer. Other than that, we do our best to include a good selection of games and accessories so you can pick and match what works for your favorite type of gaming.

We also rely on our expertise as deal hunters and our tools to ensure you’re getting the best deal for the money you’re putting in. That way, you know that you’re buying with confidence and you won’t regret it.

Albert Bassili
Deals Writer
Albert’s been a tech and gaming writer for over a decade, writing for websites such as CNET, PopSci, and How-To-Geek, and…
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