Costco currently lists the Switch 2 Mario Kart World bundle on its website, which says the handheld 'is expected to be in stock and available for purchase soon.'

If you weren't able to secure a Nintendo Switch 2 preorder, there will still be plenty of ways to get one at launch on June 5th.

Aside from the paid Switch 2 upgrade packs that add extra content and graphical improvements, Nintendo is releasing several free Switch game updates to add a handful of Switch 2-specific features and improve performance on the new console. Third-party game developers will presumably be able to release these kinds of updates as well.

A reader explains exactly how they’re going to spend the next seven days, and it seems to involve a lot of Switch 2 games and Summer Game Fest.

As we speak, retailers across the globe are receiving their Switch 2 stock in anticipation of the launch on June 5th. Images of backrooms with Switch 2 boxes are all over the internet, and at least one retailer has locked up its Switch 2 stock out in the open, where regular customers can see it.

Per Randall’s reporting, Target will offer stock of the standalone Nintendo Switch 2 console for $449 and the Nintendo Switch 2 Mario Kart World Bundle for $499 on launch day.

Now, the company is trying to do it again with the Switch 2. Ahead of the new console’s launch on June 5th, The Verge is looking back at the various ways that Nintendo has changed over the last eight years and how those changes might continue into its next generation.

As Nintendo gears up to launch the new Switch 2, the gaming giant is also revamping its parental controls. Parents will be getting more control of in-game communications, necessitated by the console's brand new GameChat,