- The online store for Nintendo South Africa has opened pre-orders for the Switch 2.
- This seems to be the finalised pricing for the console and its accessories.
- The console has already sold out.
Just a few days ago, we brought you the pricing of the Nintendo Switch 2 in South Africa as a third-party retailer opened up pre-orders on the console. Today, however, we have more pricing on the console, its accessories and its games, all directly from the South African branch of Nintendo.
This comes to us from the official online Nintendo store, which has opened its own pre-orders for these items. As these are sold directly by Nintendo, we can consider this the final and concrete pricing of everything around the console. With so much talk happening right now around the pricing, especially in the US where the company has frozen pre-orders over tariffs, it’s nice to have some final details about costing locally.
And the big news here is the base console itself, which the earlier news correctly pinned at R12 499. It’s worth looking at the price of the console abroad for comparison here, such as in Europe where it sells for €469.99. European pricing is usually the basis for South African pricing, and it includes sales tax, unlike US pricing, so it makes for a good benchmark for us. At the time of writing, €469.99 converts to around R9 967. The South African console is then, which is noticeably more expensive, no doubt due to our country’s notoriously high import taxes and duties on items like this.
That being said, we were actually quite pleasantly surprised here, expecting the price to be higher. Other South Africans must share our sentiment as the Switch 2 base console pre-order has actually sold out. While other retailers still have it in stock, Nintendo itself seems to have allocated its stock for this wave. The bundle including Mario Kart World is still available, however.
On the topic of games, the headlining title of Mario Kart World is R1 999 to buy physically. Right now the eShop for South Africa does not have pricing available for the digital version. While some may be tempted to buy the console bundle to get the game for R1 000 (the price difference between the console on its own and the bundle), just remember that the version of the game in the bundle is a download code and not a boxed copy.
The only other price oddity we can point out here is the Joy-Con 2 Controllers, which, much like the original Joy-Cons, can be bought as a pair or separately. The boxed pair costs R2 299, while individually, they are R1 199 each. That means that buying them separately – should you have some fringe reason to do so – would cost you R99 more than buying the pair.
Below, find all the items and their pricing on the Nintendo online store. The console and its hardware is slated for a 5th June release, while the games all have their own individual release dates.
Console
- Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World Bundle | R13 499,
- Nintendo Switch 2 | R12 499 | SOLD OUT.
Hardware
- Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller | R2 299,
- Joy-Con 2 Controllers | R2 299,
- Nintendo Switch 2 Camera | R1 499,
- Joy-Con 2 Controllers Right Red | R1 199,
- Joy-Con 2 Controllers Left Blue | R1 199,
- Joy-Con 2 Charging Grip | R899,
- Nintendo Switch 2 Carrying Case & Screen Protector | R799,
- Nintendo Switch 2 AC Adapter | R799,
- Joy-Con 2 Wheel | R599,
- Joy-Con 2 Strap | R399.
Games
- Mario Kart World | R1 999,
- Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition ＋ Jamboree TV | R1 799,
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World | R1 799,
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition | R1 799,
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition | R1 799,
- Donkey Kong Bananza | R1 799.
