Nintendo has brought back its voucher program just in time for decent savings on some of the Switch’s biggest games. Missed out on Splatoon 3 or Bayonetta 3 last year? Now you can grab both for over $20 off.
For the uninitiated, the voucher program works like this. Existing Switch Online subscribers can pay $100 for two coupons that can be used to redeem digital versions of eligible full-priced games. You effectively save $20, plus you still get the $5 cash back in gold coins that you can put toward future purchases. You can have up to eight vouchers at a time, and they are good for 12 months. Here are some of the games you can currently redeem them on:
Fire Emblem Engage
Pokémon Violet/Scarlet
Bayonetta 3
Splatoon 3
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
Mario Strikers: Battle League
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Triangle Strategy
Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Metroid Dread
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
Daemon X Machina
Astral Chain
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Super Mario Odyssey
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
I’ve knocked this program in the past, and sure it would be better if you could apply the savings equally to cheaper games or solo purchases. But Nintendo has been doing asurprising number of sales over the last year, and when looked at more narrowly, the vouchers are a nice way to grab new stuff for cheaper.
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I wouldn’t use them to grab games as old as, say, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe or Breath of the Wild, because while those are both excellent and timeless they are also frequently on sale for closer to $40 each. Games like 2017’s Xenoblade Chronicles 2, meanwhile, have almost never gone on sale for less than $60. And big releases from 2022 like Kirby and the Forgotten Land probably aren’t likely to get other meaningful discocunts for a while either. So, the voucher program offers some value if you’re looking to save on certain games.
