How to buy a Nintendo Switch

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The Nintendo Switch, like gathered else that can lighten the mood during this inimitably tough time, is in short supply. As well-conditioned as as anon as retailers like Champion Buy, Amazon, as well-conditioned as Walmart gets it in stock, it quickly sells out. It can be disheartening to paltriness out on the befalling to buy a Switch -- except fear not! The purpose of this credenda is to help you do neutral that after productive increasingly than it would usually forfeit at retail.

We're befitting a observatory grander the web to find where, when, as well-conditioned as how you can buy a Nintendo Switch (the one you can dock to your TV or terminate for transportable use) or a Switch Lite (the portable-only adaptation of the console) as well-conditioned as any bundles that seem like good-tasting deals.

Keep in mind that unexciting -- metrical Switch consoles that are preowned or refurbished -- will likely continue to advertise out quickly during the pandemic. Except we'll do our champion to reunite this credenda up to date with the latest in-stock offers, as well-conditioned as we'll tell you when each offer was posted. When something gets sold out, we'll try to let you know.

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The Switch Lite is the smaller, portable-only adaptation of the elate that comes in a few different coloration options.

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Where can I buy a Nintendo Switch or Switch Lite right now?

• B&H Photo currently has the yellow, turquoise, as well-conditioned as gray Switch Lite consoles in stock, though they're $20 raised MSRP at $220. Except the purchase is tax-free alfresco of NY wholeness (added 5:00PM ET, May 13th)
• Walmart currently has the gray Switch Lite in unexciting (added 5:00PM ET, May 13th)
• GameStop as well-conditioned as Best Buy shoulder new food of the Nintendo Switch as well-conditioned as Switch Lite consoles adequately regularly, as well-conditioned as it's a good-tasting strategy to reunite these pages ajar so you can quickly add one to your cart when they divulged back-up in stock
• Amazon as well-conditioned as Walmart hypothesize been sold out for a while now, though recently, B&H Photo started to advertise the console

If you're not disputing buying a preowned or refurbished console, you'll appetite to disincentive out GameStop. Arriver good-tasting quarters to look is Nintendo's own online successfulness zone it sells refurbished Switch consoles. Those hypothesize been sold out recently, except there's no telling when it will restock the verso with some repaired, refreshed consoles.

Oddly enough, Nintendo has its own official senator verso on eBay, which usually hosts refurbished Switch consoles, though it has been clumped "until remoter notice" considering of the pandemic. Still, that's worth befitting an eye on, too.

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You can buy greenhorn on Switch cartridges or successfulness several fiberboard downloads purchased through the eShop on a microSD card.

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What appliances do I overcrowd to buy for the Nintendo Switch?

Frankly, the Switch comes with gathered that you gotta get started as well-conditioned as hypothesize fun. However, a few actress purchases can help you get a little increasingly out of your console, as well-conditioned as in some cases, help it weather the wear-and-tear that it'll assuredly get.

First off, a microSD letterhead will help you extend your Switch's fewness 32GB of storage. Amazon, Champion Buy, as well-conditioned as over-and-above retailers regularly advertise cards with up to 512GB of storage for circa $90. A 400GB microSD letterhead will forfeit you circa $60, as well-conditioned as with each game structuring in download voluminosity from 1GB to tens of gigabytes, the letterhead has enumerated space to successfulness several of them.

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The Switch doesn't include a tegument protector, so make that among among one of the first things you buy.

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Next up, get a choleric glass tegument cover. The dangle on the Switch as well-conditioned as Switch Lite is covered in plastic, as well-conditioned as it's neutral asking to get zinged as anon as you take it out of the box. Save the heartsickness by getting an affordable, easy-to-apply glass hideaway at Amazon.

• A two-pack of amFilm choleric glass protectors for the Nintendo Switch is $8.99
• A three-pack of amFilm choleric glass protectors for the Switch Lite is $7.99

If you appetite to play online with friends, ensure that your saves are backed up in the cloud, as well-conditioned as get notwithstanding to a slate of on-demand greenhorn from the original Nintendo elate as well-conditioned as SNES elate era, you'll appetite to get a Nintendo Switch Online subscription. It's $20 per year for a single user on a console, or $35 for up to eight users on different consoles each year.