Shares in Nintendo hit a near 16-month high on Wednesday as anticipation built ahead of the Switch Lite release on Friday September 20.
The stock peaked at ¥42,600 ($393) in Tokyo trading on Wednesday, its highest level since June 01, 2025, before ending the day up 1.19% at ¥42,390 ($391), its highest close since June 1 last year, shortly before E3 2018.
Switch Lite will launch on September 20priced at $200/£200 — about $100/£80 cheaper than the flagshipSwitchmodel, which hassold some 37 million units since launching in March 2017.
Nintendoexpects to sell 18 million Switch units during the current financial year ending in March 2020. Should it achieve its target, the system would surpass lifetime sales of the SNES (49.1 million units). It will be a while yet before Switch can potentially match the lifetime sales totals of NES (61.9 million) and Wii (101.63 million).
Announced in July,Switch Lite is a smaller, lighter systemthan the original Switch console. It can’t be connected to a TV but can play all Switch games that support handheld mode. It features integrated controls that don’t include HD rumble or an IR motion camera, and the directional buttons previously on the left Joy-Con have been replaced with a traditional d-pad.
Nintendo kicked off itsSwitch Lite marketing campaignin early September. The system is available to pre-order now atAmazon,Best BuyandGame, among other retailers. Walmart reportedlybroke the Switch Lite street dateby selling the console ahead of its official release.
Switch Lite will launch alongsideThe Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, the highly anticipated remake of 1993’s top-down action-adventure Game Boy title,which has been reimagined with a charming new art style. The firstThe Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening reviewwas recently published in Japanese magazine Famitsu, which awarded the game a 35/40 score.
A limited editionPokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield Switch Lite consolewill also be released in November.
