Nintendo’s first-ever special-edition Switch 2 console lasted about four hours on shelves. The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition Switch 2, priced at $519.99 — a figure Nintendo Life confirmed straight from Nintendo in its September 2026 reporting — went up for preorder on September 8, 2026, and was gone from Best Buy, Walmart and Target within the same afternoon. By the next morning, resale listings on eBay were asking $750 to $850 for the console, with some scalper posts pushing past $900. The matching $99.99 Pro Controller, itself a $10 premium over the standard $89.99 pad, was reselling for roughly $200. That gap has held into October 2026. None of the original retailers has restocked, and resale listings are still landing close to $900, with the console’s October 29 launch now about four weeks away.
The console is still on track to launch October 29, 2026, and it does not include a game. That detail matters, because Nintendo revealed the hardware during a dedicated Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct rather than alongside the long-rumored Ocarina of Time remake, and the two products are already getting confused by shoppers. Tom’s Hardware called it the first-ever special-edition Switch 2, a distinction worth noting given how many franchise tie-in Switch and Switch OLED variants Nintendo has shipped over the years. Nintendo has since confirmed the Ocarina of Time remake arrives November 5, 2026, exactly one week after the anniversary console, which gives shoppers a firm second date to plan around rather than an open-ended “coming later” window. What follows is a breakdown of exactly what sold out, how fast it happened, what it costs across regions, and what the sellout signals about Nintendo’s hardware strategy heading into the holiday quarter.
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What’s Inside the $519.99 Zelda 40th Anniversary Bundle
Everything Included at $519.99
The Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 is a hardware-only package. Nintendo’s October 2026 product listing confirms the Triforce theming carries across three distinct hardware areas: the console body, the matching special-design dock, and the pair of green-and-gold Joy-Con 2 controllers, which ship with matching wrist straps. The box also includes a Joy-Con 2 grip, an AC adapter, a USB-C charging cable and an ultra-high-speed HDMI cable. No cartridge, download code or digital voucher is included at the $519.99 price point, a detail several early listings glossed over before Nintendo’s official product page made it explicit.
The $99.99 and $109.99 Controller Options
Nintendo paired the console with a Zelda-themed Switch 2 Pro Controller priced at $99.99, a $10 jump over the standard $89.99 Pro Controller. A Nintendo Store-exclusive version that bundles the controller with a display stand runs $109.99, a figure Nintendo Life confirmed directly from Nintendo in its September 2026 coverage of the lineup. None of the three SKUs, console, controller, or controller-plus-stand, ships with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake, despite the anniversary framing making that connection an easy assumption for shoppers browsing quickly during a preorder rush. That remake is sold entirely separately and now carries its own confirmed November 5, 2026 release date, covered in detail below.
Four Hours to Sold Out: Best Buy, Walmart and Target All Vanish
Retailer-by-Retailer Timeline
Preorders opened the morning of September 8, 2026, immediately after Nintendo’s dedicated Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct. Best Buy listed the console at $519.99 and sold through its allocation before most shoppers on the West Coast had finished breakfast. Walmart’s listing, priced around $519 to $520, followed the same pattern. Target’s initial allocation sold out just as quickly. Multiple outlets tracking the rollout put the total window from preorder open to sellout at roughly four hours across the three major US retailers.
Amazon’s US listing, also priced at $519.99, followed the same trajectory and was marked unavailable shortly after launch. CNET’s tracking of the preorder rollout noted the console’s matching dock and themed Joy-Con 2 pair as the standout details buyers were chasing, even though the game itself is sold separately. The Nintendo Store’s own listings for the console, the Pro Controller, and a separate Ocarina of Time-themed bundle that includes a collectible pin went out of stock as well, though Nintendo has since confirmed restocks are coming in at least one region. No retailer has published exact unit allocations, so it is not possible to say whether the fast sellout reflects genuinely thin supply or deliberately limited initial stock, a tactic Nintendo has used with prior special editions.
Did Nintendo Limit Supply on Purpose?
Nintendo and its retail partners have not published allocation numbers for the Zelda edition, so outside observers are left reading the sellout speed as a signal rather than a confirmed fact. A four-hour window across four separate storefronts, Best Buy, Walmart, Target and Amazon, happening in near lockstep rather than staggered over a day or two, is more consistent with a tightly capped initial run than with a demand surge that simply outpaced normal stock. That reading lines up with how Nintendo handled the Tears of the Kingdom OLED and Mario 35th Anniversary launches, both of which sold out quickly and restocked in smaller waves over the following weeks rather than arriving with deep day-one inventory.
Scalpers List the Console for Up to $900
Within a day of the sellout, secondary-market listings for the Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 appeared on eBay in the $750 to $850 range, a markup of roughly 45% to 65% over the $519.99 retail price. Some individual scalper postings climbed close to $900.
Pro Controller Resale Prices
The matching Pro Controller, which retails for $99.99, was spotted reselling for around $200, more than double its list price. Kotaku’s tracking of the resale market also flagged a wave of scam listings, including at least one seller offering only a photograph of the console for roughly $400 rather than the physical unit itself, a reminder that scarcity-driven hype tends to attract fraud alongside legitimate resale activity.
Watch Out for Scam Listings
The speed of the markup is notable given that the console carries no bundled software and only modest cosmetic differences from the standard Switch 2. That gap between retail price and resale price is a reasonably reliable signal of how tightly Nintendo controlled initial supply relative to actual demand from Zelda collectors and Switch 2 owners looking to upgrade. Buyers shopping the resale market should treat any listing priced well under the $750 floor, or any seller unwilling to provide serial-number photos of the actual unit, as a red flag given the photo-only scam Kotaku documented.
Resale Prices Climb Even Higher Outside the US
The $750-to-$900 band covers the US eBay market specifically, and it is not the global ceiling. Secondary-market tracking outside the United States has found UK listings running at £700 and up for the console, while international and specialty-marketplace listings have been flagged as high as $1,700 in at least one report, more than triple the console’s $519.99 US retail price. That top-end figure sits well above even the highest US scalper posts tracked above, and it points to a shortage that is being felt unevenly depending on where a buyer happens to be shopping.
| Market | Reported Resale Range | Approx. Multiple of $519.99 Retail |
|---|---|---|
| US (eBay) | $750–$850, highest posts near $900 | ~1.4x–1.7x |
| UK (resale marketplaces) | £700 and up | Not directly comparable (currency) |
| International/specialty listings (high end) | Up to $1,700 | ~3.3x |
Why the Top-End Listings Don’t Reflect the Typical Price
A $1,700 asking price is an outlier, not a market rate, and it is worth reading the same way this article already treats listings priced suspiciously low: as a data point from the extreme edge of the market rather than a figure typical buyers should expect to pay. The steadier US numbers, $750 to $850 with the highest legitimate posts near $900, have held since the September 8 sellout and remain the more reliable guide to what the console actually trades for day to day. Listings pushing toward $1,700 are more likely bundled with extras such as the matching Pro Controller, listed by sellers testing how high the market will go, or posted on marketplaces with thinner competing supply than eBay’s US listings provide.
The UK figure is harder to benchmark precisely against the US range because Nintendo has not published a UK retail price for the Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 alongside the $519.99 US and ¥62,980 Japan price points confirmed in the pricing table above. Without a confirmed UK list price, calculating an exact UK markup percentage the way this article does for the US and Japan figures is not possible. The £700-and-up figure is still useful as evidence that demand outside the US is at least as intense as the four-hour domestic sellout suggested, not as a precise multiple of a confirmed retail baseline.
The same buyer caution that already applies to the US resale market applies internationally, and arguably more so. Cross-border purchases add shipping costs, customs duties and warranty complications that a domestic eBay purchase does not carry, stacked on top of the base markup. Anyone considering a listing near the $1,700 high end, or well above the going £700 UK rate, should weigh those extra costs against simply waiting for Nintendo’s confirmed restock, which remains the only route back to the console’s original $519.99 price regardless of region.
The international pricing data also reinforces the supply-constraint case built earlier in this piece. A shortage severe enough to push resale prices to multiples of retail in more than one country, rather than in a single hot market, is more consistent with a tightly capped global allocation than with a problem isolated to US retailers. It also means the restock Nintendo has confirmed for “at least one region” will need to satisfy a wider pool of buyers than the US sellout numbers alone suggest, which is one more reason the restock window discussed below is worth tracking closely.
Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 vs Standard Switch 2 Pricing
The anniversary console carries a $20 premium over the standard Switch 2, which itself rose to $499.99 in the United States earlier in September 2026 amid the broader memory and component pricing crunch working through the PC and console hardware industry. Nintendo’s own September 2026 pricing announcement set the Japanese list price at ¥62,980 including tax, confirming the console carries a comparable proportional premium in both markets. Here is how the pricing breaks down across products and regions.
| Product | US Price | Japan Price (incl. tax) | Premium vs Standard SKU |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Nintendo Switch 2 console | $499.99 | ¥59,980 | — |
| Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 console | $519.99 | ¥62,980 | +$20 / +¥3,000 |
| Standard Switch 2 Pro Controller | $89.99 | Not listed | — |
| Zelda-themed Pro Controller | $99.99 | ¥12,980 | +$10 |
| Zelda Pro Controller + display stand bundle | $109.99 | Not listed | +$20 |
| Zelda-themed carrying case | Not listed in US | ¥3,980 | — |
Why the Premium Is Smaller Than It Looks
The console pricing lines up with what Tech Insider previously reported when the standard Switch 2 price increase to $499.99 took effect on September 1. A $20 gap for a cosmetic hardware variant is modest by collector-console standards, which helps explain why demand outstripped the initial allocation so quickly: shoppers who already planned to buy a Switch 2, or a second one, had little financial reason to skip the themed version.
Not Part of the Ocarina of Time Remake — Nintendo Clarifies the Confusion
One of the more persistent points of confusion since launch day is whether the Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 is tied to the Ocarina of Time remake that Nintendo has been teasing separately. It is not. The $519.99 console and $99.99 controller are cosmetic, anniversary-branded hardware with no software included. Nintendo did sell a separate Ocarina of Time-themed bundle through some retailers that pairs a game copy with an anniversary amiibo and collectible pin, but that product is distinct from the hardware-only console covered here and should not be confused with it when comparing prices or availability.
Ocarina of Time Remake Release Date: November 5, 2026
Nintendo confirmed in its September 2026 Direct that The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake releases on Switch 2 on November 5, 2026, exactly one week after the anniversary console’s October 29 launch. That sequencing removes the main source of shopper confusion this article has tracked since September: the console, controller and remake are three separate products on three distinct timelines, and all three now have firm dates. Anyone who bought the hardware-only console on October 29 hoping it would double as their way into the remake will still need to buy the game separately on November 5, either standalone or through the Ocarina of Time-themed bundle sold through select retailers.
How the Console and the Remake Are Being Marketed Separately
That distinction is worth remembering given how Tech Insider previously covered the Ocarina of Time remake leak roundup ahead of its formal reveal. The remake and the anniversary console are running on separate marketing and release tracks even though both stem from the same 40th anniversary celebration that Nintendo kicked off across two Nintendo Directs on September 8 and 9. Staggering the two launches by a single week, rather than shipping them together, likely helps Nintendo avoid splitting retail attention and gives the anniversary celebration two separate news cycles instead of one.
Two Zelda Releases, One Week Apart: What Buyers Need to Know
With both dates now confirmed, the anniversary celebration lands as two distinct retail events rather than one combined launch. The Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 console and Pro Controller ship October 29, 2026, hardware-only, no game included. The Ocarina of Time remake follows November 5, 2026, sold as its own standalone title or through the separate collector’s bundle with the anniversary amiibo and pin. For shoppers trying to budget a Zelda-themed holiday purchase, that means two separate checkout moments a week apart rather than one, and neither purchase unlocks the other.
Why Nintendo Split the Two Launches
Splitting hardware and software launches by a week is not new for Nintendo, but it is a notable choice for a single franchise anniversary. Spacing the console and the remake a week apart gives each product its own review cycle, its own retail push, and its own round of preorder coverage, rather than competing for the same headlines on the same day. It also means scalper attention, which has been concentrated entirely on the console and controller since September, is likely to shift toward Ocarina of Time copies and the collector’s bundle as November 5 approaches, particularly if early shipments to retailers run thin the way the console’s did.
What This Means If You Only Want One of the Two
Buyers who only care about playing Ocarina of Time do not need the anniversary console at all, since the remake runs on any Switch 2, standard or themed, and is not locked to the $519.99 hardware. Conversely, buyers chasing the anniversary console purely for its cosmetics and collectibility, with no interest in the remake, can safely wait on a restock without missing a bundled software tie-in, because there isn’t one. The two purchase decisions are genuinely independent of each other, which was not obvious from Nintendo’s marketing in September and is the single most useful clarification for anyone still deciding what to buy.
The Memory Crisis Backdrop: Why $20 Extra Cuts Deeper in 2026
How Bad Is the DRAM and NAND Shortage?
Context matters here. The standard Switch 2 price increase to $499.99 landed in the middle of a DRAM and NAND pricing spike that has been rattling console and PC hardware makers throughout 2026. Acer has publicly warned that PC prices could climb as much as 20% due to the memory crunch, and Nintendo’s own September price hike on the base Switch 2 was widely read as a direct response to rising component costs rather than a demand play. Layering a $20 to $30 anniversary premium on top of an already-elevated console price, in that environment, is a bet that collector demand and Zelda brand loyalty outweigh price sensitivity, and the four-hour sellout suggests that bet paid off, at least for the initial batch.
What This Means for Holiday Pricing
It also raises the stakes for anyone hoping prices ease before the holidays. If component costs stay elevated into Q4 2026, Nintendo has little incentive to discount either the standard or anniversary Switch 2, and secondary-market pricing on the Zelda edition gives the company real-world evidence that buyers will pay well above retail for exclusive hardware.
Nintendo’s Anniversary Hardware Playbook: A Short History
This is not Nintendo’s first attempt at anniversary-themed hardware, but it is the first special-edition Switch 2. The company has a long track record of using milestone anniversaries and franchise tie-ins to sell cosmetic hardware variants at a premium, typically with strong initial demand followed by restocks once the collector rush cools.
| Special Edition | Console Generation | Theme | Notable Pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Red & Blue Edition | Switch (original) | Super Mario 35th Anniversary | Sold out quickly at launch, later restocked |
| Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Edition | Switch OLED | Zelda franchise tie-in | Strong preorder demand, limited early availability |
| Splatoon 3 Edition | Switch OLED | Splatoon franchise | Sold in region-limited allocations |
| Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition | Switch 2 | Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary | Sold out in roughly four hours; scalper resale to $900 |
The Pattern: Undersupply, Scarcity Marketing, Restock
The through-line across all four generations of special-edition hardware is the same: Nintendo under-supplies the first wave relative to demand, lets scarcity generate free marketing through scalper headlines and social media chatter, and then restocks in smaller batches over the following weeks. The Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 fits that pattern closely enough that Nintendo’s confirmation of upcoming restocks should be read as business as usual rather than a course correction.
Restocks Are Coming — Here’s What Nintendo Has Confirmed
Nintendo has confirmed that restocks of the Zelda 40th Anniversary Collection, covering the console, Pro Controller and the separate Ocarina of Time bundle, are coming to at least one region after the initial allocation sold through. Nintendo has not published a firm date or unit count for any restock wave, and retailers including Best Buy, Walmart, Target and Amazon have not said publicly when they expect new allocations. TechRadar’s preorder tracker has been updating retailer-by-retailer status in real time, which is worth checking before assuming a listing is permanently gone. Given the October 29, 2026 release date is still more than a month out from the September 8 preorder rush, there is a reasonable window for at least one additional restock before launch day, following the pattern Nintendo set with the Tears of the Kingdom OLED and Mario 35th Anniversary hardware.
What We Still Don’t Know
Shoppers who missed the first wave should expect to track restock alerts across all four major US retailers rather than assuming a single storefront will get the next allocation, since the September 8 sellout hit Best Buy, Walmart, Target and Amazon within the same short window rather than staggering availability.
Pre-Order Status Heading Into the October 29 Launch
Status at Each Retailer as of October 2026
A little over three weeks removed from the September 8 sellout, the picture has barely moved. As of October 2026, Best Buy, Walmart, Target, Amazon and the Nintendo Store are all still showing the Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 as unavailable at its $519.99 list price, and none of the five retailers has posted a restock date. Nintendo’s confirmation that additional units are coming to at least one region remains the most recent official word on supply. With the October 29 launch now about four weeks away, the window for a pre-launch restock keeps narrowing.
Secondary-market pricing has held steady too. eBay listings are still landing in the $750-to-$850 range, and the highest scalper posts are still pushing close to $900, essentially unchanged from where the market settled right after the sellout. That stability suggests the September rush was not a short-lived spike. Buyers who missed the preorder window are still paying hundreds of dollars over the $519.99 retail price, which gives Nintendo little incentive to rush a restock ahead of the official launch date.
Should You Pay Resale Prices, or Hold Out Until October 29?
With no restock in sight and the October 29 launch now about four weeks away, the question for anyone who missed the September 8 preorder window has shifted from “where can I still find one” to “is it worth paying scalper prices to get one now.” The math is worth laying out plainly, because the gap between the official and resale price is larger than it first appears. Nintendo’s $20 anniversary premium over the standard $499.99 Switch 2 works out to roughly a 4% markup at retail, and the Zelda Pro Controller’s $10 premium over its $89.99 standard counterpart runs about 11%. Compare that to the secondary market: the $380 gap between the $519.99 list price and a $900 scalper listing is roughly 19 times the size of the premium Nintendo itself charges for the cosmetic upgrade. A buyer paying top-dollar resale price isn’t really paying for Triforce etching and themed Joy-Con 2 controllers anymore. They’re paying almost entirely for the ability to skip a wait that, based on Nintendo’s own confirmed launch date, already has a known endpoint.
The Case for Paying Scalper Prices Now
Paying $750 to $900 only makes sense for a specific kind of buyer: someone who wants the console in hand well before October 29, who doesn’t want to risk a second scramble if the eventual restock sells out as fast as the first allocation did, and who treats the premium as the cost of certainty rather than a collectible investment. That calculation applies most clearly to shoppers who need a confirmed delivery date for a gift and can’t risk Nintendo’s restock landing late, since the company hasn’t attached a date to the restock it has confirmed is coming. For everyone else, the resale market is a convenience purchase rather than a necessity, given that a hard release date is already on the calendar.
The Case for Waiting
Waiting is the stronger financial argument for nearly everyone else. Nintendo has already confirmed that additional units are coming to at least one region, and the October 29 launch date gives shoppers a fixed point on the calendar to watch rather than an indefinite wait for a restock that could land at any time. Buyers who can tolerate that uncertainty keep roughly $230 to $380 in their pocket compared with the current resale range, money that comfortably covers the $99.99 Pro Controller, a chunk of the Ocarina of Time remake arriving November 5, or both once October 29 arrives. The pattern Nintendo has followed with every prior special edition covered in the anniversary hardware playbook above, undersupply, scalper headlines, then a restock within weeks, has held up again here, which makes betting on that pattern repeating a reasonably low-risk call rather than blind optimism.
The one scenario where waiting carries real risk is holiday gifting. Shoppers who need the console in hand as a gift are working against a deadline that a Nintendo restock might not respect, since the company still hasn’t committed to a specific restock date even this close to the October 29 launch. For that narrower group, the resale market, expensive as it is, remains the only route to a guaranteed delivery date.
How This Compares to Sony and Microsoft’s Limited-Edition Strategy
Nintendo is not alone in using anniversary and franchise-themed hardware to move consoles at a premium. Sony has leaned on the same playbook this year, most recently with a Lisa-branded DualSense controller and console cosmetics tied to the K-pop star’s PlayStation partnership. Microsoft did something similar with its Xbox 25th Anniversary console. What separates Nintendo’s approach here is the price gap: $20 over the base Switch 2 is a comparatively small premium next to some of Sony’s and Microsoft’s anniversary pricing, which makes the Zelda edition an easier impulse purchase for existing Switch 2 owners rather than a true collector-only item.
Controller Pricing Across the Big Three
That smaller premium is likely part of why demand outran supply so fast. A themed Pro Controller comparison is instructive here too. Tech Insider’s breakdown of the Switch 2 Pro Controller against the DualSense Edge and Xbox Elite Series 2 found Nintendo’s standard pad already priced well below its rivals, so a $10 anniversary markup on the Zelda version still leaves it competitively priced against premium third-party and first-party controllers from Sony and Microsoft.
What the Sellout Means for Switch 2’s Sales Momentum
23.68 Million Units and Counting
The Switch 2 has already passed 23.68 million units sold globally since its 2025 launch, a figure that put it ahead of the GameCube’s entire lifetime sales total earlier in 2026. A four-hour sellout on a $519.99 cosmetic variant, arriving after a price increase on the base console, suggests that the standard Switch 2’s own price hike to $499.99 has not meaningfully dented demand among the installed base and prospective new buyers. If anything, the willingness of shoppers to pay a premium for a themed unit during a period of rising hardware costs points to continued strength heading into the holiday quarter.
It also gives Nintendo a data point it can use internally to justify further limited-edition hardware drops rather than broad price cuts, since scarcity-driven releases appear to be generating outsized demand relative to the modest premium being charged. That reading lines up with how investors reacted to Nintendo’s broader Zelda anniversary push. Tech Insider previously covered how Nintendo shares moved after the Zelda reveal cycle began, and the hardware sellout adds a consumer-demand data point that cuts against any narrative of Switch 2 fatigue heading into the October and November release window, a window that now includes two separate Zelda launch dates rather than one.
The Bigger Zelda 40th Anniversary Celebration
Ocarina of Time Joins the Anniversary Lineup
According to Nintendo’s official product listing, the console and controller are one piece of a broader 40th anniversary push for the Legend of Zelda franchise that Nintendo laid out across its September 8 and September 9 Direct presentations. Those Directs also covered the Ocarina of Time remake, which Nintendo has since confirmed will release November 5, 2026, one week after the anniversary console’s October 29 launch date. Full details on any documentary, remaster slate beyond Ocarina of Time, or additional merchandise tied to the anniversary have not been confirmed in Nintendo’s public communications as of this writing. Nintendo has historically spread franchise-anniversary content across the following 12 months rather than announcing everything at once, so additional Zelda 40th Anniversary reveals through 2027 would be consistent with how the company handled the Mario 35th and Metroid anniversaries in prior years.
Predictions: Where the Zelda Switch 2 Market Goes From Here
- A restock wave lands before the October 29 release date, now about four weeks out, likely staggered across Best Buy, Walmart, Target and Amazon rather than concentrated at one retailer, mirroring how Nintendo handled the Tears of the Kingdom OLED restocks.
- Scalper resale prices cool from the current $750-to-$900 range as restocks reach shelves, though prices are unlikely to fall all the way to the $519.99 retail level before the holiday season ends.
- Nintendo leans further into limited-edition, franchise-themed hardware drops for the 2026 holiday quarter, using the Zelda sellout as internal validation that modest premiums on cosmetic variants can move meaningful volume even during a period of rising base console prices.
- The separate Ocarina of Time remake, now confirmed for November 5, 2026, sees its own scarcity and scalper cycle in the week after the console’s October 29 launch, given the overlap in buyer interest between remake fans and anniversary-console collectors.
- Standard Switch 2 pricing stays flat or rises further rather than falling, as long as the broader DRAM and memory component crunch continues to pressure console and PC hardware margins industry-wide.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does the Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 come with a game?
No. The $519.99 console is hardware-only. It ships with the console, a matching dock, two themed Joy-Con 2 controllers, a Joy-Con 2 grip, an AC adapter and an HDMI cable, but no game or download code.
How much more expensive is the Zelda edition than a standard Switch 2?
It costs $519.99 versus $499.99 for the standard Switch 2, a $20 premium. The matching Pro Controller costs $99.99 versus $89.99 for the standard pad, a $10 premium.
When does the Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 release?
Both the console and the matching Pro Controller are scheduled to release on October 29, 2026, now about four weeks away.
Is this the same as the Ocarina of Time remake bundle?
No. The $519.99 console and $99.99 controller are cosmetic anniversary hardware with no software included. A separate Ocarina of Time-themed bundle, sold through some retailers, pairs a game copy with a collectible amiibo and pin, and is a different product from the hardware-only console.
When does the Ocarina of Time remake release?
Nintendo has confirmed November 5, 2026, exactly one week after the Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2’s October 29 launch. The remake is sold separately from the console and runs on any Switch 2, not just the anniversary edition.
Where can I still buy the Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2?
Best Buy, Walmart, Target, Amazon and the Nintendo Store all sold out of their initial allocations within roughly four hours of preorders opening on September 8, 2026. Nintendo has confirmed restocks are coming in at least one region, though no exact date or retailer has been announced. As of October 2026, that is still the status: no retailer has listed new inventory.
Has the Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 restocked yet?
Not as of October 2026. None of the five original retailers, Best Buy, Walmart, Target, Amazon or the Nintendo Store, has listed new inventory, and Nintendo’s confirmation of a restock in at least one region remains the most recent official word on supply. Resale prices on the secondary market are still close to $900.
How much is the console reselling for on the secondary market?
Resale listings on eBay have ranged from roughly $750 to $850, with some individual scalper listings priced near $900. The matching Pro Controller has been spotted reselling for around $200.
What does the console cost in Japan?
Nintendo lists the Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 at ¥62,980 including tax in Japan, alongside a ¥12,980 Pro Controller and a ¥3,980 carrying case.
Is the sellout connected to Nintendo’s September price increase on the standard Switch 2?
They are related but distinct events. The standard Switch 2 rose to $499.99 in early September 2026 amid a broader memory and component pricing crunch. The Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition, revealed shortly after, carries its own $20 premium on top of that already-higher base price.
