It took right up until the week before launch but as of today EB Games is no longer taking launch day pre-orders for the Nintendo Switch 2.
As of the website listing today and a post put out on social media, any pre-orders that are placed for the Nintendo Switch 2 from today onwards will be for the second shipment which is slated to hit stores in late June rather than June 5th.
This goes for both consoles including the standard console as well as the Mario Kart World bundle (which had sold out for a day or so at EB but came back and has been up ever since).
As far as I can tell, every other retailer appears to still have launch stock available, but it does seem as though if you want to pickup a Nintendo Switch 2 next Thursday, that you should probably get a pre-order in just to be safe.
The pre-order situation in Australia has been totally different to that in other countries such as Japan and the US where pre-orders sold out instantly with Nintendo advising that they wouldn’t have enough stock to meet demand at launch.
The Nintendo Switch 2 launches on June 5th in Australia alongside Mario Kart World, Welcome Tour, The Legend of Zelda BOTW/TOTK upgrades and more. You can read our full preview of the console HERE.
NINTENDO SWITCH 2 LAUNCH DAY ACCESSORIES
As far as accessories go, there’s a bunch of cool ones dropping on the same day as well:
You can find the whole range that is due for release on June 5th on Amazon for pre-order HERE and we’ve highlighted some of our favourites below as well:
Without doubt the no-brainers for me are the two starter packs.
- The Essential starter pack is just $24.95 and includes an eva carry case, a screen protector and a compact cartridge case
- the starter pack is $69 and includes a carry case, a tempered glass screen protector (with alignment tray), a compact dual charging dock that allows you to magnetically charge two Joy-Con controllers and a cleaning cloth
If protection is what you’re after, there’s a massive range of screen protectors and cases:
- Tempered glass screen protector – $9.95
- Crystal Case – $19
- Protective case with grips – $19.95
- carry case – $25
- Deluxe case – $39
- Soft travel case – $19.95
- Game card case – $19
- Pro thumb grip – $14
- Display stand – $14.95
There’s also a bunch of grips and magnetic charging stand that I absolutely love the look of:
- Charging grip with battery
- Charging grip – $24.95
- Quad charging stand for Joy-Con 2 – $39
- Twin grip pack – $19.95
- Steering wheel 2 pack – $19
- Multifunctional grip – $34
- RGB cooler stand – $39
