{"rewrite":{"id":"r_70a9e1ce9668728dc5e96220","clusterId":"c_c8609370c1e51e495a3e3c42","slug":"nintendo-switch-2-choose-your-game-set-launches-in-japan-on-november-12","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Nintendo Switch 2 Choose-Your-Game Set Launches in Japan on November 12","summary":"Nintendo will release the Nintendo Switch 2 (Japanese-language, Japan-only) Choose-Your-Game Set on November 12, the company announced on October 6. The bundle pairs a Nintendo Switch 2 console with one downloadable game chosen from three options: Mario Kart World, Nintendo Switch Sports Resort, and Tomodachi Collection: Waku Waku Life. The price is 63,980 yen including tax, and reservations opened on the Nintendo Store the same day. Game retailers nationwide and online shops will start taking reservations once their preparations are complete. The Japan-only console alone costs 4,000 yen less than this set, so picking any one of the three titles comes out roughly 3,000 to 5,000 yen cheaper than buying the hardware and that game separately. Standalone download prices are 8,980 yen for Mario Kart World, 5,980 yen for Nintendo Switch Sports Resort, and 7,100 yen for Tomodachi Collection: Waku Waku Life, all tax included. Mario Kart World and Nintendo Switch Sports Resort are Nintendo Switch 2 titles, while Tomodachi Collection: Waku Waku Life is Nintendo Switch software.","whyItMatters":"The 4,000 yen gap between the bare Japan-only console and this set means Nintendo is discounting its own first-party software by roughly half to push hardware adoption, and the inclusion of a Switch 1 title in the choice list points the bundle at buyers who have not yet moved to the new console.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe three games in the set are drawn from two different software lines, and the Nintendo Store listing flags them as such: \u003cem\u003eMario Kart World\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNintendo Switch Sports Resort\u003c/em\u003e carry the Nintendo Switch 2 label, while \u003cem\u003eTomodachi Collection: Waku Waku Life\u003c/em\u003e is Nintendo Switch software that runs on the newer hardware.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe savings claim that anchors the bundle\u0026#39;s appeal comes from Automaton\u0026#39;s own arithmetic. The gap between this set and the standard Japan-only Switch 2 is 4,000 yen, and Automaton frames the result as \u0026#34;you save roughly 3,000 to 5,000 yen whichever title you choose.\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReservation timing splits by channel. Nintendo opened orders on the Nintendo Store the same day as the October 6 announcement. Physical and online game retailers \u0026#34;will begin accepting reservations as soon as preparations are complete,\u0026#34; per Automaton.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNintendo published the news through its corporate communications and IR account on October 6, pointing to a news release titled \u0026#34;Release of the Nintendo Switch 2 (Japanese Language, Japan-Only) Choose-Your-Game Set, Which Lets You Choose and Download One of Three Games.\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Tomodachi Collection: Waku Waku Life is Switch software, not a Switch 2 title, so one of the three options plays on the older hardware. The bundle treats three games as interchangeable when only two match the console's library.","twitterPost":"Tomodachi Collection: Waku Waku Life is Switch software, not a Switch 2 title. One of three bundle options is built for the older console.","threadsPost":"Tomodachi Collection: Waku Waku Life is Switch software, not a Nintendo Switch 2 title. Two of the three options are native to the new console, so the Choose-Your-Game Set asks buyers to weigh an older-generation game against two current one at the same price.","newsletterBlurb":"Nintendo opened reservations for a Japan-only Switch 2 set that adds one downloadable game to the console for 63,980 yen, out November 12. The three choices span two console generations, and the set undercuts buying the hardware and a game separately by roughly 3,000 to 5,000 yen.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/261006n\",\"title\":\"Nintendo Switch 2 Choose-Your-Game Set Launches in Japan on November 12; Choose One of Mario Kart World, Nintendo Switch Sports Resort, or Tomodachi Collection: Waku Waku Life\"},{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20261006-471955/\",\"title\":\"Nintendo Switch 2 (Japanese-language, Japan-only) Choose-Your-Game Set announced. 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