{"id":43603,"date":"2018-08-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/whatsnew\/detail\/q4idlAEBXpvK5-JmeEPncM10gZqVRGB7"},"modified":"2018-08-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T00:00:00","slug":"new-nintendo-bundles-games-and-controllers-open-up-holiday-shopping-possibilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/08\/28\/new-nintendo-bundles-games-and-controllers-open-up-holiday-shopping-possibilities\/","title":{"rendered":"New Nintendo bundles, games and controllers open up holiday shopping possibilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"row\"> <\/section>\n<h2 class=\"h4\">New Nintendo bundles, games and controllers open up holiday shopping possibilities<\/h2>\n<p> Starting in September, Nintendo is launching a series of bundles, controllers and \u201cstarter pack\u201d versions of games for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/switch\/\">Nintendo Switch<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/3ds\/\">Nintendo 3DS<\/a> family of systems. These items, which range from a Special Edition of <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashbros.com\/\">Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/a><\/i> to a New Nintendo 2DS XL bundle in a chic new color, are great for every type of player \u2026 and all conveniently fit inside the average-size holiday stocking. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe want to give people a variety of options and price points when shopping for themselves or the Nintendo fans in their lives,\u201d said Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime. \u201cWhether looking for a portable system for a first-time gamer or a cool controller to play Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Nintendo has great gifts for all ages this holiday season.\u201d <\/p>\n<p> Some of the new Nintendo products that will launch between September and this holiday season include: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> On Sept. 28, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/2ds\/buynow\/\">New Nintendo 2DS XL system in a new purple + silver color<\/a> with the high-octane <i><a href=\"http:\/\/mariokart7.nintendo.com\/\">Mario Kart 7<\/a><\/i> game pre-installed will be available at a suggested retail price of only $149.99. Both of the currently available New Nintendo 2DS XL color schemes (black + turquoise and white + orange) will also be changed to bundles with the Mario Kart 7 game pre-installed on the same day. <\/li>\n<li> Also on Sept. 28, the \u201cstarter pack\u201d versions of three top-rated Nintendo Switch games will launch in stores. These versions of <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zelda.com\/breath-of-the-wild\/\">The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/a><\/i> , <i><a href=\"https:\/\/splatoon.nintendo.com\/\">Splatoon 2<\/a><\/i> and <i><a href=\"https:\/\/supermario.nintendo.com\/\">Super Mario Odyssey<\/a><\/i> will launch with the game and a colorful strategy guide at a suggested retail price of $59.99 each. <\/li>\n<li> A bundle featuring a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/switch\/buy-now\/accessories\/\">Nintendo Switch Pro Controller<\/a> adorned with the <i>Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/i> logo, a steel case and the S<i>uper Smash Bros. Ultimate <\/i>game launches on Dec. 7 at a suggested retail price of $139.99. The <i>Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/i> Nintendo Switch Pro Controller will also launch as a standalone product on the same day (Dec. 7) at a suggested retail price of $74.99. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> This is just a sneak peek at what fans can look forward to this holiday season, with many other great games for Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems slated for release. Three of Nintendo\u2019s longest running and most popular series are coming to Nintendo Switch with <i><a href=\"https:\/\/supermarioparty.nintendo.com\/\">Super Mario Party<\/a><\/i> (Oct. 5),<i><a href=\"https:\/\/pokemonletsgo.pokemon.com\/en-us\/\">Pok\u00e9mon: Let\u2019s Go, Pikachu!, Pok\u00e9mon: Let\u2019s Go, Eevee!<\/a><\/i> (both on Nov. 16) and <i>Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/i> (Dec. 7). In addition to the recently launched <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/games\/detail\/warioware-gold-3ds\">WarioWare Gold <\/a><\/i>game, some notable upcoming releases on the Nintendo 3DS family of systems include <i><a href=\"https:\/\/yo-kai.nintendo.com\/\">YO-KAI WATCH BLASTERS<\/a><\/i> (Sept. 7) and <i><a href=\"https:\/\/luigismansion.nintendo.com\/\">Luigi\u2019s Mansion<\/a><\/i> (Oct. 12). <\/p>\n<p> Remember that Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems feature <a href=\"https:\/\/play.nintendo.com\/parents\/crash-courses\/parental-controls\/\">parental controls<\/a> that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about other features, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/switch\/\">https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/switch\/<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/3ds\/\">https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/3ds\/<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p> Games Shown:<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/new-nintendo-bundles-games-and-controllers-open-up-holiday-shopping-possibilities.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Nintendo bundles, games and controllers open up holiday shopping possibilities Starting in September, Nintendo is launching a series of bundles, controllers and \u201cstarter pack\u201d versions of games for Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. These items, which range from a Special Edition of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate to a New Nintendo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-releases","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43603\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}