Nintendo Switch 2 Choose-Your-Game Set Launches in Japan on November 12
The 4,000 yen gap between the bare Japan-only console and this set means Nintendo is discounting its own first-party software by roughly half to push hardware adoption, and the inclusion of a Switch 1 title in the choice list points the bundle at buyers who have not yet moved to the new console.
Key Facts
- Nintendo announced the Nintendo Switch 2 (Japanese-language, Japan-only) Choose-Your-Game Set on October 6.
- The Nintendo Switch 2 Choose-Your-Game Set releases on November 12 at 63,980 yen including tax.
- Buyers choose one downloadable game from Mario Kart World, Nintendo Switch Sports Resort, and Tomodachi Collection: Waku Waku Life.
- Standalone download prices are 8,980 yen for Mario Kart World, 5,980 yen for Nintendo Switch Sports Resort, and 7,100 yen for Tomodachi Collection: Waku Waku Life, all tax included.
- The Japan-only Nintendo Switch 2 console alone costs 4,000 yen less than the Choose-Your-Game Set.
Reporting from 2 sources: Automaton, Denfaminicogamer.
Nintendo will release the Nintendo Switch 2 (Japanese-language, Japan-only) Choose-Your-Game Set on November 12, the company announced on October 6. The bundle pairs a Nintendo Switch 2 console with one downloadable game chosen from three options: Mario Kart World, Nintendo Switch Sports Resort, and Tomodachi Collection: Waku Waku Life. The price is 63,980 yen including tax, and reservations opened on the Nintendo Store the same day. Game retailers nationwide and online shops will start taking reservations once their preparations are complete. The Japan-only console alone costs 4,000 yen less than this set, so picking any one of the three titles comes out roughly 3,000 to 5,000 yen cheaper than buying the hardware and that game separately. Standalone download prices are 8,980 yen for Mario Kart World, 5,980 yen for Nintendo Switch Sports Resort, and 7,100 yen for Tomodachi Collection: Waku Waku Life, all tax included. Mario Kart World and Nintendo Switch Sports Resort are Nintendo Switch 2 titles, while Tomodachi Collection: Waku Waku Life is Nintendo Switch software.
The three games in the set are drawn from two different software lines, and the Nintendo Store listing flags them as such: Mario Kart World and Nintendo Switch Sports Resort carry the Nintendo Switch 2 label, while Tomodachi Collection: Waku Waku Life is Nintendo Switch software that runs on the newer hardware.
The savings claim that anchors the bundle's appeal comes from Automaton's own arithmetic. The gap between this set and the standard Japan-only Switch 2 is 4,000 yen, and Automaton frames the result as "you save roughly 3,000 to 5,000 yen whichever title you choose."
Reservation timing splits by channel. Nintendo opened orders on the Nintendo Store the same day as the October 6 announcement. Physical and online game retailers "will begin accepting reservations as soon as preparations are complete," per Automaton.
Nintendo published the news through its corporate communications and IR account on October 6, pointing to a news release titled "Release of the Nintendo Switch 2 (Japanese Language, Japan-Only) Choose-Your-Game Set, Which Lets You Choose and Download One of Three Games."
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.