Rhythm Heaven preorder

Rhythm Heaven Groove is now up for physical preorder in the United States, giving Nintendo’s next Switch rhythm game a firm retail launch path ahead of summer. (ign.com) IGN reported Thursday that select retailers had opened physical orders, with Best Buy, Target and GameStop among the stores listing the game. Nintendo’s own U.S. store page also has the game available to buy. (ign.com) (nintendo.com) The listed U.S. price is $39.99, and retailer pages show a release date of July 2, 2026. Best Buy’s product page also lists the game for Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch OLED Model and Nintendo Switch Lite. (ign.com) (bestbuy.com) Nintendo set that July 2 date on April 9 and said the game will also be playable on Nintendo Switch 2. Its U.S. news post told players to “use your ears” and framed the game around timing button presses to the beat across a collection of rhythm minigames. (nintendo.com 1) (nintendo.com 2) The preorder matters because Rhythm Heaven has been largely absent from Nintendo’s release calendar for years. IGN and Nintendo both identify Groove as the first new entry in more than a decade, following Rhythm Heaven Megamix on Nintendo 3DS. (ign.com) (crunchyroll.com) Nintendo first announced Groove during a March 2025 Nintendo Direct, then left it with only a 2026 window until this month’s release-date update. That gap turned the new retail listings into the first concrete sign of how the game will actually reach store shelves. (ign.com) (nintendolife.com) The official store page says some product details, including ratings information and download size, may not be finalized at preorder time. It also says Nintendo Switch Online membership is sold separately for Save Data Cloud backup. (nintendo.com) For now, the clearest takeaway is simple: a Nintendo Direct reveal from 2025 has turned into a $39.99 boxed Switch release with a July 2, 2026 ship date. (ign.com)