First Pre-Orders Appear For Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom And Hyrule Edition Switch Lite

Hmm. I was down for the Lite at £200, despite my reservations that Lites should never have cost more than £150 in the first place, but the fact GAME are asking for £10 more (plus... it's GAME ffs), has turned me right off. I'll wait to see who else is listing it.

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Smyths £209.99 https://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/gaming-and-tech/nintendo-gaming/nintendo-switch/nintendo-switch-lite/nintendo-switch-hw-lite-hyrule-edition-12-months-nso/p/241310

The Game Collection £219.95 https://www.thegamecollection.net/nintendo-switch-lite-hyrule-edition-plus-12-months-nso-switch (10% discount if you subscribe to their newsletter)

My Nintendo Store UK "Register your interest" https://store.nintendo.co.uk/en/register-your-interest

@gcunit it includes 12 months Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack (£34.99 Nintendo price)

Being a savvy/curmudgeonly gamer these days I’ve been grumbling to myself the only Christmas game would be Astrobot for about £60-£70. The fact this is going to be around around £40 has made me happy to skip Astrobot for the time being and get this instead, and possibly something else Nintendo with the money I can save.

I have a Lite but the battery's borked after months of being left plugged in accidentally. Genuinely considering the Hyrule Edition because it's gorgeous and, more importantly, fiscally irresponsible

Game looks bad but that console is sweet!

@JohnnyMind This trusty retailer of yours is beginning to sound like some sort of code 😁

@jco83 Thanks, I hadn't spotted that. Useful to know, though the subscription would go straight onto eBay as I always family group it.

Looks like Nintendo saved their best special edition Switch Lite for the last year in the system's lifespan to push some extra unit sales from collectors. Switch may surpass the PS2's sales yet... At least until Jim Ryan comes out and says "NUH-UH! PS2 actually sold 200 million units, a number I totally didn't pull out of my arse. We're still the top selling system of all time!"

rip everyones wallets so many good games this year plus 2025 is going to be stacked.

I'm an idiot, but damn that Switch Lite has got me. Got my preorder in with GAME, though I might try for someone else as GAME love charging extra for delivery on preorders.

How is it sold out already? This better be easy to get like the TOTK OLED.

I just need the game so i will wait for it to hit amazon.

Never been remotely interested in the lite before, but this one caught my eye immediately. Might try to find one at some point.

Do the UK retailers ship to the US ?

Ah yes good old FOMO. No thanks, I'll wait for reviews. If it's as good as I hope it is, I will pick it up at some point for sure. I am not pre-ordering though. And definitely not buying another switch.

@Rooty damn sorry to hear about your battery. My v1 Switch has been mostly plugged in for years, battery still fine.

If only Nintendo realised that a switch lite oled could be a thing.

@KayFiOS Just checked 5 mins ago and he said it's 205 million now. He's turning the PS2 into that runaway flag in Super Mario 3D World.

@WiltonRoots LMAO did he really say that?! 🤣

@KayFiOS LOL no I said it in jest! But I can picture it happening!

@WiltonRoots so could I, that's why I had to make sure you weren't being serious LMAO

@Scarmucci AFAIK only Amazon UK would ship to the US

Any special edition console based on a particular game should have said game pre installed or have the cartridge in box on the shelves. If the 3ds used to do it there’s no excuse. God forbid one pro consumer thing from current Nintendo.

The last special edition console releases from Nintendo always seem to come at the thickest time (just before the launch of the new console) but always end up being of the more valuable from that generation. Tempted!

The Nintendo Switch Lite is currently available in Saturn Germany. I was waiting for the stocks and finally secured one. I wouldn’t buy normally since I already own a Switch but Hyrule Edition seems great and it comes with NSO plus Expansion.

@ShonenJump121 Anything collector related will be gone in seconds lol and then price-jacked on eBay

Selling out to scalpers?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0D7J4KKK5/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Amazon UK already opened their preorders a few days ago (6/21). But it sold out now.

@Ocaz wow, I completely overlooked that as I read the article. You are absolutely right. I guess I took it for granted, but shouldn’t have.

There won''t be a special edition of the game itself, will there?
:/

Ordered that Lite the moment it was available in my country. I already have one, but that color combination is just brilliant.

@Ocaz Haha you think THAT'S anti-consumer?! Goodness, you really don't know alot about modern businesses, do you? Microsoft and Sony are doing far worse things nowadays.

However.. I do agree with you that it should've had Zelda pre-installed, just like the Animal Crossing New Horizons Switch Lite had.

I thought the nintendo store might have bundled something with it. Like a case or something but I guess not.

Thought there would have been an amiibo or a special edition like Link's Awakening got. Kinda disappointed and it feels too soon for it to be announced now?

Darn is there not going to be a pre-order bonus for GameStop?

@Maubari I didn’t say it was anti consumer now did I? You took the time to write out a reply but not the time to read it. Anything to initiate a confrontation. Please relax.

@Fake-news Yeah, I'm a bit miffed it's a standard one. I'm not surprised since they probably have an abundance of these. I always hoped the twilight years of the Switch would see OLED Lite models and something like a PSTV version of the Switch. A truly dirt cheap little box for a docked only experience.

@RubyCarbuncle
5? But why? And how do you keep the data on all of them in sync, is that supported?

If only it had been an OLED model, I might have dipped. But I really don't see any added value of getting a Switch Lite, as I don't play on my Switch in handheld mode often enough. On my commute to work (2-3 times a week) I always play on my Retroflag GPi Case 2, because it doesn't take up as much bag space as a Switch would.

Always seems really cheeky that they don't package the game with switch lite. I'm sure lots of my people would just expect it and be disappointed when it arrived

@Big_Fudge i can understand that when the console is based on and named after a specific game, but this console does not do that - in fact there is no mention of the new Zelda game anywhere on the box 🙂 (not even the word Zelda)

for the Switch OLED tLoZ:TotK Special Edition console, here in the UK / Europe it was absolutely ridiculous how tiny and obscure the writing on the box was saying the game wasn't included (so tiny it could make you think it was done intentionally)

go look at the image of the UK/Euro box and see if you can see it. i know the American version made it fairly obvious and prominent

@jco83 that's true, but just look at the picture for this article. I'm just certain this won't be the only the time images are put together like that, being that they both launch on the same day.

Nice enough looking to where I almost want to get one, but the last thing I need is another Switch. Bring on the Switch 2!

@Big_Fudge Special Edition consoles including the game are gone now. gives the customer the choice of what format they buy the game in: digital/physical [/collector's edition (if one exists)]. console price can be lower than what it would be if it included the game. makes way more sense

@jco83 except it's not way lower, it's £20-30 more and instead of being bundled with the game people want it's bundled with a subscription that barely anyone wants

@Big_Fudge i didn't say it was "way lower" ! 😂 lol. i honestly don't know what to say about barely anyone wanting NSO+ 🤔 i for one really enjoy it. i'm sure many others do too. so it's a welcome thing. certainly being NSO+ instead of standard NSO (which is all they mentioned in the Direct) was a nice surprise 🙂

actually it's only £10 more RRP than regular Switch Lite RRP. which is the same difference between Switch OLED and Switch OLED Special Editions . . .

allbeit the Switch Lite Aloha Edition does come with Animal Crossing New Horizons pre-installed at the same price as the regular Switch Lite 🙂 Hyrule Edition is GOLD though ! ⭐ 🤩 😁👍