Nintendo has announced that Switch 2 pre-orders will once again go live in the United States and Canada, after the platform holder pulled them just two days after the console’s official unveiling.
Nintendo initially stopped taking pre-orders in the US earlier this month as it “assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions.” Shortly thereafter, the company stopped taking pre-orders in Canada, too.
Anyone in the United States and Canada will be able to pre-order the Switch 2 starting April 24, which is about when pundits and industry analysts expected them to return. The good news is that the console’s price remains $450 in the US, and CAD$630 in Canada. The price of the Mario Kart World bundle will also not change.
The Switch 2 launch date will remain the same, arriving June 5 as initially planned. However, Nintendo is raising the prices of Switch 2 accessories. The Switch 2 Joy-Con will now cost $95 (up from $90), and the Pro Controller has gone up to $85 (from $80). The Switch 2 Camera has also had its price increased to $55 (from $50).
Nintendo was likely comfortable bringing back pre-orders as a result of the Trump administration’s decision to pause the President’s wide-reaching tariffs on imported goods for 90 days.
The pause does not affect China, but Nintendo has been assembling its consoles in Vietnam and other countries for a while, so that shouldn’t affect the cost of goods – at least for now. It is also understood that Nintendo has been stockpiling Switch 2 consoles for months in North America in anticipation of the launch, so that initial batch won’t be affected by tariffs.
Considering how volatile and uncertain the situation is right now, there’s every chance that future developments may cause Nintendo to raise the price of future Switch 2 batches, depending on which countries they’re going to be shipped from, and how much those are going to be hit by Trump’s tariffs.