If you have not been eager to kick off the Nintendo Switch 2 technology with different retailers like Amazon and Argos, Nintendo Switch 2 video games, controllers, equipment, and even microSD Express playing cards are lastly out there to pre-order at My Nintendo Store UK, with some exclusives solely out there instantly from Nintendo.
What is accessible? Preorders of the Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller for £74.99, the Joy-Con Charging Grip for £29.99, the official Switch 2 carrying case for £20.99, and the Joy-Con Wheel Set for £16.99. Along with the common and Piranha Plant microphone cameras, there’s even the Switch 2 All-in-One Carrying Case for £66.99 (unique to Nintendo), so you possibly can take you full set-up with you, dock and all.
As for the one accent some gamers will need greater than something, the Nintendo Switch 2 GameCube Controller, however preorders aren’t sadly open for simply anybody. This particular GameCube Controller is simply out there for many who have been invited to preorder a Switch 2 by Nintendo, so examine your emails.
If you click on on the “out there to pre-order” button beneath the GameCube controller’s merchandise description, you possibly can solely proceed by enterting the e-mail tackle of which the corporate has invited to buy. Unlike different retailers, Nintendo has maintained a strict set of pointers as to who can pre-order a Nintendo Switch 2 from them, as a way to forestall scalping. These embody having a steady Nintendo Online Membership of two years, spending time enjoying paid Nintendo Switch video games, agreeing to share utilization data, and opting to recieve promotional emails.
There’s additionally bodily variations of Switch 2’s new unique video games, Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza, promoting for £74.99 & £66.99 respectively. There’s additionally the Nintendo Switch 2 editions of previous unique Switch video games as effectively, like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom — promoting for £66.99 every, £2 greater than retailers like Argos who’ve the video games checklist for £64.99.
For those that already personal upgradable video games like these on the common Nintendo Switch, Nintendo have stated on their dedicated page that improve packs could be purchased on the Nintendo eShop, on the My Nintendo Store, or by way of main retailers, though we have but to see any of these out there but.
Although different shops like Amazon and Argos have been extra lax, it looks like the console-maker itself is not going to let up. As far as we have seen, the GameCube Classics Controller for the Nintendo Switch 2 is an unique to My Ninteno Store & its strict pre-order necessities. Nevertheless, we’ll be updating this text as quickly as we see any completely different.
If you are after one of many the 256GB microSD Express card to broaden your Nintendo Switch 2’s storage, My Nintendo Store has locked the behind the invite wall as effectively, however you possibly can nonetheless preorder the Samsung version at ShopTo for £49.85, or at Argos for £49.99.
Ben Williams – IGN freelance contributor with over 10 years of expertise protecting gaming, tech, movie, TV, and anime. Follow him on Twitter/X @BenLevelTen.
