After years of rumors, Nintendo has lastly introduced a launch date for the Switch 2. The long-awaited successor to the Switch shall be obtainable on June fifth for $449.99, bringing a handing of video games and equipment together with it. It shall be obtainable for preorder within the US from choose retailers beginning on April ninth, as each a standalone console and as a limited-edition bundle with Mario Kart World for $499.99.
As predicted, the Switch 2 includes a bigger 7.9-inch LCD show, with assist for 1080p decision and HDR, 256GB of built-in storage, and as much as 6.5 hours of battery life. The Joy-Cons are larger, too, and now magnetically connect to the console as an alternative of counting on a pair of sliding rails to snap into place. They additionally provide mouse-like performance with choose video games, and the appropriate Joy-Con sports activities a “C” button, which can be utilized for in-game chat options, screensharing, and different actions.
As for video games, the Switch 2 will launch with Mario Kart World, together with third-party video games like Split Fiction and Cyberpunk 2077. The console can even be backward-compatible with authentic Switch video games and assist enhanced variations of choose titles, together with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.
Below, we’ve rounded up all of the preorder data you want if you wish to be one of many first to get your fingers on it. We’ll be updating this submit commonly as extra data turns into obtainable, so bookmark this web page should you’re eager on studying extra forward of the launch.
How to preorder through Nintendo
As anticipated, one of many few confirmed retailers proper now’s the My Nintendo Store, which comes with a string of eligibility necessities — certainly one of which requires you to register your curiosity upfront of April ninth. To achieve this, you’ll must sign up along with your Nintendo account and select which console configuration you like (and which equipment). Then, you’ll obtain an invite electronic mail when it’s time to purchase it, assuming you’ve glad a number of different situations.
As of proper now, the reservation course of is proscribed to Nintendo account holders within the US and Canada who’re at the least 18 years previous. Invitations shall be legitimate for 72 hours and shall be “prioritized on a first-come, first-served foundation,” in response to Nintendo; you’ll additionally must have bought a Nintendo Switch Online membership for no less than 12 months and have logged 50 hours of gameplay on the unique Switch as of April 2nd, 2025, to be eligible. What’s extra, you will need to have opted in to share gameplay information with Nintendo (you’ll be able to see should you’ve performed so within the privateness part when logged into your account).
Once invites have been despatched to account holders who’ve met these standards, Nintendo says it should ship invites to “remaining eligible registrants” on a first-come, first-served foundation. Unsurprisingly, the invites shall be nontransferable and despatched to the e-mail tackle you used whereas registering your curiosity with Nintendo. Console and accent purchases shall be restricted to at least one per eligible account, at the least through the preliminary invitation interval, with the primary batch of invites going out on May eighth.
Additional invites will observe periodically, although Nintendo hasn’t specified particulars past that.
How to preorder at Best Buy
Thankfully, if Nintendo’s strict necessities are a difficulty, the preorder course of at Best Buy seems to be much more simple. Preorders for the Nintendo Switch 2, video games, and equipment will start on April 9 through the Best Buy app and BestBuy.com. What’s extra, most shops within the US will open at 12AM ET, 11PM CT, 10PM MT, and 9PM PT on June fifth for preorder pickup, signaling a welcome return to a extra old-school, midnight launch schedule we final noticed previous to the pandemic.
Details are sparse past that; nevertheless, My Best Buy Plus and Total members can land a $20 certificates for each $150 they spend (as much as $100) on Nintendo video games and kit, which is a pleasant perk for members of Best Buy’s premium loyalty program. That privilege will run you at the least $49.99 a yr, although each membership tiers can even grant you entry to unique reductions, free two-day delivery, and different perks.
We count on Best Buy to offer some extra preorder data forward of April ninth — together with particulars on whether or not the retailer intends to implement a queue system, because it did with the PlayStation 5 launch. In the meantime, we suggest signing as much as obtain notifications concerning the Switch 2 and maintaining a tally of Best Buy’s respective touchdown pages for the standalone console and the Mario Kart World bundle.
How to preorder at Walmart
Walmart hasn’t formally dished out many particulars concerning the Switch 2 launch, however the retailer has revealed devoted touchdown pages for each the standalone Switch 2 ($449.99) and the Mario Kart World bundle ($499.99), together with video games like Donkey Kong Bananza ($69.99) and the Switch 2 model of Breath of the Wild ($69.9). A small banner beneath the pricing particulars additionally signifies that preorders will start on April ninth — the identical day different retailers will open reservations.
How to preorder at Target
Target is in an identical camp to Walmart. The retailer has revealed retailer listings for each the standalone Switch 2 and the Mario Kart World bundle, together with listings for a handful of Switch 2 and Switch 2 Enhanced video games. It hasn’t offered any further particulars, although each console listings point out preorders will open on April ninth.
How to preorder at GameStop
GameStop has additionally confirmed that it’ll open preorders for the Switch 2 at an undisclosed time on April ninth, and like Best Buy, you’ll be able to signal as much as obtain notifications concerning the upcoming console, numerous video games, and equipment. There are devoted touchdown pages for the standalone console and the Mario Kart World bundle, too, within the occasion you like to maintain tabs on the provision of both configuration your self.
How to preorder elsewhere
Not all the main retailers have offered any perception into how preorders will work after they open on April ninth. Like with earlier launches, we anticipate that Amazon could have restricted inventory of the console, as nicely. But regardless of Nintendo “taking dangers” to make sure it may meet calls for, experiences point out that US retailers may not have sufficient Switch 2 consoles to fulfill preorder calls for. With any luck, Nintendo’s stringent reservation necessities and (probably) these of different retailers will thwart any aspiring scalpers.
Update, April 2nd: Updated to incorporate further preorder particulars for Target, GameStop, and Walmart.
