We’re coming up close on the official launch date of the Nintendo Switch 2, and whether you’re eagerly anticipating its launch, or you’re sticking with an original Nintendo Switch model, there are some great game and accessory deals in today’s post for everyone to take advantage of – especially since the Nintendo Switch 2 can play most Nintendo Switch games.
The Nintendo Switch is one of the iDB staff’s guilty pleasures, and so it may come as no surprise that we’re always eagerly tracking game and accessory deals for this platform and sharing them with our like-minded readers.
The Nintendo Switch is a fun gaming platform that you can both take anywhere you go in handheld mode and play in docked console mode on the big screen. Even though the second generation of Nintendo’s most popular gaming platform just recently went on pre-order, it’s worth noting that almost all first-generation Nintendo Switch games will be backward-compatible with it.
The Nintendo Switch 2 went on pre-order in the United States this week, and if you haven’t already pre-ordered yours, then good luck. In the meantime, we’ve got tons of deals that we can share with you regarding the original Nintendo Switch while you wait.
The iDownloadBlog team are as big of Nintendo Switch fans as the next mobile console gamer, which is one of the reasons why we track the latest Nintendo Switch game and accessory deals every week and share them with our readers.
It’s only a matter of time before people start pre-ordering their Nintendo Switch 2, but for now, the Nintendo Switch remains the in-hand gaming platform for Nintendo gamers until its successor launches this June.
Yes, the Nintendo Switch 2 was just formally announced to go on pre-order starting next Wednesday, but don’t you worry about compatibility with your existing Nintendo Switch games, because they’ll work just fine inside of Nintendo’s new game system.
During a Nintendo Direct on Wednesday, the company officially confirmed that the Nintendo Switch 2 would become available to consumers on June 5th, 2025, with pre-orders starting next Wednesday, April 9th, aligning with a report we shared at the end of last week.
In January, Nintendo gave us our very first look at the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 in a teaser video following what seemed like an endless flurry of nearly accurate leaks. One of the major announcements in that teaser was that we’d get more details about the Nintendo Switch on April 2nd – that’s next week.
The Nintendo Switch 2 is getting ripe for launch, but Nintendo has assured the gaming community that games made for the first generation Nintendo Switch will be backwards compatible. With that in mind, you can confidently invest in games ahead of its launch.
Each and every week, your friends at iDownloadBlog browse for the best deals to be had on Nintendo Switch games and accessories in an effort to not only save money on our next purchase, but also to share those savings with our readers.
According to Nintendo, the Nintendo Switch is due for an upgrade soon. But even so, there are loyal players who have the current generation Nintendo Switch right now who are looking to cash in on some amazing deals pertaining to games and accessories for their next big game night.