Nintendo Change 2 preorders begin on April 2, says Greatest Purchase Canada

Preorders for the Nintendo Change 2 will start on April 2, the identical day because the forthcoming console’s Nintendo Direct livestream, in response to a since-deleted publish on Greatest Purchase Canada’s weblog.

“Pre-orders for the Nintendo Change 2 will open on April 2nd at Greatest Purchase Canada, supplying you with the prospect to safe your console early,” reads an archived model of the March 27 publish, which linked out to a stay web page the place consumers might join preorder information alerts (h/t IGN). The publish didn’t point out a value or launch date for the Change 2, nor did it specify what time preorders would begin.

The Change 2 preorder publish briefly appeared on Greatest Purchase Canada’s weblog the morning of Thursday, March 27.
Credit score: Screenshot by way of Greatest Purchase Canada / Wayback Machine

Nintendo will will doubtless affirm these particulars throughout subsequent week’s Direct; the corporate hasn’t shared any Change 2 preorder data itself but. The stream will kick off at 9 a.m. ET/6 a.m. PT on April 2 and air on Nintendo’s YouTube channel.

Thus far, Greatest Purchase hasn’t posed any details about U.S. Change 2 preorders on its regional press website.

Nintendo first introduced the Change 2 in mid-January, showcasing an even bigger show, an improved kickstand, and a few magnetically hooked up Pleasure-Con that seem to operate like pc mice. The first-look trailer additionally teased a brand new Mario Kart sport, its first since 2017 (or 2014, in the event you do not rely Mario Kart 8‘s Deluxe re-release).

Thursday’s leak coincided with an unrelated Direct throughout which Nintendo introduced greater than a dozen upcoming Change video games, a brand new cell app, and a brand new “Digital Recreation Playing cards” function that lets Change homeowners share video games.