Nine years of launches, limited editions and sellouts, newest first.
The first special-edition Switch 2. Pre-orders sold out within hours of the Sep 8 reveal.
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Tariffs pushed US pre-orders back to Apr 24. The My Nintendo Store sold by invite only, to members with 12+ months of Switch Online and 50+ hours played. It still sold 3.5 million units in 4 days.
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An all-red OLED with Mario's silhouette on the dock.
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The last big Zelda console before this one. Amazon sold out, but other retailers still had stock.
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Orange and purple Joy-Con with Koraidon and Miraidon on the dock.
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Neon yellow and blue Joy-Con and a graffiti-style dock.
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A bigger 7-inch OLED screen and a new dock with a LAN port.
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Pre-orders sold out, and resellers listed them at a 150% markup. Sound familiar?
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Pastel Joy-Con and a dock covered in island art. Pre-orders sold out, then pandemic demand made every Switch hard to find.
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The first special-edition Lite, for Pokémon Sword and Shield.
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A handheld-only Switch, and the cheapest way into the library.
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Where it all started, launching alongside Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
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Sources: Business Wire, CNBC, Siliconera, GameSpot, Tom's Guide, Nintendo, Splatoon, Nintendo, GameSpot, Nintendo Wire, Tom's Guide, Nintendo IR.
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