New Switch hardware bundles are on the way ahead of the holiday season

Nintendo has three upcomin🐎g Nintendo Switch bundles featuring Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. All three are set to go on sale on October 6 from select retailers. 

The first bundle is a Nintendo🐲 Switch console with blue and red Joy-Cons, a digital download o🦂f Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and a three-month subscription to Nintendo ✱Switch Onl🍌ine. The MSRP for this bundle is $299.99, the price of a Switch on its own. The bundle does not include the Booster Course Pass DLC.

The𒉰 other two bundles are handheld-only Nintendo Switch Lite𒁏 consoles paired with a digital download of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. These new Switch Lites feature the classic turquoise and pink colors with a special leaf design on the ba♒ck. The turquoise version (Timmy & Tommy’s Aloha Edition) will be sold exclus♋ively at Walmart while the pink (Isabelle’s Aloha Edition) will be found at Target.

Both have an MSRP of $199.ℱ99, the same as a Switch Lite console by itself. These bundles do not include the Happy Home Paradise DLC or Nintenℱdo Switch Online, which you will need to purchase separately in order to enjoy online feat💮ures.

The Mario Kart 8 Deluxe bundle is💛 a yearly tradition at this point. Variations of this bundle have gone on sale practically every holiday season since t🗹he game’s debut on the Switch. Still, Mario Kart is a classic, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is arguably the best entry in the series. The Booster Course Pass DLC adds 40 new tracks to the game, as well as a handful of exclusive characters. The DLC can b♒e purchased separately for o🌃r included with a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansio𒀰n Pass subscription for . Note that this is the higher sub💜scription tier for Nintendo Swi✨tch Online, not the base tier included in the bundle.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons t🔯ook the world by storm during the COVID-19 pandemic, and still has a dedicated player base. If you’d like to try escaping to your very own island town with cute animal neighbors, maybe this is the game for you. The Happy Home Paradise DLC can be purchased for an additional $24.99 if you want access to additional furniture options.

Switch vs. Switch Lite

The Switch Lite is compatible with the vast majority of the Switch library with very few exceptions. Opting for the cheaper, handheld-only Switch Lite won’t significantly limit the other games you can play. It just means🍃 you won’t be able to connect to a TV an💧d certain motion controls might not work.