Best Buy
- Preorder April 24th, 12am ET
- https://www.bestbuy.com/site/video-games/nintendo/pcmcat1742407305710.c
Target
- Preorder April 24th, 12am ET
- https://www.target.com/c/nintendo-switch-video-games/-/N-4hny0
GameStop
- Preorders In-store when stores open on April 24th
- Preorders Online at 11am April 24th.
- Midnight releases in all stores June 5th, 12am EST / June 4th, 9pm PST.
- Ganestop also offering a transfer and trade program to upgrade to switch 2 without losing data
- https://www.gamestop.com/consoles-hardware/nintendo-switch/consoles/products/nintendo-switch-2/424543.html
Walmart
- Preorder April 24th 12am ET
- https://www.walmart.com/shop/switch2?povid=Nintendo_ETS_VideoGames_Shop_Chip_ShopAll
If anyone wants to hunt down links and times for other stores in regions that were also affected by delayed preorders (like Canada), please comment them below and I’ll update the post.
It’s kinda crazy that “THE” launch title for S2 is Mario Kart. I get it’s sold like gangbusters on Switch, but I thought for sure DK Bananza was going to be a launch title. Ends up it doesn’t come out for a month after S2.
Is this the first Nintendo console (outside the NES) to launch without a Mario or Zelda game?
I didn’t realise Bananza wasn’t a launch title, although it’s close. Gamecube didn’t have a Mario or Zelda at launch. Its big first-party title was Luigi’s Mansion. Not sure about handhelds, if they all had a mario at launch.