There is over three weeks to go until the Nintendo Switch 2 launches worldwide despite the ongoing worries regarding US tariff changes and other worldwide events hindering supply, though I am happy to confirm that I was able to grab not one, but two pre-orders of theMario Kart Worldversion of the console ahead of release.
Why two? Protection in case one gets cancelled. We have all been there before on a new console release where a company takes on too many pre-orders and ends up cancelling one, leaving you without a system at all on launch or having to scrounge each page, refreshing every minutes in hopes that pre-orders randomly appear (they don’t, but we pray they do.) I’ll likely send a console pack or give the second console to a family member for free if I end up getting both. No way am I joining the scalper hoard. No sir.
Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World are available to pre-order for Nintendo Switch Online members via My Nintendo Store.🇬🇧:https://t.co/SiEO4fDKDUpic.twitter.com/feCsxUYZa5
Thankfully, with three weeks to go, some sites are starting to add more pre-orders, but that does beg the question: Were you able to secure your own pre-orders? And if so, what games do you plan to get at launch? (There is a lot after all, I don’t know how I’m going to find time for bothMario Kartand the newDELTARUNEchapters, to name a few.)
And if you weren’t able to secure a pre-order, how come? Were you unlucky? Are you giving the system a miss at launch on purpose to wait for another version of the console down the line, or waiting for the holiday season? I’m genuinely curious what everyone could secure and would love to hear about your experiences in the comments below.
Either way. If you did get the console, I hope to see you all inMario Kart Worldfor the next month, where I will be playing nothing but the new knockout mode, sweating on Rosalina, trying to climb whatever arbitrary ranked or points system the game has.
