Could it be that the multilingual version was really the target?

Is it really 80 pages long…?

I aimed for the multilingual version, which seemed to have a low competition rate, and that was the right choice.

If you really want it on the release day, it might be an option to switch.

The competition rate seems to be rising somewhat compared to the first time.

Having Marika made it easier to get hits.

Are there any titles you want to play right after their release date?

Is it still Mario Kart?

>>7

People who played at the experience event were completely captivated.

>>7

It’s hard to let go of the beautiful Zelda, but I think I prefer Mario Kart.

>>8

If it’s the standard edition, you can buy two additional software titles, and if it’s the Mario Kart set, you can effectively buy three titles.

I hope they produce more of the Mario Kart bundle version since it’s only available until the end of this year.

Mari car also had 23%.

Well, I feel like I can win in the second or third round.

I like that Marikawa can explore the open world and run freely even without racing.

>>15

Ultimately, if you can get off the cart and explore, that would be the completion of the Mario Kart genre.

Why are you silent despite the loud noise…?

>>16

They might choose to remain silent until the number of incoming goods is confirmed.

It’s only natural, but since production continues, the distribution to retail is said to increase gradually.

It seems like the phone inquiries at Yodobashi are really hectic right now.

I’m so unlucky that it even takes me a long time to hit an LT in pachinko.

There was no way this big gamble would be drawn.

I just need to be able to buy it by the time Xenoblade Chronicles 2 comes out.

>>21

After all, it’s a questionnaire that anyone can answer, so I don’t trust it too much.

I can’t believe that Nintendo’s official site had prepared 500,000 for just the first round of the lottery.

I’m somewhat lucky with the lottery, but I tend to miss it only at crucial moments.

I’ve been missing the chance to buy a Switch, so this time I’m feeling like I really want one.

I’m very sad that I don’t even have the right to enter the lottery.

>>24

Do your best at the retail store.

Reservations for My Nintendo Store are like stock certificates, so think of them as part of fan service.

>>33

I applied for the lottery just in case, but I have a feeling that the best odds were probably with My Nintendo…

Since I live in a densely populated area, it seems like the competition for allocation per store will become intense.

>>33

Retailers are mostly doing conditional lotteries, right?

Well, it’s expensive, so it’s natural that the odds decrease accordingly.

If you hadn’t thought that far, I can only call you an idiot.

>>25

I never thought it would turn into such a selection rejection festival in the first place.

By the way, I wonder which one Nakamura applied for.

If there are 500,000 units just for the first round of the lottery, I wonder how many units they are preparing for Japan overall.

>>28

Given the sales power of the home appliance retail chain, it might not be enough to allocate 300,000 to 400,000 units for each company…

During the peak of the COVID pandemic, we were selling over 200,000 units every week and shipping more than 800,000 units a month, so it felt like watering a desert…

The information war has already begun.

I wonder how many units were actually produced in the end.

Why aren’t you announcing it?

>>36

There’s nothing worthwhile to announce right now.

Prediction for why Yodobashi isn’t moving again.

A strategy to assess competitor trends and peak demand.

Around April 24, Bic Camera, Geo, and Seven Net announced lotteries one after another. Yodobashi has a larger inventory procurement capability, and there is a past tendency to adjust the odds after the fact (similar to the situation with PS5).

Ensuring integrated inventory for stores and online.

Yodobashi adopts a method of “allocating common stock across all stores by standardizing points,” so they often do not start accepting orders when the confirmed delivery date to the logistics center is not visible.

Under what conditions will the right to apply be lost?

https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2025/04/27/166831_3.html

It seems to be a similar number here as well, so I wonder if they had reserved around 500,000 units for the official shops.

During the shortage of Switch consoles, I finally got my hands on the 3D Mario collection set from Amazon that Anonymous told me about.

I was connected with Lite until then.

I was not selected, but well, since there aren’t any games I want to play right after the release, I thought it might be okay to wait a while.

I also thought that it doesn’t necessarily mean I’ll change the hardware when the software I want comes out.

I received an email saying that I was automatically entered into the lottery for the second time, but to be honest, I don’t feel like I’ll win.

I wonder if Yodobashi has separate online lotteries and in-store lotteries.

>>47

I saw that Bic is okay with both, but I wonder about Yodobashi.

The online competition is the national tournament, so it must be highly competitive.

>>68

If I can only do one of them separately, I’d rather go to the store.

The bundle version is simply a better deal, and if it continues to be updated like 8DX, it seems like it would be enjoyable, so I applied for the bundle.

I have five retail appointments booked.

What should I do if I win everything?

The distribution per store at the already released Yōkado was…

The overall number also seems quite impressive.

If I miss the multilingual version with this probability, it’s going to be really frustrating.

I was going to buy Mario Kart anyway, so I went with the bundle version.

If Nakamura applied for the multilingual version and got rejected, that would really be unfortunate…

I think the longer it takes, the more people will rush in, Yodo…

Let’s refer to the purchase history of Switch software at Yodo and accept it.

In reality, I wonder if this is dropping by about half even in multiple languages.

70,000 yen in April and May is not a lot of money yet, but from June onwards, taxes and other expenses will accumulate and it will become a large sum.

I don’t know if they’ll release the same number in the second lottery, and if you think about it normally, there’s a possibility that the number of units will be adjusted, making the multilingual version’s lottery odds terrible, so I’ll stick to my original intention.

By spending 20,000, you can play games in multiple languages! The chances of buying it increase! If that’s the kind of benefit, I’d choose the cheaper option.

I only play games in Japanese.

I feel that the multilingual version only allows you to set languages other than Japanese, but it does not guarantee usage overseas.

>>74

Isn’t it too much to change the price just for that?

Rather, I’ve never played games with Japanese audio.

Why not just sell only the 70,000 model from the start?

>>76

So that brought back the trauma from the 3DS era, which is why it’s the reverse “omam” this time, right?

However, it will be tightly restricted to counter resale.

There are people in the country who are not Japanese speakers as well.

The Japanese version clearly says not to use it, but the multilingual version only warns to be careful with electricity.

I hope to get it before the Bananaanza, but I also want to do Marikawa.

There may be people who love Pokémon so much that they want to consume it completely without leaving a single piece behind and might buy it for the multilingual feature.

What is this deletion?

Because battles for possession are tiring, I also want to get it quickly and feel relieved.

The number of releases in the second lottery seems likely to decrease significantly.

For now, I have applied for the Nintendo official lottery, GEO lottery, and Amazon lottery.

I’m thinking I want it by Bonanza… so I should be able to get it by then… probably.

Switch1 is region-free by default, but I haven’t gained anything from that, so it’s definitely the Japanese version for me.

It’s rare to hear that there are more secondaries than primaries, so it can’t be helped.

I just hope to hit it in the second round.

It’s going to hit.

It’s a case that you normally wouldn’t encounter just playing games if you don’t have an overseas ROM for the first title.

It’s troubling that even the main unit and the pro controller are through a lottery…

>>98

I sincerely thank this and the SD card…

>>98

By the way, I heard that the official Pro Controller for the Switch can be used with the Switch 2, but I wonder if the HORI controller for the Switch can also be used with the Switch 2?

It’s out of warranty! Even if you say that, the previous hardware was ultimately resold without considering that it would be used in other countries, so isn’t it pretty much the same…?

I’m currently making a Switch 2, but the materials are really lively and it’s tough.

Well, they really did prepare more than enough.

>>102

I honestly think the estimate for the expected number of applications was too lenient.

It’s a rare blunder from Nintendo lately.

>>107

No, no, no…

I can’t even imagine that there would be 2.2 million just from the official Nintendo lottery.

>>112

A product from Nintendo priced at 49,980 yen is unprecedented for a high-priced item.

With the current product lineup, it’s the most expensive item after the commissioned production of original design playing cards.

I can understand that they probably never expected customers to flock to something so expensive, considering Nintendo’s sense of finances.

>>107

If it were that easy to produce and deliver on the release date, we wouldn’t have any trouble.

>>102

According to official estimates, it’s about 500,000 units.

Just selling 500,000 units at launch would break the record for first-week sales of game consoles.

Retail is in a completely different situation where several hundred thousand units are distributed to each.

The pro controller will probably take a while, but it seems like the SD cards will be restocked soon.

Wait a minute, I’m going to buy a big one.

I’m glad I was able to buy the pro controller where the Yo was burning.

At this rate, the pro controller will become just an interior decoration.

I couldn’t make a reservation for the pro controller, so I’ll give up and use the old controller with the charging grip for power.

>>105

Huh? Wasn’t the sale for the winners postponed?

Isn’t it still yet to come?

I’m worried that my beloved Vader3 Pro is still compatible.

As long as I can buy it before Animal Crossing comes out, I’m approaching the pre-order battle with a relaxed mindset.

>>110

If they sell it officially throughout this year, it seems like I could buy it.

But isn’t the number of releases on the launch day quite substantial? Didn’t they work really hard on this?

The software for 2 is overall quite pricey…

It’s hard to believe that there are 2 million people who have been continuing online for a year.

>>115

I thought you already knew that if you extract a summary from the database, the number of target individuals is in the millions, so I suggested tightening the conditions a bit more.

The company’s president’s statement that a significant number of people will be rejected the day before the announcement of the winners is a bit concerning.

>>139

It’s a suitable application barrier to normally screen out scalpers in the current situation.

Raising the application hurdle unnecessarily will only make it difficult for regular buyers who simply want to purchase.

The reason we couldn’t prepare enough is simply due to semiconductor procurement and factory capacity.

Preparing only 500,000 yen is quite significant.

Even if we estimate on the low side, the direct sales are about the same as the initial sales of the Switch.

It’s understandable to say that you have prepared several.

I think people were ridiculed for saying that when the switch2 was announced, 2.2 million people in Japan rushed to participate in the official reservation lottery.

The mouse operation feels very PC-like, but I wonder if I can also connect a keyboard.

Of course, peripheral devices can be bought at the store on the same day.

>>123

The Pro Controller 2 looks amazing!

Well, they’ll probably keep making it in the future, so even if it’s not possible this year, it should be widely available by this time next year.

>>124

If it’s like this just from the official online applications, considering the actual demand, it seems like it won’t be available for another two years.

It seems like the odds of winning in the next lottery will drop even more…

Even if I have a rough idea of the number of people, I wonder if I physically have the capacity to create such a ridiculous amount.

After the Golden Week, there will be an announcement of the first-year goals for Switch 2 during the financial results, so it seems that a rough estimate of the prepared numbers can be made there.

>>128

50 million units…!

>>128

Nintendo has been producing an incredible number of Switch 2s in this factory for customer satisfaction.

That number… 50 billion units.

The pro controller is fine even if it’s the old one.

It’s not something you should buy in a hurry.

It must be the highest first-week sales figure for a game console ever.

Does it go up to 2 million units worldwide?

>>130

At the point of Switch1, it probably surpassed 2.7 million units in the first week.

>>134

Actually, it will be a little cheaper.

Although it’s not as big as the PS5, each box is still ridiculously large.

It’s quite a task to store a million units in a warehouse.

>>135

Even if I manage to secure a million, I have to deliver it all on the release date.

No matter how much Nintendo tries, it’s impossible.

>>143

Even with the full use of the contracted delivery service, it’s absolutely impossible to have everything delivered within the same day…

Even with regular deliveries, they’re driving on the edge of violations every day.

>>135

Even if the box of Switch1 is the same size, stacking 2.2 million of them would surpass Mount Fuji.

If you think of it as 20,000 to improve accuracy… no, that’s still expensive.

To put it simply, the original Switch is also a multilingual version, but I didn’t feel any benefits from its multilingual support at all.

>>140

The biggest thing is that I can play overseas versions of games, but well, I don’t really play them…

It’s amazing to think that nearly half the people watching that Nintendo Direct won’t be able to play for a while.

First, the logistics…

I hope they continue the lottery once or twice a month for about six months even after the release date.

>>147

I’m quite curious about the third time.

It would be pretty good if we could ship it out at least once there.

>>150

The first time had a long preparation period, but after that, well, that’s just impossible.

It feels like a launch malika anticipating that it won’t reach everyone.

>>148

It’s the most sold and in-demand software on the Switch.

>>159

It’s just that being bundled with hardware can lead to that kind of growth.

This is the first Wii sold with accessories.

>>159

That once-in-a-lifetime monster that was always selling has become quieter after the second announcement, hasn’t it?

I wonder if the second round of the lottery release will reach us as well…

It’s an energy that challenges the limits of distribution as well as production.

>>149

I can’t help but think that this is almost all just cancellations…

Just by tens of thousands pouring in from here, the winning rate for the multilingual version drops significantly.

Next time, it will probably be about 50%.

>>151

Even at 50%, it’s overwhelmingly higher than the standard version or the Mario Kart set.

The secondary round is expected to have an even higher competition ratio, so it’s even more so.

It’s a bit strange that they’re saying Nintendo is being too lax, considering that it’s not something that should only be sold through official Nintendo channels, and there are so many people getting rejected in the official Nintendo lottery!

>>155

Well, we need to look at the whole picture there.

They’ve even issued a statement, and it seems pretty serious overall.

>>155

Well, they said to prepare a sufficient number.

There are statements about “meeting demand” with initial shipments in February, so it’s undeniable that there was a misunderstanding.

It’s just that I’m predicting around 500,000 units because it feels like a nice round number, but the actual figure might be much lower.

It’s a product that is double the price of the Switch in the first place.

In the first place, it’s not wrong to say that people who can buy foreign language versions are likely the ones who can also buy from resellers, so it might have been good that the winning rate was high.

It seems that since it was labeled as “the first” from the beginning, there were plans to divide it into several parts, and it can be expected that a reasonable number will be prepared for up to the second part.

I don’t know after that.

There are often anonymous people saying things like logistics and distribution, but even just with Yamato Transport, which is the current consignment partner of My Nintendo Store…

We handle 6 million deliveries per day.

Not only Yamato Transport, but if we increase the number of subcontractors with the industry leader Nippon Express and the second place Japan Post, we would have a lot more flexibility.

>>165

It feels like a veteran who can’t get the job done.

Honestly, even if I come on Thursday, I won’t be able to receive it, so I’ll have it delivered on my day off by adjusting the desired delivery date…

The main reason why 2.2 million people rushed to the official Nintendo lottery is likely that no retailers had started their lotteries at that point, and I think the odds will decrease from the second time onwards.

>>167

In the first place, the second lottery has no changes in conditions, so people who were not selected in the first lottery just slide in as they are.

Almost no one participates from the second lottery.

>>175

People who were too busy and forgot to apply…

>>178

I don’t think there would be even 10,000 people gathered like that.

If there is a Shine Post bundled version…

The Nintendo Direct was just too captivating.

Deltarune seems to be playable on a regular Switch, so I’ll use that to regain my sense of self for a while.

Even when I look at information related to switch2, I can’t help but think, “But I didn’t get selected…”

The biggest drawback might be that I’ve become unable to enjoy things honestly because I think I can’t do them anyway.

>>174

Don’t give up, you’ll win next time.

The transportation company doesn’t exist just to transport switch2.

I’ll make sure to increase many Taimi-san and do my best, so watch me!

>>182

I definitely won’t use it because it can be stolen.

>>188

There are discussions about how things might be problematic since Yamato is in charge of sorting at the center.

I’m also unlocking achievements on my iPhone.

>>182

Is Yamato okay?

>>191

If they don’t have any measures in place and troubles occur one after another, it will become hell with an influx of inquiries, so I think they are considering doing something.

It is likely that being robbed during delivery is one of the anticipated troubles.

>>191

It’s a company of useless cats, but

>>182

There are people who are grinding this down.

The incident where the picking staff stole an iPhone turned into the delivery person being accused of stealing it during delivery, and it made me laugh.

If it’s okay to neglect deliveries other than Switch2, then it should be manageable, but…

I wish they could pick it up at a nearby store.

In a normal job, a 20% increase would be manageable, but in transportation, a 20% increase becomes physically impossible to achieve.

Well, there are definitely thefts during transportation.

>>186

Well, this is Japan.

Well, it exists…

>>193

There have been unbelievable incidents abroad where trucks loaded with unreleased video games were shot at and the games were released into the black market!

We can do it at our company!

The second round is likely to increase the attention on Nakamura’s results.

>>189

But Yuichi Nakamura’s memory has been erased…

>>194

Yuichi Nakamura is perplexed by the mysterious winning or losing email he received.

>>194

A Mr. Nikumura with amnesia might just become a filthy middle-aged man.

I think the number of people who want it, seeing the commotion and feeling like it’s a festival, will increase to some extent.

There are too many people shouting that Nintendo isn’t thinking at all without considering anything…

>>192

At least for the portion we’ve produced ourselves, it’s no surprise that we’re taking risks and expecting 500,000 units.

>>197

They say they are preparing 500,000 units just for official online sales, which could lead to a significant deficit in their financial results…

It’s probably something like shipping adult goods where you can’t tell what’s inside, right?

>>202

Even though Pokémon cards were targeted so much, it’s a box that you can tell is Pokémon just by looking at it.

It’s at the same level as saying that delivery staff steal or should be arrested.

If it’s the size of an iPhone, that’s one thing, but isn’t a Switch’s individual box too big to hide?

Taiyumi is one thing, but…

It’s understandable if the Switch delivery and the packages before and after are a bit delayed.

Even if there is theft, the insurance will probably just cover the cost of the main unit, so I’m not sure if they will implement thorough measures.