Nintendo Swap 2 preorders delayed within the U.S. as a consequence of tariffs

For the final 48 hours, the Nintendo Swap 2 pre-order date in the USA was deliberate for April 9. That’s now not the case.

In a surprising flip of occasions, Nintendo despatched out a press release to press on Friday morning confirming that the April 9 pre-order date has been scuttled indefinitely as a result of Trump administration’s tariff insurance policies. The complete assertion is as follows:

Pre-orders for Nintendo Swap 2 within the U.S. is not going to begin April 9, 2025 to be able to assess the potential affect of tariffs and evolving market situations. Nintendo will replace timing at a later date. The launch date of June 5, 2025 is unchanged.

We have no idea when pre-orders for Swap 2 within the U.S. will open up now. We additionally do not know if this implies a value hike or another comparable measures are coming. What we do know is that Trump introduced extreme tariffs on principally each nation on the earth on Wednesday afternoon, not lengthy after Nintendo confirmed the April 9 pre-order date and the $450 beginning price ticket for Swap 2. Nations affected notably embrace Vietnam, which is the place Nintendo moved a lot of its Swap manufacturing just a few years in the past to be able to keep away from tariffs on China.

We’ll preserve you posted after we discover out extra about when pre-orders might be accessible within the States, and what this would possibly imply for the value of the console itself going ahead.