Nintendo Swap 2 worth and preorder date introduced for the US

We’ll all the time bear in mind the Nintendo Swap 2 launch occasion as a result of it coincided with Trump’s new tariffs bulletins that will proceed to escalate within the weeks following the Swap 2 occasion.

Simply as Nintendo revealed the Swap 2 would begin at $449.99 within the US, some $50 dearer than anticipated, nearly all the world acquired hit with a spherical of tariffs that made American Swap 2 followers surprise how a lot the console would value.

All of the international locations in Nintendo’s Swap 2 provide chain had been hit with tariffs, with China being hit the toughest. China’s tariffs continued climbing within the weeks after the Swap 2 launch and stayed in place a number of days in the past when Trump introduced a 90-day pause on tariffs focusing on all different markets.

Nintendo paused the Swap 2 preorders for the US and Canada quickly after these first Trump tariffs had been introduced, and made no adjustments to the worth.

Two weeks later, players seeking to preorder the brand new handheld needs to be joyful to listen to that Nintendo determined to stay with the $449.99 beginning worth for the Swap 2. Nintendo additionally introduced a brand new preorder date for the console on Friday, April twenty fourth.

Nintendo revealed the brand new Swap 2 preorder particulars in a weblog publish, explaining that among the costs it introduced in the course of the early April launch occasion will stay unchanged:

Retail pre-orders for Nintendo Swap 2 will start on April 24, 2025. At launch, the worth for Nintendo Swap 2 within the US will stay as introduced on April 2 at $449.99, and the Nintendo Swap 2 + Mario Kart World bundle will stay as introduced at $499.99. Pricing for each bodily and digital variations of Mario Kart World ($79.99) and Donkey Kong Bananza ($69.99) will even stay unchanged at launch.

Nonetheless, Nintendo will enhance costs for Nintendo Swap 2 equipment in comparison with these introduced on April 2nd, “attributable to adjustments in market situations.”

Different worth hikes, which Nintendo cavalierly calls “changes,” may influence different merchandise sooner or later:

Different changes to the worth of any Nintendo product are additionally potential sooner or later relying on market situations.

Nintendo additionally apologized for the Swap 2 preorder delay and mentioned the console will ship on the date introduced in the course of the launch occasion: June fifth.

Lastly, Nintendo listed the MSRP (as of April 18th, 2025) for the primary spherical of Swap 2 merchandise and equipment as follows. The record already consists of worth hikes of round $5 for some equipment: