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.

Inside the store, staff has been working since 11AM, pre-processing customers to make tonight’s launch go smoothly. They take four people at a time from the line outside, check

Here's some of the images of keen beans across the U.S., lining up for the first Nintendo handheld console in eight years, the Switch 2: Midnight launches outside the U.S. saw sim