Nintendo quietly raised the price of almost every piece of gaming hardware and accessory it sells over the weekend, with the Switch 2 itself being one of the few exceptions. Some experts believe it’s only a matter of time before the Mario Kart World machine gets more expensive too, thanks to ongoing tariffs, but for now here’s the full list of all of Nintendo’s latest price hikes on 8-year-old consoles and more that went into effect starting August 3.
Consoles Switch Lite: $230 (was $200) Switch Standard: $340 (was $300) Switch OLED: $400 (was $350) Controllers NES Switch Online: $70 (was $60) SNES Switch Online: $30 (was $35 Genesis Switch Online: $55 (was $50) N64 Switch Online: $55 (was $50) GameCube Switch Online: $70 (was $65) Switch 1 Joy-Con: $90 (was $80) Switch 1 Pro: $80 (was $70) Switch 2 Joy-Con: $95 (was $90) Switch 2 Pro: $90 (was $85) Other accessories Amiibo: $20 (was $16) Switch 2 Dock: $125 (was $120)
The Switch 2 has escaped the latest round of price increases for now and still sits at $450. If anything, the latest move should help spur more people to upgrade now that the older consoles are closer in price and the Switch 2 is only likely to go up in price rather than down as was common in previous console generations. The impact of President Trump’s trade war tariffs on accessories, however, is particularly rough. Controllers tend to break more quickly than the consoles themselves (especially if you have small kids). This is already the second price hike the Switch 2 Joy-Con and controller have received this year. Both are now more expensive than even the Switch 2’s priciest games. I’ll be taking extra special care of mine.