GameStop is set to open Nintendo Switch 2 preorders at 11AM ET

You tin preorder the Nintendo Switch 2 and the Mario Kart World bundle from GameStop today.

Most large retailers launched their Nintendo Switch 2 preorders astatine 12AM ET connected April 24th and sold retired quickly — but thankfully, GameStop is doing things a spot differently. The company says it’s kicking disconnected in-store preorders erstwhile the “doors open” today, with online preorders going unrecorded astatine 11AM ET. In this guide, we’ll locomotion you done however to spot a preorder for some the standalone console and the bundle from GameStop, with each the details you request to beryllium among the archetypal to get the Switch 2 erstwhile it launches connected June 5th.

The standalone Switch 2 comes with a brace of Joy-Con 2 controllers, which magnetically connect to the console, and diagnostic a caller “C-button” — a shortcut to Nintendo’s caller in-game chat feature, GameChat. Inside the box, you’ll besides find a redesigned dock, a basal Joy-Con grip, Joy-Con wrist straps, an AC adapter, a USB-C charging capable, and an HDMI cable.

If you conscionable privation the standalone console, you’ll beryllium capable to preorder the Switch 2 for $449.99 astatine GameStop erstwhile online preorders unfastened today, April 24th, astatine 11AM ET / 8AM PT. You tin besides spot a preorder in-store whenever your section brick-and-mortar GameStop determination opens.

If you’ve been eyeing the new Mario Kart game, you’ll astir apt privation Nintendo’s constricted merchandise Switch 2 bundle. Like the modular console, GameStop volition unfastened online preorders for the $499.99 Mario Kart World bundle today, April 24th, astatine 11AM ET / 8AM PT, with in-store availability starting erstwhile locations unfastened today. The bundle volition prevention you $30 connected a integer transcript of Mario Kart World, which retails for $79.99 connected its own, and volition lone beryllium disposable done autumn 2025 (or portion supplies last). In summation to Mario Kart World and a Switch 2, the bundle includes each the accessories that travel with the modular configuration, specified arsenic Joy-Con 2 controllers, a dock, and the required HDMI cable.