{"id":1722,"date":"2025-04-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/?p=1722"},"modified":"2025-04-28T03:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T03:22:08","slug":"games-inbox-when-will-there-be-more-uk-nintendo-switch-2-pre-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/games-inbox-when-will-there-be-more-uk-nintendo-switch-2-pre-orders\/","title":{"rendered":"Games Inbox: When will there be more UK Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pre-orders are not easy to come across anywhere (Nintendo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Friday letters page wants more The Elder Scrolls and Fallout<\/a> remasters, as a reader is upset by the price hike for amiibo.<\/p>\n

To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Too popular<\/strong>
Seeing the sales predictions<\/a><\/strong> for the Nintendo Switch 2<\/a> it\u2019s clear the console is going to be a major success, much bigger than the PlayStation 5<\/a>. You can complain about the mistakes Nintendo<\/a> has made in the reveal, and some of the lesser games (I still haven\u2019t heard any explanation for why Kirby: Air Riders is a 2025 game) but the thought of a new Switch and a new Mario Kart<\/a> is all a lot of people need to hear.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t say they\u2019re wrong either. I need a bit more myself, especially as Donkey Kong Bananza<\/a> is an unknown factor, but while I am still somewhat tempted, the problem is that the Switch 2 is clearly going to be almost impossible to get, whether you want it or not.<\/p>\n

Nintendo were probably unwise to talk about having so much stock that scalping will be irrelevant. But they are wrong because the console has proven \u2018too popular\u2019. Unless you happen to be in the right place at the right time, for the few seconds stock is available, I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any real chance of getting a Switch 2 before launch. There aren\u2019t going to be any major pre-orders at all. At this point I doubt it\u2019ll be much easier even by Christmas.
Focus<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finding your way<\/strong>
What this excellent Oblivion remaster shows is how Bethesda have lost their way with their recent mainline games. I\u2019m a big fan of theirs and have put a lot of time into Starfield, but all that procedurally generated nonsense just doesn\u2019t work for me. Their best work comes in their dungeons and handcrafted open worlds, the potato head characters have never bothered me one iota.<\/p>\n

Oblivion was the first game I played by them, back on the Xbox 360, and it will forever hold a special place in my heart. I managed to conquer it back then, but I never really mastered it. I closed the main quest and Oblivion gates way too early and never got to see half the dungeons. Playing it now feels like unfinished business, a beautifully enhanced unfinished business, may I add, in Unreal Engine 5.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s a lot harder than Skyrim, or I\u2019ve just forgotten the map, but I\u2019m having real difficulty in those Ayelid ruins on this playthrough. I vaguely remember some of the missions, but I\u2019ve spent way too many hours in Skyrim to really remember things about Oblivion. I\u2019m really enjoying this game again and I\u2019m glad I bought it after first thinking it might just be another Bethesda cash grab. Let\u2019s have Fallout 3 and New Vegas next and welcome Elder Scrolls 6 in with open arms.
Nick The Greek<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guaranteed hit<\/strong>
Seems to me, after reading your news of 2.2 million people wanting a Switch 2 in Japan, Nintendo have got the Switch 2 perfect for another generation. 2.2 million? How mad is that? Everywhere is sold out in the UK. You get the odd one or two available, but it\u2019s sold out within a second or two and if the USA pre-orders go live on Thursday it seems they\u2019re going to be gone in seconds as well.<\/p>\n

By Xmas people will still be waiting for one. I really thought it wouldn\u2019t sell well and it goes to prove I know nothing about the gaming market or what people are willing to pay for it.
David<\/strong><\/p>\n

GC: <\/strong>2.2 million is indeed an insane number for Japan alone. We never would\u2019ve thought it possible in a post-mobile world.<\/em><\/p>\n

Email your comments to: gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

New information<\/strong>
Do you guys know how all my games from my Switch will transfer to my Switch 2 come launch? I pre-ordered mine on April 4th at Smyths toy store in York.<\/p>\n

I want to sell my Switch whilst I can a better return on it. I have a lot of games I have bought digitally, and I don\u2019t want to lose them. Nintendo during the Direct mentioned that come late May they will put up on My Nintendo how it will work. I would rather know sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n

On another note, the store I pre-ordered from is relocating to another area of York on 22nd May. They better not lose my pre-order in the move; I have my receipt though. I will be there at 9am on June 5th at the new location to collect my Switch 2.
woz_007 (NN ID)<\/strong><\/p>\n

GC:<\/strong> We had exactly this same question earlier in the week. Although that was before Nintendo decided to suddenly change its information about Zelda cloud saves<\/a>. Hopefully that should make things easier though, so all you have to do is redownload your digital games and then transfer your saves from the cloud \u2013 although you\u2019ll need to subscribe to Nintendo Switch Online to do that.<\/em><\/p>\n

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