The hunt to find a Nintendo Switch is still in full swing as retailers are struggling to keep the new console on stores’ shelves, and in Japan, the lack of availability is resulting in some waiting lines that are absolutely insane.

Reported first by Kotaku, these lines that Japanese gamers are waiting in to get their hands on a Nintendo Switch wrap around city blocks and snake down sidewalks as individuals wait to get their shot at taking home a Switch. You can see just a small example of the Nintendo Switch limbo that people are getting stuck in below.

ヨドバシ梅田のスイッチ200台にコレ 無理だぞw pic.twitter.com/ybjaOC8wlL

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The real kicker here with all these people standing in line is that they don’t even have a guarantee of walking away with a Switch. That’s right, all of these people are standing in line just to get the chance to purchase a Switch. When availability of products such as these plummet in Japan, raffles are held to determine who gets to take home one of the consoles. According to one eyewitness who was present at one of the lines today, a crazy huge queue of over 3,000 people formed in front of the Yodobashi Camera store in Tokyo where the store only had 250 Nintendo Switches in stock to give away.

現在ヨドバシアキバでSWITCHの抽選券貰うための行列中。

まさかこんなに歩かされるとは……
見たところ3000人以上並んでる。#Switch難民 多すぎ…… #任天堂 さん何とかしてよ……_(:3 」∠)_#Switch pic.twitter.com/aQGKXseaqV

— アキラ@黒ウィズとボールルームとアビス (@dango_3k) July 16, 2017

Posted: Jul 17, 2017 9:25 pm
Related Forum: Gaming Discussion

Source: http://comicbook.com/gaming/2017/07/17/nintendo-switch-lines-are-crazy-long-in-japan/