After a long wait filled with leaks, reveals, preorder stress, and hands-on events, the Nintendo Switch 2’s launch day has finally arrived around the world, including launch events at retailers like Walmart, GameStop, Best Buy, and Target.

It’s a big day for Nintendo fans. The gaming giant’s new console, the $450 Switch 2, arrives on store shelves globally after being announced in April — marking Nintendo’s first major console launch since the original Switch arrived roughly eight years ago.

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The Nintendo Switch 2 is on sale, but selling out fast. Here are some ways you still might be able to get one on or around launch day, before prices potentially go up. Eight years after it shook up the gaming world with the launch of the Switch,

Fans around the world lined up outside electronics stores hours in advance to collect their pre-ordered video game consoles.

Throngs of gamers stood in long lines outside of stores hours before they opened from Tokyo to New York City in hopes of snaring a long-awaited Nintendo Switch 2 video game console.

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The Nintendo Switch 2 is sold out after launching yesterday, but you can still get the beloved Nintendo Switch 1 on sale now