The cheapest Nintendo eShop region
We compare the price of every Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 game in 43 eShop countries twice a day, at each eShop's own price converted at the day's exchange rates (US prices are before sales tax). Of the 20,116 games sold in at least 10 of them, Japan is the cheapest eShop for 5,515 (27%), followed by New Zealand (20%) and Chile (20%).
No single country is cheapest for everything: it depends on the game, the publisher's regional prices and the current sales, so check the game's own page before you buy.
Which eShop is cheapest most often
| eShop | Cheapest for | On sale there |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ฏ๐ต Japan JPY | 5,515 games (27%) | 1,779 |
| ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand NZD | 3,978 games (20%) | 1,197 |
| ๐จ๐ฑ Chile CLP | 3,950 games (20%) | 742 |
| ๐ง๐ท Brazil BRL | 1,998 games (10%) | 257 |
| ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico MXN | 862 games (4%) | 137 |
| ๐จ๐ฆ Canada CAD | 743 games (4%) | 176 |
| ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa ZAR | 716 games (4%) | 149 |
| ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea KRW | 582 games (3%) | 283 |
| ๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong HKD | 543 games (3%) | 279 |
| ๐บ๐ธ United States USD | 382 games (2%) | 270 |
| ๐ต๐ฑ Poland PLN | 301 games (1%) | 180 |
| ๐ต๐ช Peru PEN | 147 games (1%) | 18 |
| ๐ฆ๐น Austria EUR | 140 games (1%) | 3 |
| ๐จ๐ด Colombia COP | 106 games (1%) | 2 |
| ๐ฆ๐บ Australia AUD | 49 games (<1%) | 22 |
| ๐ธ๐ช Sweden SEK | 43 games (<1%) | 32 |
| ๐ณ๐ด Norway NOK | 22 games (<1%) | 12 |
| ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia CZK | 14 games (<1%) | 3 |
| ๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark DKK | 8 games (<1%) | 3 |
| ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom GBP | 7 games (<1%) | 3 |
| ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland CHF | 5 games (<1%) | 1 |
| ๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria EUR | 2 games (<1%) | 0 |
| ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland EUR | 1 game (<1%) | 1 |
| ๐ฌ๐ท Greece EUR | 1 game (<1%) | 0 |
| ๐ท๐ด Romania EUR | 1 game (<1%) | 0 |
Counted over 20,116 games sold in at least 10 eShops; "on sale there" is how many of them are cheapest there because of a sale. A country's name opens its eShop's page.
Buying in another country's eShop
- Switch and Switch 2 games are not region-locked: a game bought in another country's eShop plays on any console.
- To buy there you need a Nintendo Account set to that country (a second, free account on your console is the easiest way) and a card from that country or that eShop's gift cards. eShop money does not move between countries.
- Add-ons (DLC) usually have to come from the same region's eShop as the game, and some games are not sold in every country.
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Prices are each eShop's own, converted at the day's reference exchange rates: VAT is included where the eShop includes it, US prices are before sales tax and for Canada we add the 5% federal tax. They are collected twice a day from the public eShops: check the total in the eShop before you buy.