Switch 2 Restock: How To Check If Your Local Best Buy Is Participating Today
As many of you reading this are well aware, it hasn't exactly been easy tracking down a Switch 2 console for purchase from a first-party seller. Sure, you could resort to a marketplace seller and auction sites like eBay, but you'd be lucky to 'only' pay $100 over retail if going those routes. While frustrating, we have some good news—Best Buy is restocking the Switch 2 today.
The caveat is that this is an in-store restock event. Furthermore, not every brick-and-mortar location in the United States is participating. However, a lot of them will have Switch 2 consoles available to buy in-store today. To save you a wasted trip, it's easy to check if your local Best Buy is participating. How so?
Just head over to Best Buy's Switch 2 landing page and scroll down to the Nintendo Switch 2 in-store availability section. Select your state from the top pull-down menu, then select your city from the bottom pull-down menu and click the Submit button. If you don't see your city listed, it's not participating.
You can also try calling your local Best Buy, though we suggest popping in, provided it's not a long drive. You may have better luck speaking with an associate in person, versus someone who might be busy and just wants to end the phone call as quickly as possible.
As always, you can also try your luck online, though bots and scalpers are tough competition in the online space. That said, here are some links you should bookmark and check regularly...
- Switch 2 at Best Buy
- Switch 2 + Mario Kart World Bundle at Best Buy
- Switch 2 at Walmart
- Switch 2 + Mario Kart World Bundle at Walmart
- Switch 2 at Target
- Switch 2 + Mario Kart World at Target
You can also try checking Dell's webstore, which does actually offer up consoles and various accessories that fall outside of the realm of strictly PC gaming. And then there is Amazon. We still haven not seen a Switch 2 console listed at Amazon, which is reportedly due to a sale dispute between the online retailer and Nintendo. However, it appears the relationship may be on the mend, as you can finally find Switch 2 games listed at Amazon, including a preorder page for Donkey Kong Bananza (releases July 17, 2025).
