Potential Switch 2 price and launch lineup details are leaking online

Summary

  • Nintendo Switch 2 will cost 400 euros in Europe.

  • The upcoming console is rumored to launch with at least 25 games, which could be slightly more expensive than the Switch titles, with most of them retailing at $60 / €60.

  • A sequel to Super Mario Galaxy 2 is rumored to be part of the Switch 2 launch game lineup.

The Nintendo Switch 2 it may retail for €400 in Europe, according to a new rumor. The source of this claim also shared some alleged details about the launch lineup of Nintendo's next console.

Switch 2 leaks have been everywhere since late 2024. The continuous influx of unofficial information about the long-awaited device is possibly the result of mass production starting in late September or early October 2024. However, most of the leaks that have emerged from then they focused on the console hardware.

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Instead, a newly surfaced rumor concerns the alleged price of the device and the lineup of launch games. On the fast-growing Nintendo Switch 2 Discord server, user DoNotDisturb recently claimed that the upcoming console will be priced at €399 in Europe, citing an anonymous source from French retailer Micromania. While this figure is at the lower end of the Switch 2 price range presented in other recent reports, it is in line with them.

The Nintendo Switch 2 launch lineup may include at least 25 games

The same source claims that Micromania has already received a list of Switch 2 launch titles, which supposedly consists of 25 games, priced between €69 and €79. Unlike many other major publishers, Nintendo has yet to raise the prices of its new AAA games above $60 / €60, with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom being the only exception so far. As such, the idea of ​​every Switch 2 launch game retailing for €69 or even more seems questionable. For comparison, a price of €79 would equal the price of new AAA PS5 games in Europe. Game Rant's review of Micromania's current prices suggests that the French retailer doesn't mark up (most) of its Switch games compared to its competitors, so there's nothing to suggest that it will start doing so with Switch 2 titles.

Even if DoNotDisturb's information was correct, it's unclear if Micromania's purported list of Switch 2 launch titles is complete. The same source also claimed that Nintendo Switch Online prices will increase with the arrival of the upcoming console. Nintendo recently confirmed that the Switch 2 will support NSO, but didn't mention anything in terms of price changes.

Super Mario Galaxy 2 is supposedly getting a sequel on Switch 2

DoNotDisturb's alleged Micromania source seems to have hinted Super Mario Galaxy 3 being a launch title for the Switch 2, in addition to stating that pre-orders for the device will open “very soon.” While the former is a bold claim, the latter is a pretty safe prediction, as Nintendo has said twice now that the Switch 2 will be announced by March 31st, so it stands to reason that the start of its pre-orders is on the horizon.

Source: Micromania

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