Save money with Rakuten’s site-wide sale and Walmart’s Nintendo Switch discount

Treat yourself to an upgrade

by Cameron Faulkner

Mar 18, 2019, 8:36 PM UTC

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Cameron Faulkner is an editor covering deals and gaming hardware. He joined in 2018, and after a two-year stint at Polygon, he rejoined The Verge in May 2025.

Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten is hosting another site-wide discount, and you can save 15 percent on select products when you use the offer code SAVE15 at checkout. Promos like these happen fairly regularly, and the offer code typically works on most of the site’s products. Here are a few deals to get you started:

Fitbit Charge 3 is $127.46 with the code applied at checkout (usually $149.95)
Xbox One X bundled with 12-month Xbox Live subscription is $349 after the code is applied (usually $409)
GoPro Hero 7 Black is $301.15 (usually $349.99)
Microsoft Surface Go (8GB RAM, 128GB of storage) bundled with a Black Type Cover is $539 (usually $599)

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The sale that includes a deeply discounted Switch game with the purchase of a Nintendo Switch is still happening at Walmart. Originally set to end on Saturday, March 16th, you can save $30 on one of the following games when you buy a Switch console, though the sale could end at any moment:

Super Mario Odyssey
Mario Tennis Aces
Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Super Mario Party
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

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Today, Apple announced a new $399 iPad mini and a $499 iPad Air, and both include the A12 Bionic processor found in the latest iPhone models as well as Apple Pencil support. If you’re content with a slightly older iPad that features the A10 processor, the sixth-generation model is far more affordable at $249.99 from Amazon, and it also supports the Apple Pencil.

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