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Nintendo fans experienced a bit of sticker shock following the Switch 2 Direct on Wednesday, April 2, when the iconic gaming company announced via its website that the price for some marquee Nintendo Switch 2 titles would be $79.99. The company omitted any discussion of game prices during the livestream, but shortly after its conclusion, the internet was confronted with the new price tag on the Mario Kart World landing page.
The new MSRP reflects a $20 increase from what we saw throughout the original Nintendo Switch generation and a $10 increase from what we are currently used to when buying games for other consoles like the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. But will this be Nintendo’s new norm? It’s likely, but we aren’t entirely sure just yet, because it would appear that the $79.99 asking price won’t necessarily apply to Nintendo’s entire slate of Switch 2 titles — currently, Donkey Kong Bananza is listed at $69.99 for the digital edition, which is more in step with what other platforms are charging today.
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Will physical editions cost even more?
Things got more interesting when Nintendo’s Spanish website posted EU prices for Nintendo’s Switch 2 launch games. A visit to the site reveals that not only will digital editions of Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza cost €80 and €70, respectively, but their physical editions will cost an extra €10 on top of that. That’s €90 for a physical copy of Mario Kart World, which is a pretty staggering price hike from the original Nintendo Switch’s physical editions, which cost the same as their digital counterparts in most cases. We can’t confirm that US prices will end up being the same, but this change indicates that pricing differences between digital and physical games in the Nintendo Switch 2 era could be likely.
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