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More UK retailers have began Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders, however there’s indicators they’re already beginning to run out of inventory.
Nintendo formally revealed all the key particulars concerning the Switch 2 this week, together with the console’s value, launch date, and launch line-up.
The Switch 2 is ready to launch in two variants on June 5, 2025, with the console alone priced at £395.99, whereas a bundle with Mario Kart World prices £429.99. The latter will prevent a whopping £32.99 in complete when you have been planning to purchase Mario Kart World digitally individually (£66.99), and an enormous £40.99 from the price of the bodily model (£74.99).
While Nintendo isn’t rolling out pre-orders for the Switch 2 till April 8, a number of retailers have already put listings up prematurely.
Where can I pre-order the Nintendo Switch 2 within the UK?
Argos, Smyths, and Very have gone stay with pre-orders and have bought out their preliminary inventory. It’s value checking again on the pages beneath, nonetheless, as they could get extra sooner or later.
As of as we speak (April 4), Amazon has began sending out pre-order invitations to those that registered curiosity within the Switch 2. You can nonetheless register for a pre-order invite for the console and the Mario Kart World bundle on the hyperlinks beneath.
You can pre-order at Currys too, albeit solely in-stores on the time of writing. You can discover your nearest retailer on the retailer’s website.
EE.co.uk has additionally set pre-orders stay, with cost taken when you place your order.
- Nintendo Switch 2 console – Amazon
- Nintendo Switch 2 Mario Kart World bundle – Amazon
- Nintendo Switch 2 Mario Kart World bundle – EE
- Nintendo Switch 2 console – Argos
- Nintendo Switch 2 and Mario Kart World bundle – Argos
- Nintendo Switch 2 Mario Kart World bundle – Smyths
When can I pre-order Switch 2 by Nintendo within the UK?
Pre-orders by the My Nintendo Store shall be obtainable from Tuesday, April 8 within the UK and Europe. This, nonetheless, will solely be by way of invitation at first, and also you’ll have to satisfy sure standards so as to be eligible.
Invites shall be prioritised to those that have been a subscriber to Nintendo Switch Online for no less than two years, consecutively, by March 31, 2025, with an energetic membership on the day that the pre-order is positioned.
If you could have a household membership, the one that bought the subscription will solely be eligible for an invitation.
Whether you obtain an invitation will even rely in your general play time on Switch video games, together with whether or not you opted to share utilization info and obtain promotional emails from Nintendo.
It’s too late to bump up your probabilities for the primary wave of invitations, because the eligibility is predicated on knowledge as of March 31, 2025, however Nintendo states the choice standards ‘could also be lowered’ sooner or later.
‘Over time, the choice standards thresholds could also be lowered and extra folks may very well be invited to pre-order a Nintendo Switch 2 console. Throughout, we are going to stay focussed on prioritising probably the most devoted Nintendo Switch gamers (whereas shares final),’ a discover on Nintendo’s web site reads.
Invites to pre-order shall be despatched to the e-mail related together with your Nintendo Account, with the invitation legitimate for 72 hours.
Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 digital video games, improve packs, and amiibo shall be obtainable on My Nintendo Store from April 24, 2025.
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