Nintendo lastly revealed when avid gamers within the US and Canada will have the ability to place their orders for Swap 2 consoles. Nintendo introduced that Swap 2 pre-orders will open on April 24 in each areas. Worth has remained the identical, even within the face of tariffs: the Swap 2 console alone will price $450, whereas the Nintendo Swap 2 + Mario Kart World bundle will price $500.
Nonetheless, Nintendo additionally acknowledged it’ll regulate costs of Swap 2 equipment as a result of "market circumstances." "Different changes to the worth of any Nintendo product are additionally potential sooner or later relying on market circumstances," the corporate stated within the press launch.
Additionally in its assertion, the corporate apologized for the pre-order delay and reiterated that the Nintendo Swap 2 will likely be extensively accessible beginning June 5.
How you can pre-order the Swap 2
Along with direct from Nintendo, you'll have the ability to snag a Swap 2 from taking part retailers when the console turns into accessible. Finest Purchase, GameStop, Walmart and Goal have confirmed they'll be opening pre-orders on April 24. GameStop stated it is going to 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 count on it to be accessible from Amazon.
There's some fine-print connected to pre-ordering immediately from Nintendo. In line with the pre-order web page on Nintendo's web site, you have to be 18 years or older, check in together with your Nintendo account and register your curiosity in pre-ordering. Then, you'll be despatched an invite e-mail when it's time to play your pre-order, and the invitation will likely be legitimate for 72 hours. After which there's this bit of information: "Invitation emails will likely be prioritized on a first-come, first-served foundation to registrants who’ve bought a Nintendo Swap 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 Swap On-line within the latest previous and those that have spent a great period of time enjoying Swap video games as of late will get first choose at shopping for a Swap 2. There's no telling if these similar restrictions will apply if you wish to pre-order from third-party retailers.
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Tariffs and the Nintendo Swap 2
Throughout its most up-to-date Direct presentation firstly of April, Nintendo confirmed off extra of the Swap 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 nations, 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 nations, but additionally introduced that the tariff imposed on China will go up even additional (at present, it's as much as 245 p.c for that nation).
We now know that the unique $450 value for the Swap 2 will stay the identical within the US and Canada, however based mostly 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 Swap console manufacturing to Vietnam in 2019. The reciprocal tariff for Vietnam was set to be 46 p.c, however that seems to be on maintain for now in favor of a ten p.c reciprocal tariff that’s now in impact for the 90-day pause interval. It has been speculated that Nintendo will ramp up manufacturing of Swap 2 consoles in Vietnam so it may well keep on schedule, even when it sells the console at a loss within the quick time period.
Extra Swap 2 particulars
We knew from the teaser trailer for the Swap 2 that Nintendo's new {hardware} can be larger and would have a brand new method to the removable Pleasure-Cons. The brand new Pleasure-Con 2 have a brand new C button, mouse controls and a inbuilt gyroscope for tilt management. The console has a built-in mic to assist a brand new function known as Sport Chat that can allow you to talk with buddies in-game. The system is certainly a bit bigger, with a 7.9-inch LCD display that helps a 120Hz refresh price, HDR and a 1080p decision.
When docked, you'll have the ability to play at as much as 4K in your TV, and Nintendo says it improved the consoles inside audio system as effectively. The brand new dock additionally has a built-in fan to maintain the console cool and assist preserve efficiency throughout lengthy play classes. The Swap 2 has twin USB-C ports for charging, and the bottom storage quantity has elevated to 256GB. The Swap 2's storage could be expanded just like the earlier mannequin, however it’ll solely work with newer microSD Specific playing cards.
The Swap 2 has quite a lot of equipment that you just'll have the ability to buy individually as effectively. These are the equipment that Nintendo acknowledged will obtain value changes — in any other case generally known as value will increase. The brand new Swap 2 digicam will now price $55, as an alternative of the unique $50 price ticket; the brand new Swap 2 Professional controller will likely be $85 as an alternative of $80; an additional pair of Pleasure-Con 2 controllers will set you again $95 as an alternative of $90 and a Pleasure-Con charging grip will go for $40 as an alternative of $35. Try Nintendo's official assertion for the entire accent value changes.
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