Target announces when its Switch 2 preorders will kick off

Target’s Nintendo Switch 2 preorders successful the US volition footwear disconnected connected April 24th astatine 12AM ET, according to Target’s website. The preorder clip applies to consoles, games, and accessories, the website says.

The timing update follows Nintendo’s announcement this greeting of the new April 24th date for Switch 2 preorders. The institution primitively planned to person them commencement connected April 9th, but it delayed preorders “in bid to measure the imaginable interaction of tariffs and evolving marketplace conditions.”

As portion of this morning’s announcement, Nintendo said that the Switch 2’s starting terms would stay $449.99, and the bundle that includes Mario Kart World would besides enactment astatine $499.99. But accessories got terms bumps, including $5 increases for the Switch 2 Joy-Con and Pro Controller.

Prices could besides alteration down the line; Nintendo said contiguous that “other adjustments to the terms of immoderate Nintendo merchandise are besides imaginable successful the aboriginal depending connected marketplace conditions.”

We’ve contacted Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop, and Walmart to inquire erstwhile their Switch 2 preorders whitethorn start.