Best Buy began selling the Switch 2 at its retail locations on June 5. It previously said it wouldn't sell the handheld at its online store during launch week, but it made additional consoles available on June 11 around 12PM ET. That restock lasted for the better part of an hour and required in-store pickup, but the device is now sold out again.

EE does have the Nintendo Switch 2 in stock right now, but it's only available as part of a larger bundle and only for monthly mobile customers. If eligible, you can add the Mario Kart World bundle, as well as an extra set of Joy-Con, a Switch 2 Camera, and a $50 EE Game Card to your contract for an extra £30 a month with £20 paid today.

The Nintendo Switch 2 is launching at a price of $449. There is a limited-time bundle that includes Mario Kart World that costs $499 (which, considering the game itself will retail for $79.99, is a good deal if you plan to buy Mario Kart anyway.)

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Switch Harder. Sure, that's a glib summation of one of the most eagerly anticipated games console launches of all time, but it is, nevertheless, apt. The Nintendo Switch 2 isn't the sort of generational leap PlayStations or Xboxes offer,

Specifically, Nintendo announced earlier today that, in the first four days of availability, it had sold 3.5 million units of the new console, which builds on the hybrid “portable, but you can also stick it in your TV” success of the original Switch.

Nintendo and Amazon appear to be on the same page again as Donkey Kong Bananza and other Switch 2 pre-orders show up on the site.

Along with Mario Kart World, Amazon has store pages for the Nintendo Switch 2 Editions of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. Though published by Square Enix, Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HD, a Switch 2-exclusive remaster of the hit 3DS RPG, had been absent from Amazon until now, too.

The Nintendo Switch 2 and Mario Kart World bundle is one of the best Switch 2 deals available at the moment. For $524.99, you get the console and Mario Kart World (which retails for $79.99). You don't have to worry about paying the inflated prices you see with some retailers, such as Walmart, which have gone up to $799 in some instances.

Nintendo has kept quiet about the device’s accessibility options, even though it’s off to a good start.

You can't simply go to the My Nintendo Store and buy the Switch 2. To order the Switch 2, you need to log in with an active, paid Nintendo Switch Online account. Once you do that, you can choose either a Switch 2 standalone console or the Mario Kart World bundle and then hit the confirm button to "register your interest" in ordering a Switch 2.