Nintendo's 2025 Black Friday Sale is Officially Live

When it comes to games, my apical prime is Super Mario Odyssey close now, which ranked fourth connected IGN's "Top 100 Nintendo Games of All Time", for conscionable 30 bucks.

There's besides Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Remake, Splatoon 3, and much down to $29.99, alongside Luigi Mansion 3, Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, and Donkey Kong Country Returns HD astatine $39.99.

Several third-party games are besides discounted arsenic portion of the sale, including Star Wars Outlaws (including each its DLC) for $39.99 connected Switch 2, $20 disconnected its archetypal database price.

Final Fantasy's 1-6 Pixel Collection is besides down to $39.99. That's $35 off, and the lowest terms ever connected the game. There are besides respective different large Black Friday discounts connected Switch games similar the Dragon Quest HD-2D Remakes, Just Dance 2026, and more.

There's besides a full clump of large amiibo deals that are perfectly worthy your attention.

Amazon has dropped Tears of the Kingdom amiibo, Riju and Sidon to $9.99, portion Best Buy has matched that terms connected Tulin and Yunobo. Street Fighter amiibo are besides discounted, sitting astatine $14.99 astatine Best Buy.

However, not each deals are yet live, and fans should support an oculus retired for much discounts implicit the coming days arsenic well.

There's besides Nintendo's Cyber Monday offerings to consider, from Nov. 30 - Dec. 1, including a $20 discount connected much Switch 2 microSD Express cards.

Nintendo's Cyber Monday deals see a $20 discount connected Switch 2 representation cards.

If the Samsung P9 microSD paper woody is inactive a small excessively steep for you, you're amended disconnected waiting until Cyber Monday to unafraid a discount connected the 256GB representation cards instead.

Dropping from $59.99 to $39.99, this volition surely drawback the attraction of Switch 2 owners, particularly since microSD Express cards are the lone enactment for expanding their console's interior storage.

This is simply a large deal, but I'd personally inactive opt for the $74.99, 512GB option, arsenic that's decidedly the champion woody for Switch 2 owners close now.

You tin find each of Nintendo's Black Friday deals astatine the integer Nintendo eShop, arsenic good arsenic astatine participating retailers specified arsenic Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart.

But, notably absent from the merchantability are the Switch consoles. For astir of the archetypal Switch’s beingness cycle, Nintendo would connection the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Switch bundle during its Black Friday sale.

But this year, it's obscurity to beryllium seen. With the Switch 2 present regularly available, the infamous bundle offering appears to person been retired, astatine slightest for now.

That said, portion Nintendo isn’t offering immoderate console discounts, you tin inactive easy find the standard-priced Nintendo Switch 2 bundles successful banal astatine each retailers.

They're somewhat discounted compared to buying the console and crippled separately: Mario Kart World's bundle redeeming you $30, and the Pokémon bundle redeeming you $20.

Unfortunetly, determination besides aren't immoderate authoritative discounts connected Nintendo's first-party Switch 2 games similar Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, and Pokémon Legends Z-A. But, we're inactive connected the look retired for immoderate astonishment discounts successful the meantime.

How Do These Deals Compare to Last Year?

In each honesty, this year’s deals are a mixed bag. $30 for a Switch crippled similar Super Mario Odyssey is simply a genuinely beardown offer, but immoderate different standout Switch oregon Switch 2 titles aren’t seeing akin discounts. It’s the benignant of woody that makes you beryllium up and instrumentality notice, but it’s besides the objection alternatively than the rule.

Take The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Last year, the archetypal Switch mentation fell to conscionable $29.99, which was a immense redeeming and a no-brainer for anyone who hadn’t picked it up yet. This year, there’s a Switch 2 edition, which changes the dynamic completely.

Nintendo hasn’t discounted it, and astatine $70, it’s a pugnacious merchantability unless you’re acceptable connected upgrading. The acquisition is clear: the crippled is inactive desirable, but Nintendo isn’t consenting to undercut its caller hardware launch.

That’s the broader representation this year. With Switch 2 present connected the market, Nintendo is holding firm, offering fewer bargains unless perfectly necessary. That goes for consoles, the biggest caller games, and beauteous overmuch everything else. Deals exist, but they’re selective, and if you’re hunting for the aforesaid benignant of terms drops we saw past year, you’re going to beryllium disappointed successful immoderate areas.

More Black Friday Deals

Nintendo wasn't the archetypal to footwear disconnected its Black Friday sale, arsenic PlayStation started things disconnected a fewer days ago, discounting plentifulness of games and dropping the terms of its PS5 consoles by astatine slightest $100.

Amazon and Best Buy person already agelong started their authoritative Black Friday sales, some of which volition transportation connected each the mode done to Cyber Monday connected December 1.

Walmart is already featuring deals from some PlayStation and Nintendo's sales, but its authoritative discounts don't commencement until November 25, oregon November 24 for those with a Walmart+ membership.

Are you readying to prime up thing successful Nintendo's Black Friday sale?

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Robert Anderson is Senior Commerce Editor and IGN's nonmigratory deals adept connected games, collectibles, trading paper games, and more. You tin travel him @robertliam21 connected Twitter/X oregon Bluesky.

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Nov 23, 2025 2:00 pm