Amazon has begun sending out invites to pre-order the Nintendo Switch 2.

Earlier this week,Amazonoffered customers the chance to request an invite to pre-order the newNintendosystem, and now VGC can confirm that invites have begun being sent out to customers in the UK.

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The invite allows the customer to pre-order the system, and gives them 22 hours to do so from the email being sent out.

The Switch 2 can currently be pre-ordered from Amazon at  a price of £395.99 for the console on its own, or £429.99 for the bundle containing a digital copy ofMario Kart World.

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Currently, Amazon is estimating that the system will be delivered on Saturday, June 7, however this is likely to change to launch day as we get closer to release.

Switch 2 will be released worldwide onThursday, June 5.

Other UK retailers have begun their pre-order campaign withSmyths quickly selling out of its allocation yesterday.

Elsewhere, the official My Nintendo Store will be launching its pre-orders on April 8, and is in the process of emailing selectNintendo Switchplayers in the UK and Europe, offering them the chance to pre-order first.

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According to a notice on the My Nintendo Store website: “To reward the most dedicated Nintendo Switch players in Europe and the UK, the opportunity to pre-order aNintendo Switch 2console from My Nintendo Store will initially be offered on an invite-only basis to selected Nintendo Switch Online members.”

The first round of invites will be sent out depending on whether users have been a Switch Online member for at least two years, have spent a certain amount of time playing Switch games, and has opted in to receive email messages from Nintendo.

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