Hogwarts Legacy for Nintendo Switch: It’s worth pre-ordering – the reasons

We hardly need to introduce Hogwarts Legacy: Avalanche Software’s long-awaited open-world role-playing game is set in the wizarding world of Harry Potter, but in the late 19th century and therefore before the birth of the famous magician’s student. For players, this means experiencing a fresh story and fulfilling a long-cherished dream: experience Hogwarts for yourself as a student! In Hogwarts Legacy you create your own character, determine gender and appearance yourself. Then you will not only learn how to brew magic spells and potions in Hogwarts Magic Castle, but also explore and discover magical beasts, discover new locations, find allies and bravely fight against black magic. The test of the PC version, for example, has already shown that Harry Potter fans are offered a successful game with a game world worth seeing, a large scope and a motivating story. Hogwarts Legacy is rated for ages 12+ and will be available for Nintendo Switch on July 23rd, but you can pre-order the game now. In this article, we’ll go over the pre-order benefits and why waiting for the release of Hogwarts Legacy on the Nintendo console can be a mistake.

What is the difference between Deluxe Edition and Standard Edition?

If you would like to pre-order Hogwarts Legacy for Nintendo Switch, you have the choice between two variants, the Deluxe Edition and the Standard Edition. In both cases, the release for the Switch version of Hogwarts Legacy will take place on July 23rd. You always get the base game and, if you pre-order it, the Onyx Hippogriff mount (more on that in the next section). The Deluxe Edition includes additional game content, specifically the Dark Arts Field Cap and the Dark Arts Pack: It includes a mount (Thestral), a Dark Arts Cosmetic Set and the Battle Arena: Dark Arts. The Standard Edition is also available in an Amazon-exclusive variant including the item astronomer’s hat – while stocks last!

Hogwarts Legacy pre-order exclusive: Onyx Hippogriff

Players, the Hogwarts Legacy (buy now €59.99 ) for Nintendo Switch will receive an exclusive mount, the Onyx Hippogriff. As Harry Potter fans know, a hippogriff is a hybrid of a horse and an eagle that can fly. The special mount features the hind legs, tail, and body of a horse, but the head is that of an eagle. The hippogriff also has claws on its front legs and very large wings. The Onyx Hippogriff is only included in the first edition and cannot be obtained in-game in any other way! It doesn’t matter whether you pre-order the Hogwarts Legacy Deluxe Edition or the Standard Edition; in both cases you will also receive the Onyx Hippogriff if you order in good time before the release.

Pre-order Hogwarts Legacy at the best price thanks to the price guarantee

What if Hogwarts Legacy for Nintendo Switch gets even cheaper until the release – don’t you pay for it as a pre-order? No, that’s not the case at least with Amazon, as the retailer offers a pre-order price guarantee. This means that you get the item at the lowest price that was called for between the pre-order and the Hogwarts Legacy release date. So, with Hogwarts Legacy for Switch, you’ll automatically benefit from any price drop that should occur up until the July 25 release, without the hassle.

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Better to pre-order instead of going empty-handed: Hogwarts Legacy partially sold out

Even if you can do without the exclusive pre-order Onyx Hippogriff mount and a price guarantee, there’s at least one more reason why pre-ordering Hogwarts Legacy for Nintendo Switch is worth it: it’s a way of making sure you actually get to the release hold the game from the Harry Potter universe in your hands and start playing. Due to the strong demand, there is no guarantee that the game will not be sold out soon. Players who have not pre-ordered will get nothing. While the Collector’s Edition has been sold out for all platforms for months, other variants are already sold out: owners of a Playstation 5, for example, can no longer order a Deluxe Edition from Amazon, Media Markt and Saturn, only the Standard Edition is still in stock. Experience has shown that pre-orders often receive a game 1-2 days earlier, as retailers want to make sure that you don’t have to wait any longer for the release.