🫥 The Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition Switch 2 console remains sold out
🚨 Follow Zelda Switch 2 restock tracker @mattswider on X for instant alerts
🎛️ We’ve built a restock dashboard for our Substack subscribers with an audible siren
🎮 GameStop has updated its listing to ‘coming soon’, suggesting more stock is on the way
🏬 The Nintendo Store also says ‘more inventory is on the way!’
If you’re still frantically searching for the Zelda 40th Anniversary Switch 2 console, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve been actively tracking the console and Pro controller, and built an exclusive restock tracker for The Shortcut’s Substack paid subscribers, which sends out an audible siren whenever stock is detected.
Right now, we’re not expecting any restock alerts to drop, but we have noticed a change to GameStop’s listing for the Zelda Switch 2 console. Instead of the usual ‘sold out’ button that we’re all used to seeing, GameStop’s page now says ‘coming soon’.
That’s an encouraging sign, as the retailer held an in-store midnight launch where it had some inventory available, but we haven’t seen online orders reopen since pre-orders first went live.
🚨 Zelda Switch 2 Restock Tracker Dashboard
Our restock tracker sends out an audible alert (a siren) whenever the Zelda Switch 2 console or Pro controller come back in stock. Simply leave the page open on your browser with the sound on, and you’ll be first to know when new stock has arrived.
The Nintendo Store – which has been the most frequently restocked retailer, sporadic as it may be – also says that ‘more inventory is on the way’ on the Zelda Switch 2 product page.
Again, it doesn’t mean that a restock is imminent. However, it does line up with Nintendo’s promise that the Zelda Switch 2 console won’t be extremely limited like the Xbox Series X25 limited edition, where only 25,000 units have been produced.
Nintendo has also said it will continue The Legend of Zelda’s 40th anniversary celebrations into 2027. That means we should see the console on sale for many months to come, and that the current drought will eventually end.
On Friday, Target had a restock, and only a few people could actually check out with their Zelda console – but those few got my alert bright and early.
Why the Zelda Switch 2 restock tracker works
We’re still notifying people on X who have notifications on, but it isn’t a flawless system. We can’t watch every store at every hour of the day, but our restock tracker can. We can also use it to manually send out alerts, if it does miss things. If you’re happy to wait for a notification instead, The Shortcut is still the best place to find video game and tech products in stock – just make sure you turn on notifications.
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This is the same restock tracker software we used to help 400,000 people buy a PS5 restock back when the console was almost impossible to find. So you’re getting direct access to our restock software to help you nab that Zelda console.
We’re also tracking the Zelda Switch 2 Pro Controller
Believe it or not, the Zelda 40th anniversary Switch 2 Pro controller is actually harder to find than the console right now. We saw one restock at the Nintendo Store, but it’s generally been sold out at every other retailer, with no sign stock is on the way.
Hopefully, retailers like Walmart and Best Buy are holding back stock for a major restock during Black Friday, and perhaps will even offer both the console and controller for sale at the same time.
If Nintendo isn’t your thing, we’re also tracking the PS5 Pro at The Shortcut. Even though it launched two years ago to little fanfare, Sony has made better use of its souped-up PlayStation 5 with recent game launches and patches. Obviously GTA 6 has also made the more powerful PlayStation more appealing, with many trying to snag one before the game releases on November 19.
Up next: Nintendo rules out another Switch 2 price hike – for now
Adam Vjestica is The Shortcut’s Senior Editor. Formerly TechRadar’s Gaming Hardware Editor, Adam has also worked at Nintendo of Europe as a Content Marketing Editor, where he helped launch the Nintendo Switch. He also runs a retro gaming YouTube channel called Game on, boy! Follow him on X @ItsMrProducts.