{"id":640937,"date":"2019-11-15T08:53:27","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T13:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/?p=640937"},"modified":"2019-11-15T12:39:59","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T17:39:59","slug":"photos-of-the-pokemon-sword-shield-launch-event-at-nintendo-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/photos-of-the-pokemon-sword-shield-launch-event-at-nintendo-ny\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos of the Pokemon Sword\/Shield launch event at Nintendo NY"},"content":{"rendered":"

To celebrate the launch of Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield, Nintendo NY held a special midnight launch event. The Big N has now passed along a few photos from the festivities. We have the full set of images below, along with their descriptions. <\/p>\n

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Photo 1
\nIn this photo provided by Nintendo of America, excited fans line up outside the Nintendo NY store as they eagerly await the midnight launch of the Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Pok\u00e9mon Shield games, released on Nov. 15, 2019, exclusively for the Nintendo Switch family of systems.<\/p>\n

Photo 2
\nIn this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Pikachu greets fans as they enter the Nintendo NY store at the midnight launch celebration of the Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Pok\u00e9mon Shield games. The games launched exclusively for the Nintendo Switch system on Nov. 15, 2019.<\/p>\n

Photo 3
\nIn this photo provided by Nintendo of America, the first few fans to make an in-store purchase of the Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Pok\u00e9mon Shield games celebrate at the Nintendo NY store on Nov. 15, 2019.<\/p>\n

Photo 4
\nIn this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Pikachu celebrates with the first few fans to make an in-store purchase of the Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Pok\u00e9mon Shield games at the Nintendo NY store on Nov. 15, 2019.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n \t\t\n\t\t\t\t