Huge lines form once again in Japan for Switch and Splatoon 2
Posted on July 21, 2017 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch
Last week, lines in Japan were pretty crazy as consumers waited just for a chance to purchase a Switch unit. Now that Splatoon 2 has launched, consumers were back in full force. Kotaku shows us a look at what happened for the big release.
First up, below are some shots from Tokyo, where the lines became increasingly longer as the morning went on:
〈スプラトゥーン2発売〉秋葉原、早朝のようす
・ヨドバシAkiba – 8:00頃、販売開始で約60人が店内に案内開始
・ビックカメラAKIBA – 8:30頃、ニンテンドースイッチ同梱セット抽選受付開始で約200人が長い列をつくる pic.twitter.com/0Irbn0dnsD— ﾂﾙﾐﾛﾎﾞ (@kaztsu) July 20, 2017
Another look at the long lines as people lined up for raffle tickets and hoped that they would be able to purchase a Switch:
トイザらス岩槻店のスプラトゥーン2抽選販売、中級アーティストのライブぐらい並んでる…
当たるわけなくないかこれ pic.twitter.com/VpmuaPnxxA— プロチンコポテト (@FtheWK) July 21, 2017
Tons of consumers even showed up in the suburbs and small towns:
https://twitter.com/yokusinki/status/888202704547233792
Toys “R” Us was a hot area for Switch and Splatoon 2 today. Four hundred people were at one location in Ehime Prefecture:
https://twitter.com/tdn_osumasi/status/888196340873703424
Another Toys “R” Us had just 25 Splatoon 2 Switch bundles and ten individual Switch consoles. Roughly 500 people lined up in hopes of buying a system of their own, but many left disappointed:
トイザらスにて、スプラ2+キャリングケース受け取りをしてたら
switch+スプラ2セット 25個
switch(ネオン？) 5個
switch(もう片方の色) 5個の、抽選してた。店の人に聞いたら、なかなか入荷できず初のこと…500人くらい集まって、 やってたらしいです。 pic.twitter.com/3oL2uTPN7u
— Zakuro@低浮上 (@zakuro_kohaku) July 21, 2017
The situation wasn’t much better at a store in Ibaraki Prefecture. They had just 35 Splatoon 2 Switch bundles and 20 individual consoles for 500 people:
こちらのトイザらスは55個よ( *˙ω˙*)و
分母は500人程です…〣( ºΔº )〣 pic.twitter.com/23RgkBpF1M— サンディ(ฅ✧ω✧ฅ)DQX (@nuko_nuko_days) July 21, 2017
This Toys “R” Us also had 400 people in line:
https://twitter.com/nyaaa_style/status/888230549399011328
The disappointment continues with another shop that had 30 Splatoon 2 Switch bundles and 20 individual Switch consoles for over 1,000 people:
https://twitter.com/hiroomi_unibase/status/888198289329332224
45 Switch consoles here:
トイザらスの抽選で当てようと思っていたワイ顔面蒼白の模様
45台のスイッチの抽選のためにイオンの端から端まで行列出来ててほんま草 pic.twitter.com/M7LzAlpJSs— ㈱なお🦊 (@eemooooon) July 21, 2017
So… you get the point. Switch and Splatoon 2 have massive demand. Unfortunately, Nintendo is having trouble keeping up with it all.
