The Nintendo Switch 2 Launch Mania lets me miss the early iPhone launch days

The Nintendo Switch 2 The launch is on us, full of sound and anger, which means the Clickity-Clack of a million joy cons, and I prefer to enjoy it.

There are not many technical gadgets that generate this type of buzz, although I think Nintendo can become dependent to make it. I still remember the Wii Mania and the original Nintendo switch was also not slow in the “must-have department”. That is perhaps the reason why, just a few hours before the official launch, I hurried up to the Nintendo store in Rockefeller Center to take the temperature of the local population. Did they stand in line for the Switch 2, although Nintendo has already set a lottery system that said you could only buy one of the $ 449 consoles if your name was chosen?

They were … kind of.

At the back of the line, a few live streaming women were dressed as characters of Super Mario Brittle. They told me that they usually stream games. I asked if they and everyone else were prepared for access to the console. The couple, which never paused the current, laughed and explained that the dozens of gamers stood shoulder on 48th Street, were all in line to play a chance Super Mario Kart World On Nintendo Switch 2.

Under a wide white tent, more than a dozen gamers controllers held with cables that closed to hidden switch 2 consoles. The fact that nobody could see the new hardware did not matter to the enthusiastic gamers who all tried to navigate the chaotic world of Mario on lively 42-inch displays.

In addition to the tent, Princess Peach and Yoshi stood for photos and die-hard Mario fans kneaded in between for a hug.