Hellish lines formed today all across Japan. Splatoon 2 launched, and stores got a fresh shipment of Switch consoles, including the Splatoon 2 hardware bundle
No doubt there were people waiting to just get Splatoon 2 and its Amiibos, but with theway things are in Japan Switch-wise, many folks were certainly hoping to get the bundle or the standalone console.
Quantities, however, were limited.
Twitter userKaztsu took some terrific images of the lines in Tokyo, which got longer and longer as the morning progressed.
〈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
As before, those wanting a Nintendo Switch lined up to get a raffle ticket with the hope that they would be selected so they could buy a Switch. The odds of that were slim.
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
Today was a hot one!
https://twitter.com/embed/status/888181024269647872
Around 1,500 people were apparently waiting at the Labi store in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro earlier today.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/888202704547233792
The lines weren’t only in big cities like Tokyo, but even in the suburbs and small towns.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/888196340873703424
Four hundred people lined up at a Toys“R”Us in Ehime Prefecture. Ehime!
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
At this Toys“R”Us, there were 25 Splatoon 2 Switch bundles and ten individual Switch consoles. Around 500 people lined up for a chance to buy.
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
Here’s a store in Ibaraki Prefecture. with slightly more: 35 Splatoon 2 Switch bundles and 20 individual consoles. The line was around 500 people long, though…
Switch争奪戦！トイザらスへGOですね pic.twitter.com/OlUHPKYerJ
— 🦁ライオン🦁 (@Peaceful_Lion_) July 21, 2017
Fewer there, though. Ten Splatoon 2 Switch bundles and ten individual consoles.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/888186818562097154
People at a Toys“R”Us in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro were hoping they’d win a chance to buy one of 15 Switch consoles.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/888230549399011328
Another Toys“R”Us, with reportedly about 400 people in line.
トイザらスの人も大変だね
スーツ着て(笑) pic.twitter.com/P98QAGOVIU— イカぽ (@ika_po) July 21, 2017
A long line at a Toys“R”Us in Osaka.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/888221426821455873
A Toys“R”Us in Kumamoto.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/888198289329332224
This shop had 30 Splatoon 2 Switch bundles and 20 individual Switch consoles. The line was reportedly over 1,000 people long.
トイザらスのswitch抽選券待ちの列がやばい(外にこの三倍は並んでる pic.twitter.com/2T2zlYlHnO
— M1K3@にとり (@MIKE_NITORI) July 21, 2017
Yet another line.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/888205014421749760
Apparently a Splatoon 2 line.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/888212309826387970
These folks are hoping to win a chance to buy one of 45 Switch consoles.
おいおいおいおい、ここ群馬県だぞ！！！！？？？
WiiU発売日、switch発売日の7〜8倍くらいの人が並んでる……ありえない……。
開店から30分、まだ受け付けてるからもっと増えそうだ…… pic.twitter.com/blRynNfCzP— めぐめ (@megume_wakame) July 21, 2017
These lines are hell.
トイザらス草 pic.twitter.com/0XwLNvKqir
— 盗帝 (@teiou028) July 21, 2017
Truly. And don’t expect them to end any time soon.
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