MINOT, ND (KXNET) — Gamers across the country have been flocking to stores following the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 — even here in North Dakota.

Video game stores throughout the state have seen a new wave of customers since the gaming system was released on Thursday. Nintendo's first new console in over eight years retails at $449.99.

Employees at a local Minot Best Buy say this week's release is the biggest one in quite some time.

"It's a big deal, because we haven't really had a console launch since really before COVID happened," Best Buy Minot General Manager Zach Long said. "I started as a gaming specialist at Best Buy in 2011. Seeing it come back to what it was fifteen years ago was, it was pretty fun."

While the demand for these consoles is higher than ever before, local Bes

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