With the Nintendo Switch 2 now out within the wild, it is cheap to count on that Nintendo may make a number of coverage modifications to raised replicate the corporate’s intentions for the console. Not less than a type of modifications comes with a price, nonetheless: the Nintendo Switch Game Voucher program shall be discontinued (completely this time) on January 30, 2026.
The Nintendo Switch Game Voucher initiative allowed Switch homeowners to primarily pre-pay for 2 Nintendo Switch games–so lengthy as they had been included in the program–through the acquisition of two Game Vouchers; the vouchers value $100, whereas two video games bought individually would usually value $120. A lot of Nintendo’s first-party releases–including Tremendous Mario Odyssey, Tremendous Smash Bros. Final, and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, had been included in this system.
The official Nintendo support site made the discontinuation of this system official, saying that “as of 11:59 PM Pacific Time January 30, 2026, it would now not be doable to buy Nintendo Switch Game Vouchers.” The submit does point out, nonetheless, that any vouchers bought between now and the top of this system shall be redeemable for 12 months after the date of buy.
“There shall be no change to the way in which your recreation vouchers expire. Game vouchers stay legitimate for 12 months from buy,” the assertion reads. “For instance, if a set of Nintendo Switch Game Vouchers is bought on January 30, 2026, every Nintendo Switch Game Voucher stays legitimate till January 30, 2027.”
Beforehand, Nintendo confirmed that vouchers bought by means of this system wouldn’t be capable of buy video games for Nintendo Switch 2. As of now, there isn’t any substitute program on the brand new console.