Nintendo Switch Sport Vouchers are a useful solution to get a neat little low cost on choose digital Switch video games, giving Nintendo Switch On-line members the choice to buy two video games for simply $100. Now that the Switch 2 is out, Nintendo has specified that these vouchers cannot be redeemed for Switch 2 exclusives–though they will nonetheless be used on the brand new console for unique Switch video games.
Within the Switch 2 eShop, the game-vouchers part features a warning notice saying, “Vouchers can’t be redeemed for Nintendo Switch 2 video games.” The web version of this web page additionally specifies that vouchers are for the unique Switch system (together with Lite and OLED mannequin) and “can’t be redeemed for video games unique to Nintendo Switch 2.”
The vouchers nonetheless can be utilized on the Switch 2, however they will solely be used to buy Switch 1 titles. Within the case of video games which have a paid Switch 2 enhanced version, vouchers will presumably solely buy the Switch 1 version of the sport, which may then be upgraded with a further price. With a lot of the Switch 2 enhanced upgrades going for $10, you can nonetheless save your self some cash utilizing recreation vouchers to buy upgraded titles like Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild.
The listing of voucher-eligible games additionally contains plenty of video games getting free upgrades on the Switch 2, together with Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge, and Tremendous Mario Bros. Surprise, amongst others.
The caveat on the game-voucher web page suggests Nintendo is not planning on extending the voucher program to the Switch 2, even because it continues so as to add extra Switch 1 titles to the listing. We’ll have to attend and see if the Switch 2 will get its personal recreation vouchers someday later within the console’s lifespan.