Nintendo wants £65 for Switch 2 ports like Zelda: Breath of the Wild

We recently learned that Nintendo Switch 2 games would cost as much as £80 at launch, and some Nintendo Switch 1 titles with upgraded Switch 2 versions will have expensive £20 upgrade packs. It would seem that the majority of Switch 2 Edition games will be selling around the £65 mark. 

As spotted by Eurogamer, UK retailers like Argos, Smyths and John Lewis have begun advertising Nintendo Switch 2 Edition games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom, Super Mario Party Jamboree and Kirby are all carrying a £64.99 pre-order price tag.

The outlier is GAME, which has added an extra £2 onto the price – a common practise for GAME with most brand-new releases.

If you already own these games on Nintendo Switch, you can upgrade to the Switch 2 edition by purchasing an upgrade pack. Titles like Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom will have paid upgrades, while other games like Super Mario Odyssey will have free updates for the Switch 2.

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KitGuru Says: The pricing situation around Switch 2 games is not great, especially when you consider Nintendo's historical lack of meaningful price cuts and the age of some of these titles. Breath of the Wild came out in 2017, and yet it is being re-released at £65 eight years later. 

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