[UPDATE] Nintendo Quietly Confirms Cost of Switch 2 Upgrades for Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Super Mario Party Jamboree — and They’re Not Cheap

UPDATE: It has now been confirmed that the cost of upgrading Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Super Mario Party Jamboree will indeed be $19.99 in the U.S.

While Nintendo has yet to formally confirm any price details, Best Buy lists both upgrade packs as releasing on August 28 and July 7 respectively, priced $19.99 each.

ORIGINAL STORY: Nintendo has confirmed the cost of upgrading two more Switch games from the OG Switch edition to the Switch 2 Edition, Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Super Mario Party Jamboree — and it’s not cheap.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom cost $9.99 each to upgrade from the original Switch 1 game to the Switch 2 Edition, but NintendoLife spotted that both the Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Super Mario Party Jamboree upgrades cost more than double that each.

Nintendo Switch 2 Enhanced Edition of Breath of the Wild comes with improved visuals and performance, achievements, as well as support for the new “Zelda Notes” service in the Nintendo Switch Online app. If you already own Breath of the Wild on the Switch, you won’t get those features automatically, but you can purchase an “upgrade pack” for $10 to access them.

The Switch 2 Edition of Kirby and the Forgotten Land’s Star-Crossed World has new story content. Super Mario Party Jamboree’s Switch 2 Edition comes with a new suite of content called Jamboree TV that takes advantage of the Joy-Con 2 mouse controls, Switch 2 microphone, and the Switch 2 USB-C camera that will be sold separately. Along with upgraded resolution up to 1440p in TV mode and better frame rate, there are new minigames and online functions as well.

While we don’t yet have U.S. prices on the American Nintendo eShop — possibly due to the uncertainty with President Trump’s tariffs — the UK Nintendo eShop shows the Kirby and the Forgotten Land upgrade pack on sale for £16.99 / €19.99, more than twice the £7.99 / €9.99 charged to upgrade either Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.

It’s the same price for the Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ＋ Jamboree TV upgrade. That suggests the price will be $19.99 in the U.S.

A $20 upgrade price for both games may have to do with the shock $80 cost of both Kirby and The Forgotten Land – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star Crossed World, and Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV. Both games’ OG Switch versions are $20 cheaper, priced $59.99 each.

Here’s how much Nintendo Switch 2 Edition games cost in the U.S. for those not upgrading:

Kirby and The Forgotten Land – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star Crossed World – $79.99
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – $69.99
Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV – $79.99
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – $79.99

As a reminder, both Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom upgrade packs are also available for no extra cost to Nintendo Switch Online and Expansion Pack subscribers. At the time of writing, however, there is no similar offer for players hoping to upgrade Kirby or Party Jamboree.

Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders went live earlier today, April 24, with the price still fixed at $449.99 — and they went about as well as you’d expect. Meanwhile, Nintendo has just issued a warning to U.S. customers who applied for a Switch 2 pre-order from the My Nintendo Store, saying release date delivery was not guaranteed due to very high demand.

Check out IGN’s Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order guide for more.

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