The Nintendo Switch 2 becomes significantly more expensive than its predecessor. For release, the standard edition of the hybrid console costs 469.99 euros, in the bundle together with Mario Kart World you pay 509.99 euros. So far, this has come to little love with many fans. This has now taken duolingo as an opportunity for a joke and marketing stunt.
The Switch 2 is too expensive for you? Then just learn Japanese!
If you can't or do not want to spend so much money on the Nintendo Switch 2, you can also get a cheaper model. The new console also appears in Japan in one version that costs just 49,980 yen or the equivalent of around 310 euros.
A pretty good bargain, right? The only drawback about it: This Switch 2 appears as a "purely domestic" edition. This means that you can only choose Japanese in the language settings in the system. On top of that, only a Nintendo account can be combined with it that was created with Japan as a region.
This has now also taken a template language-learning platform Duolingo in order to leave an entertaining, but also slightly snappy marketing gag off the stack:
"Gamer, learns Japanese to save $ 133!"
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This means, of course, that theoretically you can get the significantly cheaper Japan-exclusive switch 2 if you understand the language and can operate the console in Japanese. So it makes sense that you can learn Japanese yourself at Duolingo. Purely by chance, of course ...
However, this will only help you a little if you already have a Nintendo account with games that was not created with Japan as a region. So this "savings tip" is not quite mature.
The Nintendo prices are a sticking point for many fans. This not only affects the Switch 2 itself, because the games also become more expensive. For Mario Kart World you pay almost 90 euros in the physical edition. According to its resentment, the community currently breaks air by spaming the price in the Nintendo Treehouse Livestream "Drop the Price" (in German: lowers the price).
