Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2: UK restocks and pre-orders

Key facts

UK release

Thursday 29 October 2026

Console price

£429.99 at Smyths and Argos; John Lewis lists £434.95

Pro Controller price

£79.99

What it is

A Switch 2 console (256GB, with Joy-Con 2) in the anniversary design, and a matching Pro Controller sold on its own

Restocks we have seen

• Nintendo Switch 2 The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition Console: John Lewis, 15 Oct: pre-order 18:52, sold out 19:02 (10 min) · £434.95
• Nintendo Switch 2 The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition Console: John Lewis, 15 Oct: pre-order 10:21, sold out 10:31 (9 min) · £434.95
• Nintendo Switch 2 The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition Console: John Lewis, 15 Oct: pre-order 09:32, sold out 09:49 (17 min) · £434.95
• Nintendo Switch 2 The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition Console: John Lewis, 15 Oct: pre-order 08:24, sold out 08:33 (9 min) · £434.95
• Nintendo Switch 2 The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition Console: John Lewis, 15 Oct: pre-order 08:07, sold out 08:11 (3 min) · £434.95
• Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition: John Lewis, 15 Oct: pre-order 11:22, sold out 11:31 (9 min) · £79.99
• Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition: John Lewis, 14 Oct: pre-order 13:29, sold out 13:47 (18 min) · £79.99

What has happened so far

• 9 September 2026

  UK pre-orders opened and sold out within minutes.

  Reported by Nintendo Life and The Shortcut.

• 15 September 2026

  Nintendo said more UK stock would follow, without giving a date. Its own UK store showed the range as sold out.

  Reported by The Shortcut.

• 10 October 2026

  John Lewis's pages for the console and the Pro Controller both said pre-orders were sold out. Amazon UK's console page was unavailable.

  Read on the shops' own pages by us.

Other UK shops that sell it

My Nintendo Store, Smyths Toys, Argos, Currys, Very, GAME. These shops block the kind of check we do, so we can't tell you their stock: look at their own pages. We only ever say "in stock" for a page we have read ourselves.

Questions

When is the Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 out in the UK?

Thursday 29 October 2026. The matching Pro Controller is out the same day.

How much is it?

The console is £429.99 at Smyths and Argos, and John Lewis lists it at £434.95. The Pro Controller is £79.99. We stay quiet about any offer priced more than 50% over that.

Will there be more stock?

Nintendo said in September that more UK stock would follow, but gave no date. Shops usually release more around launch day and in the weeks after, often with no warning, which is what a watch is for.

Which shops do you check?

Amazon UK and John Lewis for the console, and John Lewis for the Pro Controller. Other shops sell it too, but they block the kind of check we do, so we name them and leave the checking to you.