Nintendo Switch price cut includes free Animal Crossing download

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For gaming on the go, it doesn't really get any better than the Nintendo Switch. While you might be addicted to your powerful at-home console, it's not like you can lug it around with you very easily, right?

And right now, you can grab a Nintendo Switch Lite, bundled up with Animal Crossing: New Horizons, for just £189.99 on Argos - down from its full price of £199.99.

The Nintendo Switch Lite is all about lightweight gaming on the go, with integrated controls and a handheld design. Best yet, you can ever link up to eight consoles for some multiplayer fun - and it comes with one year of Nintendo Switch Online membership, meaning you can play with friends around the world. With up to six hours of battery life when fully charged (it takes around three hours to come to full juice), you'll be able to play your favourite games for ages.

This model comes in a fetching coral colour, and gives you the digital download code for Animal Crossing: New Horizons - the fifth instalment in the smash hit Animal Crossing series. For this game, you live in a deserted island - which you then slowly develop into a town-like community. First released in 2020, this soothing game is the perfect balm to how hectic life can get. After all, who hasn't occasionally thought about quitting it all to go live in peace on a deserted island?

An impressive 100% of reviewers recommend this Nintendo Switch and Animal Crossing bundle on Argos, giving it an average of 4.9 stars from 26 reviews. "I bought this after looking around for a while; think it's a great deal, get the game, and 12+ months subscription. Great bundle," one shopper said.

Another added: "I always wanted to buy one and finally bought it as present to myself. I love how it comes with Animal Crossing pre-installed. It has cute design on the back." While a third chimed in: "I bought this a few weeks ago and couldn’t be happier with it. It was so easy to set up, it charges quickly and also lasts so long. It’s so easy to use and being able to download games online means you don’t even have to leave home to play!"

Any more critical comments tend to be around storage. "Device storage is adequate even if on the low side you will probably fit 2/3 games on without purchasing additional SD card," noted one reviewer. Another said: "Although this comes with a game and is a good deal you'll have to archive the original game before having enough space to upload anymore or buy a memory card for the console, as not much memory but works fine with memory card."

If you've got a bit more money to spend on a handheld console, you could go for the ASUS ROG Ally X Handheld Gaming Console - which is £799 from Currys. Or for some retro fun, look to the RG35XX Retro Handheld Game Console for £57.99 from Amazon.

But for on-the-go gaming with a fun game bundled in, you really can't go wrong with the Nintendo Switch Lite that Argos currently has on deal.