BODY: If you have been refreshing Japanese retailer pages hoping for a crack at Nintendo's most coveted accessory of the year, one opened on launch day — and it may not stay open long.
Suruga-ya has resumed sales of the Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller: The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition (with display stand) at ¥12,980, GAME Watch reported. The listing went live on October 29, the product's official release date, and was confirmed as orderable as of roughly 12:30 p.m. JST that day.
The same restock covered the companion item: the Nintendo Switch 2 Carrying Case: The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition (with screen protector), which carries its own limited design rather than being a plain recolor. Both pieces are part of the hardware lineup Nintendo unveiled during the Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct on September 8, alongside the themed Switch 2 console itself.
The usual caveat applies with force here: stock figures update in real time, and GAME Watch notes the listings may already be closed by the time anyone clicks through. Suruga-ya was not alone — Amazon Japan also cycled Zelda 40th Anniversary items back into availability on the same day, suggesting retailers were releasing held allocations in waves rather than all at once.
The timing is not accidental. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Switch 2 arrives November 5, giving the anniversary hardware a flagship title to pair with roughly a week after launch.
The insider take
Suruga-ya is worth understanding if you only know Japanese retail through Amazon. It is a used-and-collectibles chain with deep roots in the hobby trade, and its online storefront functions as a kind of pressure valve during Japanese hardware droughts — stock appears unpredictably, often in small batches, and almost always at list price rather than the inflated figures you see on resale platforms. For overseas fans, the complication is logistics, not price: Suruga-ya's own international shipping is limited, so most non-residents go through a proxy service and absorb the fees. Also remember that Japanese Switch 2 consoles are region-locked to Japanese-language systems — the controller and case, mercifully, are not.
Originally reported by GAME Watch (Japanese).