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In the US, long lines have formed for the Zelda-themed Nintendo Switch 2, and 5ch users are buzzing about how well it’s selling. The thread brought up how the Nintendo 64 famously sold far better in North America than in Japan, with some suggesting the people lining up now are too young to have lived through that era. Users also debated whether buyers were there out of genuine desire or just to resell, while others shared their thoughts on the console design and the finish of the dock.
Switch 2 is selling like crazy in the US
The scene at the line
Source: video.twimg.com / Original post here
What people said
It looks cool, but it's not really a good deal.
It sold about as well as the SNES.
It was a successful console in the US market.
It actually sold better in the US than in Japan.
5.5 million units in Japan vs. 20 million in North America.
It sold way more than in Japan, even with Japan's love of Final Fantasy.
If you did, you're an old man now.
Yeah, and looking at the crowd in line, they all look way too young to remember the N64 era.
We're past that — now it's all about which collab edition to get.
They should've at least slapped a logo on the Splatoon set too.
Maybe even Americans (slang: "amerip") are finally getting sick of nonstop shoot-'em-ups…
Westerners are tired too.
Their reality is basically GTA already, so they probably want a fantasy adventure to unwind with in their games.
Re: #16
Seriously?
Guess I really don't get what Americans are into.
A bunch of games that were huge in America came out on it.
Over there it's not like Japan, where FF and Dragon Quest dominate.
Even the casual-friendly games that did well on PlayStation [in Japan] didn't sell nearly as much over there.
If anything, Japan was the one being weird about it.
Back when 2D was the default and games that just turned 2D sprites into polygons were being called "3D games," true full 3D was just too big a leap for people.
Nintendo's already announced they're going to keep mass-producing the Zelda console, so it's probably people who actually want one rather than scalpers.
And there's no sign of the usual rent-a-homeless-person line fillers either.
After seeing this, the standard model just looks boring.
Is the color printing (or whatever the finish is) actually durable?
Will it hold up over time?
Nah, it won't sell for much.
You can get a whole used console, box included, for under 10,000 yen.
So you can imagine what just the box alone is worth.
The case looks great.
Nice.
Might just stick it in a plastic display case.
Classy.
This is craftsmanship right here.
Way too lame.
Why'd they go with yellow 😭
If I had to pick between that and the Zelda one,
I'm 100% confident I'd go with Zelda.
It'd be a bit better without that creepy face.
Background and Key Points of the Discussion
The lines in question formed for the Zelda-themed limited edition of the Nintendo Switch 2, and whether buyers are driven by scalping or genuine demand remains unresolved in the thread. As pointed out in the discussion, the Nintendo 64 historically sold far better in North America than in Japan, and Nintendo has built up a solid fan base in the North American market over the years. That said, whether the crowd in line truly consists of people “too young to remember the N64 era” is only a guess based on appearances — the thread offers no actual data on buyers’ ages. While North America tends to favor Western-style titles like FPS games, console-born action-adventure series like Zelda have also maintained consistent popularity there, so genre preference alone doesn’t fully explain the scale of this surge in popularity.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry (Geha)) thread “[Good News] Zelda Switch 2 Console Is Selling Like Crazy in the US ❤.”
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