Nintendo Switch 2

[Smugpugmug]

Well, June 5th is the release date but no pricing information shared by Nintendo directly as of this posting.

My guess will be at least $400 for price.

None of the launch titles interested me so I'll be holding off on getting one until Tomodachi Life 2 launches (which looks so good).

 

[HokieRaven5]

My guess will be at least $400 for price.

None of the launch titles interested me so I'll be holding off on getting one until Tomodachi Life 2 launches (which looks so good).

Now seeing $449.99

 

[Smugpugmug]

Now seeing $449.99

Is that confirmed to be true? Where did you see the price?

 

[HokieRaven5]

Is that confirmed to be true? Where did you see the price?

Bundle with Mario Kart World $499.99

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250402229347/en/Nintendo-Switch-2-Launches-June-5-at-$449.99-Bringing-New-Forms-of-Game-Communication-to-Life

https://twitter.com/x/status/1907435163216159230

https://twitter.com/x/status/1907435796224778385

 

[BrianL]

Whew - it's pricey, but I'm down for it. The new Mario Kart World looks awesome and I am very excited for Kirby Air Riders by Masahiro Sakurai himself! Otherwise, I was a little disappointed that they did not include the rumored using a Switch or Switch 2 unit as a "second screen" a la the Wii U. That would have been cool.

 

[Smugpugmug]

Bundle with Mario Kart World $499.99

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250402229347/en/Nintendo-Switch-2-Launches-June-5-at-$449.99-Bringing-New-Forms-of-Game-Communication-to-Life

https://twitter.com/x/status/1907435163216159230

https://twitter.com/x/status/1907435796224778385

Very odd that Nintendo did not add this into the announcement (even at the end) but thanks for the confirmation!

I have to say that Nintendo hyping up voice chat as a feature did make me laugh. That's been a thing since the OG Xbox guys

 

[BrianL]

Very odd that Nintendo did not add this into the announcement (even at the end) but thanks for the confirmation!

I have to say that Nintendo hyping up voice chat as a feature did make me laugh. That's been a thing since the OG Xbox guys

True, but the way they have done it is interesting and very "Nintendo Like" for sure.

 

[HokieRaven5]

The GameShare (as long as it works) is my favorite added feature.

My kids and I mostly play in handheld mode so that feature will be an improvement over needing multiple copies of the same game

 

[Smugpugmug]

Okay I understand why prices were not shown in the direct. $80 for digital games and a physical copy of Mario Kart World is $90......insanity.

 

[HokieRaven5]

Okay I understand why prices were not shown in the direct. $80 for digital games and a physical copy of Mario Kart World is $90......insanity.

Not all that surprising.

N64 games sold for $60 and some cases $80. Would be over $100 in today’s world.

 

[jmenjes]

I've already put myself in for the chance to buy a system from Nintendo. Hopefully it'll work out.

 

[HokieRaven5]

I've already put myself in for the chance to buy a system from Nintendo. Hopefully it'll work out.

Try on April 9th as well when retailers should have a release. The Nintendo notices won’t go out until May 8th.

 

[Smugpugmug]

Not all that surprising.

N64 games sold for $60 and some cases $80. Would be over $100 in today’s world.

$100+ GTA6 was being clowned on pretty hard when that was first rumored but $90 for Mario Kart is just nuts to me.

 

[HokieRaven5]

$100+ GTA6 was being clowned on pretty hard when that was first rumored but $90 for Mario Kart is just nuts to me.

Wouldn’t be shocked if PS6 or Xbox Series Y(or whatever they go with for the next iteration) will be in the $100 realm.

 

[Kwami]

Bundle with Mario Kart World $499.99

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250402229347/en/Nintendo-Switch-2-Launches-June-5-at-$449.99-Bringing-New-Forms-of-Game-Communication-to-Life

https://twitter.com/x/status/1907435163216159230

https://twitter.com/x/status/1907435796224778385

The price in JPY is so much lower than the price in USD. It might be worth buying one from a Japanese retailer and having a forwarding company ship it over.

 

[HokieRaven5]

Do appreciate that the Upgrades for Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom will be included at no additional cost for folks with NSO + Expansion

 

[Smugpugmug]

The price in JPY is so much lower than the price in USD. It might be worth buying one from a Japanese retailer and having a forwarding company ship it over.

Japanese Switch 2 consoles will be restricted to Japanese Nintendo accounts only and the only language setting is Japanese. I saw they will release a version with all languages available for about the same price as the US version.

 

[HokieRaven5]

https://www.nintendo.com/jp/hardware/switch2/lineup/japan-only/index.html

“The Japanese-Language System (Japan only) is designed for use in Japan only.Only Japanese is available as the system language, and only Nintendo Accounts with the country/region set to Japan can be linked to this system.”

The other iteration that supports multiple languages is ¥69,980 or $465.93 USD

 

[fatmanatee]

From what I've seen the price difference is similar for the original Switch (for example, a Switch Lite going for 23000 yen but 200 USD), so I don't think this is new. I suspect they were cognizant of imports though and hence they're region-locking this one.

 

[HokieRaven5]

Nintendo finally confirmed that their second iteration of the Switch will release to the public before my 2018 pre-order of Metroid Prime 4 is in my hands.

Now I will be ordering it on an upgraded system.