Nintendo lastly revealed when avid gamers within the US and Canada will have the ability to place their orders for Change 2 consoles. Nintendo announced that Change 2 pre-orders will open on April 24 in each regions. Worth has remained the identical, even within the face of tariffs: the Change 2 console alone will price $450, whereas the Nintendo Change 2 + Mario Kart World bundle will price $500.
Nonetheless, Nintendo additionally said it is going to alter costs of Change 2 equipment as a result of “market circumstances.” “Different changes to the value of any Nintendo product are additionally doable sooner or later relying on market circumstances,” the corporate mentioned within the press launch.
Additionally in its assertion, the corporate apologized for the pre-order delay and reiterated that the Nintendo Change 2 might be extensively obtainable beginning June 5.
The right way to pre-order the Change 2
Along with direct from Nintendo, you can snag a Change 2 from collaborating retailers when the console turns into obtainable. Best Buy, GameStop, Walmart and Target have confirmed they’re going to be opening pre-orders on April 24. GameStop mentioned will probably be accepting pre-orders each in shops and on-line, the latter beginning at 11AM ET that day. Goal’s pre-orders will open at midnight. We additionally anticipate it to be obtainable from Amazon.
There’s some fine-print hooked up to pre-ordering straight from Nintendo. In response to the pre-order page on Nintendo’s web site, you should be 18 years or older, check in together with your Nintendo account and register your curiosity in pre-ordering. Then, you will be despatched an invite e-mail when it is time to play your pre-order, and the invitation might be legitimate for 72 hours. After which there’s this bit of information: “Invitation emails might be prioritized on a first-come, first-served foundation to registrants who’ve bought a Nintendo Change On-line membership with a minimal of 12 months of paid membership and a minimal of fifty whole gameplay hours, as of April 2, 2025.”
That appears to imply those that have paid for Change On-line within the current previous and people who have spent a very good period of time enjoying Change video games as of late will get first choose at shopping for a Change 2. There is no telling if these similar restrictions will apply if you wish to pre-order from third-party retailers.
Pre-order the Nintendo Change 2 from:
Tariffs and the Nintendo Change 2
Throughout its most up-to-date Direct presentation at the beginning of April, Nintendo confirmed off extra of the Change 2 than it ever had earlier than. That included the reveal of the April 9 pre-order opening date, along with the unique $450 beginning value. Shortly after, President Trump introduced sweeping tariffs on China and different international locations, prompting Nintendo to delay pre-orders within the US and Canada.
In a reversal, President Trump then introduced a 90-day pause on steep “reciprocal” tariffs affecting 75 international locations, but in addition introduced that the tariff imposed on China will go up even additional (at the moment, it is as much as 245 percent for that nation).
We now know that the unique $450 value for the Change 2 will stay the identical within the US and Canada, however primarily based on its official assertion, it seems Nintendo is leaving the door open for potential future value will increase.
We additionally know that Nintendo began shifting a few of its Switch console manufacturing to Vietnam in 2019. The reciprocal tariff for Vietnam was set to be 46 %, however that seems to be on maintain for now in favor of a ten % reciprocal tariff that’s now in impact for the 90-day pause interval. It has been speculated that Nintendo will ramp up manufacturing of Change 2 consoles in Vietnam so it may well keep on schedule, even when it sells the console at a loss within the brief time period.
Extra Change 2 particulars
We knew from the teaser trailer for the Switch 2 that Nintendo’s new {hardware} can be larger and would have a brand new strategy to the removable Pleasure-Cons. The brand new Pleasure-Con 2 have a brand new C button, mouse controls and a in-built gyroscope for tilt management. The console has a built-in mic to help a brand new characteristic referred to as Sport Chat that can allow you to talk with mates in-game. The system is certainly a bit bigger, with a 7.9-inch LCD display screen that helps a 120Hz refresh price, HDR and a 1080p decision.
When docked, you can play at as much as 4K in your TV, and Nintendo says it improved the consoles inner audio system as effectively. The brand new dock additionally has a built-in fan to maintain the console cool and assist keep efficiency throughout lengthy play classes. The Change 2 has twin USB-C ports for charging, and the bottom storage quantity has elevated to 256GB. The Change 2’s storage may be expanded just like the earlier mannequin, however it is going to solely work with newer microSD Categorical playing cards.
The Change 2 has quite a lot of accessories that you can buy individually as effectively. These are the equipment that Nintendo said will obtain value changes — in any other case generally known as value will increase. The new Switch 2 camera will now price $55, as a substitute of the unique $50 price ticket; the brand new Change 2 Professional controller might be $85 as a substitute of $80; an additional pair of Pleasure-Con 2 controllers will set you again $95 as a substitute of $90 and a Pleasure-Con charging grip will go for $40 as a substitute of $35. Try Nintendo’s official statement for all the accent value changes.
