Best Nintendo Switch Black Friday Deals 2026

This is the Switch 2 most households should buy. Tom's Guide gave the console 4.5 out of 5, TechRadar described the jump over the original Switch as enormous, and The Verge was more reserved. Mario Kart World is the game most new owners want first, and this fall's version of the bundle adds three months of Nintendo Switch Online, which you need for online races.

The game arrives as a download code, not a cartridge, so you can't lend or resell it. Battery life is the common complaint: Nintendo rates it at 2 to 6.5 hours.

There is no discount. At $549.99 it matches its usual Amazon price and has not sold for less since Amazon listed it in September. The saving is built in: it costs about $51 more than the console alone, and Nintendo puts the saving at $37.98 against buying the three separately.

Buy the console on its own if you already own Mario Kart World or want a different first game. It is the same hardware as the bundle: the 7.9-inch 1080p screen, 256GB of storage and the magnetic Joy-Con 2, which also work as a mouse in games that support it. Most Switch 1 games run on it, so an existing library carries over.

At $499 from Amazon it is a dollar under Nintendo's new price. Its 90-day average looks lower, about $480, only because that window reaches back to August, before the price rise, when it sold for $449. We would not wait for the old price to return on Black Friday. If you would buy Mario Kart World in the first month anyway, the bundle above is the cheaper route.

The newest bundle, released October 22, pairs the same console with Nintendo Switch Sports Resort as a download code, plus three months of Switch Online. It suits families who want a motion-controlled party game the whole room can join, where Mario Kart World suits players who already race. The game is too new for us to point to reviews, and the bundle listing has only a handful of ratings, so the case for it rests on the console.

At $529 from Amazon it is a dollar under Nintendo's price and $30 more than the console alone, the smallest step up of the two bundles. It has not sold for less since Amazon listed it in September. Nintendo's own figure for the saving here is $27.98, so if Mario Kart World appeals at all, the top Pick is the better value.

The Switch Lite is the cheapest Nintendo console still worth buying, and the one we would give a young child or someone who only plays on the go. VGC called it a second console worth owning, and Tom's Guide rates it well for comfort and battery life. It plays the large Switch 1 library, and with no detachable parts there is nothing to lose.

Know what you give up. It can't connect to a TV, games that need detached Joy-Con require buying a pair separately, and it won't run Switch 2 exclusives. If the person you are buying for wants Mario Kart World, save for a Switch 2.

At $229 it is at its usual price; it sold for $199 a year ago.

If you play on a TV, this is the first accessory to add. TechRadar ranks it the best Switch 2 accessory, citing the build, the smooth sticks and about 40 hours from a charge, and Tom's Guide praised its shape and treated it as close to essential for the console. The back buttons take remapped inputs, and the headphone jack means no dongle for wired headphones. It also gives a second player something better than a single Joy-Con.

Reviewers' main complaints are that the sticks are not a drift-resistant Hall effect design and the triggers are simple on/off buttons. The 8BitDo below addresses both for less money.

At $89 it is at its usual Amazon price. The lowest we saw in the past year was $84.99, in June.

Switch 2 owners fill the 256GB of built-in storage sooner than they expect, and the console only accepts microSD Express cards for games, so the card from an old Switch won't help. This one doubles the storage and was the quickest of the cards in The Game Post's load test: Mario Kart World opened in about 19 seconds, against about 17 from internal storage. Samsung's licensed card was a fraction of a second behind.

These cards still cost more per gigabyte than ordinary microSD, and none matches internal storage for speed.

Ignore the $134.99 list price. At $58.99 it is about $2 under its 90-day average and matches its lowest price of the past year, so this is a fair price rather than a deep cut.

The Ultimate 2 is the controller to get if the Pro Controller's price puts you off. Engadget scored it 9.5 out of 10 and named it the best Switch 2 controller it had tried. Its TMR sticks resist the drift that plagued original Joy-Con, the triggers switch between Hall effect and a clicky tactile mode, and it charges on an included dock. It also works with an original Switch and a Windows PC, so it outlives a console upgrade.

Setup takes some patience: it needs a firmware update before it pairs with a Switch 2, and owners often mention that step. It has no headphone jack, unlike Nintendo's controller.

At $56.99 it is about $4 under its 90-day average and a few dollars above its March low of $53.19. A small cut, but it costs about $32 less than the Pro Controller.

The Switch 2 Camera puts your face in GameChat video calls and in games that use a camera. TechRadar picks it as the best camera for the console: it records 1080p video, takes in a wide view of the room and has a privacy shutter. Hori's licensed alternatives record at only 480p, which is why we chose Nintendo's.

The stand is rigid and does not swivel side to side, and it is awkward to use with the console in handheld mode, so treat it as an accessory for TV play.

At $29.99 it is about $5 under its 90-day average and matches its lowest price of the past year. That is the price to judge it by; the $54.99 list price is not what it has been selling for.