Nintendo Quietly Confirms Cost of Switch 2 Upgrades for Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Super Mario Party Jamboree — and They're Not Cheap

Nintendo has confirmed the outgo of upgrading 2 much Switch games from the OG Switch variation to the Switch 2 Edition, Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Super Mario Party Jamboree — and it's not cheap.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom outgo $9.99 each to upgrade from the archetypal Switch 1 crippled to the Switch 2 Edition, but NintendoLife spotted that some the Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Super Mario Party Jamboree upgrades outgo much than treble that each.

Nintendo Switch 2 Enhanced Edition of Breath of the Wild comes with improved visuals and performance, achievements, arsenic good arsenic enactment for the caller "Zelda Notes" work successful the Nintendo Switch Online app. If you already ain Breath of the Wild connected the Switch, you won't get those features automatically, but you tin acquisition an "upgrade pack" for $10 to entree them.

The Switch 2 Edition of Kirby and the Forgotten Land’s Star-Crossed World has caller communicative content. Super Mario Party Jamboree’s Switch 2 Edition comes with a caller suite of contented called Jamboree TV that takes vantage of the Joy-Con 2 rodent controls, Switch 2 microphone, and the Switch 2 USB-C camera that volition beryllium sold separately. Along with upgraded solution up to 1440p successful TV mode and amended framework rate, determination are caller minigames and online functions arsenic well.

While we don't yet person U.S. prices connected the American Nintendo eShop — perchance owed to the uncertainty with President Trump's tariffs — the UK Nintendo eShop shows the Kirby and the Forgotten Land upgrade battalion connected merchantability for £16.99 / €19.99, much than doubly the £7.99 / €9.99 charged to upgrade either Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.

It's the aforesaid terms for the Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ＋ Jamboree TV upgrade. That suggests the terms volition beryllium $19.99 successful the U.S.

A $20 upgrade terms for some games whitethorn person to bash with the daze $80 outgo of some Kirby and The Forgotten Land - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star Crossed World, and Super Mario Party Jamboree - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV. Both games' OG Switch versions are $20 cheaper, priced $59.99 each.

Here's however overmuch Nintendo Switch 2 Edition games outgo successful the U.S. for those not upgrading:

• Kirby and The Forgotten Land - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star Crossed World - $79.99
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition - $69.99
• Super Mario Party Jamboree - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV - $79.99
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition - $79.99

As a reminder, some Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom upgrade packs are besides disposable for nary other outgo to Nintendo Switch Online and Expansion Pack subscribers. At the clip of writing, however, determination is nary akin connection for players hoping to upgrade Kirby oregon Party Jamboree.

Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders went unrecorded earlier today, April 24, with the terms inactive fixed astatine $449.99 — and they went astir arsenic good arsenic you'd expect. Meanwhile, Nintendo has conscionable issued a informing to U.S. customers who applied for a Switch 2 pre-order from the My Nintendo Store, saying merchandise day transportation was not guaranteed owed to precise precocious demand.

Check retired IGN's Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order usher for more.

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