Nintendo Switch 2 release date confirmed

Nintendo has officially announced the release date of Nintendo Switch 2.

Switch 2 will be released worldwide on Thursday, June 5.

The console will be available in two versions – a standalone Switch 2 console, and a Switch 2 bundle which includes a digital code for Mario Kart World.

Shortly after announcing the Switch 2 release date, Nintendo then started listing the console on its My Nintendo Store, revealing the price of both editions.

The standalone console will cost $449.99 / €469.99 / £395.99. The bundle version, which includes a digital version of Mario Kart World, will cost $449.99 / €509.99 / £429.99.

In Japan, the situation is somewhat different. There, players will be able to buy the Switch 2 from retail stores for 49,980 ($334), but this version will be region locked to Japan.

This ‘domestic only’ console will only have Japanese as the console’s language option, and the only Nintendo account that can be linked to it will be one created with the country/region setting set to Japan.

Japanese players who want the multilingual, region-free edition of Switch 2 can only purchase it from the Japanese My Nintendo Store at a price of 69,980 yen ($467).

Pre-orders for Switch 2 will go live on the My Nintendo Store from April 8, Nintendo confirmed.

Different regions will have different pre-order requirements, with some regions making its first wave of pre-orders invite-only to ensure regular Switch players get a chance to buy the console.

The first round of invites for UK and Europe will be sent out depending on whether users have been a Switch Online member for at least two years, have spent a certain amount of time playing Switch games, and has opted in to receive email messages from Nintendo.