New stock of the Nintendo Switch 2 has arrived in the UK, with two separate retailers now offering bundles of the game at normal prices.
The Nintendo Switch 2 launches worldwide on June 5 but from the first moment pre-orders opened stock hasn’t stayed available anywhere for more than a few minutes.
That’s probably not going to change until much later in the year and since there’s never any forewarning, all anyone can really do is keep checking known retailers as often as possible.
One of our readers has been doing exactly that and thanks to Mark Matthews we can tell you that as of time of writing Very does have stock of the console and a number of different bundles.
As far as we can tell nobody else, including Nintendo themselves, has got new stock in but Very does and has created some unofficial bundles for it.
Update: It took a surprisingly long time but the first two bundles below are now sold out and no longer listed on Very’s website. The camera one is still live but it’s not showing up when you search for “Switch 2”, so not a lot of people know about it.
At the same time Very has added listings for both the Switch 2 console alone and the Mario Kart World bundle, at their standard RRP. They’ll probably disappear very quickly, but here are the links:
Nintendo Switch 2 console for £395.99
Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World for £429.99
On top of that John Lewis has just got new stock in as well, for the Mario Kart bundle:
Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World for £429.99 at John Lewis
Update 2: The John Lewis stock sold out almost immediately but the three remaining Very deals are still available, as of 3.50pm. So either Very got tons more stock than everyone else or… not many people use Very?
Update 3: It’s 5pm and all the Very standalone bundles have gone, so the only thing that’s left is the camera deal. Since that’s not searchable from the website it may go unnoticed for a while yet, so it’s your best chance for getting a Switch 2 on day one.
Original story continues:
Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World + Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Nintendo Switch 2 Edition for £494
Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World + Samsung Micro SD Card for £479
Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World + Switch 2 Camera for £479
It’s a lot of money but if you have it they are pretty good deals, because Tears Of The Kingdom is a great game and the SD card and camera are useful accessories, depending on how you intend to use the console.
The high cost is no doubt why they’re still available an hour after first being spotted but if they’re gone by the time you read this, apologies for getting your hopes up.
When will new stock of Nintendo Switch 2 be available in the UK?
It’s hard to tell what will happen with stock of newly launched consoles at the best of times, but given the situation with tariffs in the US it’s especially difficult when it comes to the Switch 2.
Apart from anything, and as Nintendo has already pointed out, tariffs on other non-luxury goods, including food, mean that people in the US are going to have less money than usual to spend on video games this year.
Pre-orders are regularly available on eBay but there’s always a risk in trying to buy something where the seller doesn’t physically have the item yet, not to mention the inflated prices.
If all goes well then the Switch 2 should be more readily available by Christmas, but the more popular it is the more difficult it is going to be to buy one.
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