TOKYO — Eager customers lined up outside electronics stores in Tokyo hours in advance to collect their pre-ordered Nintendo Switch 2 video game consoles.

What You Need To Know • Eager customers have lined up outside electronics stores hours in advance in Tokyo to collect Nintendo's much-anticipated Switch 2 video game consoles • The Switch 2 is an upgrade to its eight-year-old predecessor, with new social features meant to draw players into online gaming • The new consoles were sold through a competitive lottery system that Nintendo said got about 2.2 million applications in Japan alone • Outside the official draw, some retailers offered their own lottery to pre-order the devices

The much-anticipated Switch 2, being released around the world Thursday, is an upgrade to its eight-y

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