{"id":56125,"date":"2025-06-05T12:12:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/stores-open-at-midnight-as-fans-rush-to-buy-nintendo-switch-2\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T12:12:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:12:34","slug":"stores-open-at-midnight-as-fans-rush-to-buy-nintendo-switch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/stores-open-at-midnight-as-fans-rush-to-buy-nintendo-switch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Stores open at midnight as fans rush to buy Nintendo Switch 2"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Tom Gerken<\/span><\/p>\n

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Peter Gillibrand<\/span><\/p>\n

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Watch: Fans queue overnight for the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2<\/figcaption><\/p>\n
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The Nintendo Switch 2 has been released worldwide, with stores opening at midnight so fans could get their hands on the long-awaited console the moment it became available.<\/p>\n

Some shops have the devices available to buy off the shelf – but in most cases customers have been picking up consoles they had ordered in advance, with UK retailer Currys calling it its “biggest gaming pre-order ever.”<\/p>\n

Despite the excitement there have been some setbacks, with one supplier, Game, cancelling some pre-orders<\/a>. <\/p>\n

In the US, Nintendo briefly pulled Switch 2 pre-orders in April over concerns around tariffs<\/a> before starting again a few weeks later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But that doesn’t appear to have put fans off- with queues forming at stores around the world as gamers vied to be among the first to unbox their new console.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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