The $10 Final Fantasy Deal Every Switch 2 Owner Should Grab
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade for $9.99 is the number that jumps off Nintendo’s latest eShop sale — the entire first act of Square Enix’s remake trilogy for the price of a takeout lunch. Pair it with Rebirth at half off ($24.99), Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles at $29.99, and FFX/X-2 HD Remaster at $29.99, and you’ve got the strongest JRPG buying window Switch 2 has seen since launch. This is the Customer Appreciation Sale doing what it does best: making a backlog expand faster than your storage can absorb.
That last part matters, because every one of those Final Fantasy deals is digital-only. No cartridge to trade, no box to shelf, no resale value — just gigabytes landing on the Switch 2’s 256GB of internal space. The rest of this week’s deals fill in the gaps: Metroid Prime 4 at $35, a pair of Onn microSD Express cards, refurbished Sony WH-1000XM6 headphones, and a Ubisoft PC sale your Steam Deck can actually run.
Digital-Only Final Fantasy Means Storage Math, Not Shelf Space
Switch 2’s 256GB of internal storage sounds generous until you start stacking modern Square Enix RPGs on it. Rebirth is a content-heavy port, and 40–50% discounts are exactly the kind of impulse buy that fills a drive before you’ve finished a single chapter — the $9.99 Intergrade deal being the cheapest way to start that pile. Nintendo’s microSD Express requirement is the tell here: Switch 2 can’t lean on the cheap, slow cards people used to slot into Switch 1, so expansion costs real money.
Which is why the Onn microSD Express deals tucked into this same sale are worth pairing with the game discounts. A 512GB card at $74.77 (with code SAVE3X) roughly triples baseline capacity for less than the price of two full-price Switch 2 games. If you’re buying Rebirth, you’re buying a card — treat it as one purchase, not two.
Metroid Prime 4’s $10 Upgrade Pack Is the Cheapest Switch 2 Entry Point
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is $34.99 at both Amazon and Best Buy — one of the lowest prices the game has seen. The clever move is the upgrade path: buy the Switch 1 version, then pay $9.99 for the Switch 2 upgrade pack, which adds enhanced graphics and mouse-controller support. That’s $44.98 total versus the full Switch 2 Edition sticker, and it’s a pricing structure Nintendo is quietly normalizing across its catalog.
For handheld players, the mouse-control addition is the real story. Pointer aiming has always been the Prime series’ best interface, and Switch 2’s Joy-Con mouse mode finally makes it portable without a Wiimote or a bulky stand. If you’ve been holding out on the Switch 2 Edition, this is the cheapest legitimate route in.
Refurb ANC Headphones and a Ubisoft Sale Built for Your Backlog
The Sony WH-1000XM6 at $200 refurbished (Sand Pink only, two-year warranty, Sony Authorized seller) is a genuinely good handheld companion — 30-hour battery and 3-hour fast-charge top-ups matter more on a commute than in a living room. Same logic for the original Switch Pro Controller at $55.97 on Amazon: skip the pricier Switch 2 Pro Controller and you keep the same ergonomics, minus GameChat and the rear paddles.
Then there’s Ubisoft’s 40th Anniversary sale, where the code UBI40 stacks another 20% off. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey at $9.60 and Far Cry 6 at $4.80 are well-trodden Steam Deck territory, and Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown at $7.20 is one of the best-fitting Deck titles in the catalog. Be more cautious with Assassin’s Creed Shadows ($22.40) and Star Wars Outlaws ($14.00) — both are heavy, and Deck owners should check current compatibility notes before committing.