Nintendo Switch 2 | Games w/ Free Upgrades

[Moonface]

Revised Switch 2 Model Possibly Launching in Europe
A new report from Japanese outlet Nikkei claims that Nintendo is planning to launch a revised model of the Nintendo Switch 2 in Europe. This new model would align the company’s ‘right to repair’ policy with legislation in the European Union (EU), in particular the European Battery Regulation, which requires by 2027 that portable batteries in consumer products must be user-replaceable.

There's no indication of plans to bring the revised model to Japanese or American markets, although Nikkei's report says Nintendo may bring the revised model to those markets should consumer awareness of the right to repair increase.

[Dragon Lord]

A user-replaceable battery is cool and all, but where's the Switch 2 OLED, Nintendo? If I'm going to overpay for your mediocre system, at least you can have a nice screen on it.

[Moonface]

I wonder if Nintendo will even try to do an OLED model anytime soon what with the ongoing RAM shortages, plus they bumped up the price of every Switch 1 model only a year ago so if an OLED Switch 2 did come out I can't see it not being a higher than usual price for it.

[Dragon Lord]

I'd still pay the price for an OLED screen, haha. OLED is just that much of a visual upgrade from LCD screens. The difference in the richness of the colors (especially since OLED shows true blacks, and not the washed out grey-blacks that you get on LCD). The release of a Switch 2 OLED would definitely increase my odds of getting one at least, haha. Though it also depends on the games the system gets too. With Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD coming to Steam now, that takes way like 95% of the reason I would have had to pick up a Switch 2.

I have been tempted to pick one up because of the ability to play Path of Radiance on it now. Though I actually just looked it up to double check my facts before posting, and it looks like copies of the game are... relatively "cheap" now. It used to be that you'd be lucky to find a used copy of the game for $300-$400, but I looked on eBay and there's tons of listings for $120-$200 for the game. Obviously still a huge price to pay for a 20-year old game (plus the risk of the disc being scratched to hell), but I am surprised to see that the prices have come down so much. Radiant Dawn (Wii) is also down. Before you'd have to spend like $700+ at minimum to buy used copies of these two games, but now you can get them for like $300-$350 combined. Obviously still not cheap, but a hell of a lot better than it used to be.

I just hope that they also put Radiant Dawn on NSO. I'm not sure if they will with it being a Wii game instead of Gamecube, but man it'd suck to have the first game of the set made readily available on NSO and not the sequel.

[Moonface]

Nintendo Switch 2 Games to be Priced Differently for Physical and Digital
Nintendo have announced that starting in May 2026, the pricing for physical Nintendo Switch 2 exclusives will be different to their digital counterparts.

Presumably it will be a $10 difference, as Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is $59.99 digitally versus $69.99 physically, but whether this is the case for all games remains to be seen.

Beginning in May 2026, and starting with preorders for Yoshi™ and the Mysterious Book, new Nintendo published digital titles exclusive to Nintendo Switch™ 2 will have an MSRP that is different from physical versions.

Nintendo games offer the same experiences whether in packaged or digital format, and this change simply reflects the different costs associated with producing and distributing each format and offers players more choice in how they can buy and play Nintendo games.

As always, retail partners set their own prices for physical and digital games, and pricing for each title may vary.

[Dragon Lord]

A yes, $10 extra to get the empty game cartridge that only unlocks the download for the digital version of the game anyways.

Thanks, Nintendo!

[Moonface]

Yeah, I like the idea of cheaper pricing for digital games but if that's going to be the case I definitely won't bother buying any physical games that are just the Game Key Cards like what Pokopia is. It's a shame this change isn't going to be retroactive at all because it would be nice to get Pokopia digitally for cheaper since I plan to buy it that way anyway.