Be ready to order on April 24.

Nintendo said today that Switch 2 preorders in the US will begin on April 24th ahead of the console’s June 5th launch day, and now GameStop, Target, and Walmart have shared exactly when you can try to snag a preorder.

Whatever happens, if Nintendo wants mouse controls on Switch 2 to ever be more than a curiosity, it needs to do something to take the almost literal sting out of using them. If it doesn't, the feature is likely to go the way of the IR sensor on the original Switch—an interesting idea, soon abandoned.