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Is anyone else waiting for Japanese Nintendo Switch preorders?

Today's odyssey (...) was probably the most effort I've ever put into acquiring a few pieces of plastic. BotW had better be game of the decade. Here's my loot, posters included.

Congrats to the lucky minority, and my condolences to everyone else who wasted their time for nothing. I'm keeping an eye on the site because there's a few more things I need but I won't be going HAM.
Congrats! :D. We have the same order total, though I went with 2x Neon Red Joy-Cons and 2x Black straps and my carrying case is red instead of blue.

Not looking forward to this month's credit card bill lol.
 
Managed to sneak in my order earlier this afternoon! Even came with the limited edition poster pack. Looking forward to playing Zelda on release day. (I just wish it came with that super-slick Sheikah Slate carrying case...)
 
Congrats! :D. We have the same order total, though I went with 2x Neon Red Joy-Cons and 2x Black straps and my carrying case is red instead of blue.

Not looking forward to this month's credit card bill lol.

Yeah, the bill will be something. I'm just really thankful I won't have to buy from a scalper.

Managed to sneak in my order earlier this afternoon! Even came with the limited edition poster pack. Looking forward to playing Zelda on release day. (I just wish it came with that super-slick Sheikah Slate carrying case...)

I really want that case too. I hope they put it up for sale later.

I am still refreshing the website madly to no avail. Apparently I don't deserve one.

This is driving me insane.

The site is a mess at the moment, your best chance is the second after they've completed maintenance. Whenever that is.
 
I am the same, still seeing nothing but Godzilla wrecking Kyoto.
I have been refreshing most of the day while at work, and now again at home. Hope it works soon.
 
Man, this is way worse than the Yodobashi crash. At least there you could see the goodies but all I see here is Godzilla smiling smugly at poor us :'(
 
Okay, it doesn't look like Nintendo is planning to let me see what's inside my cart tonight, so I'll just leave it refreshing itself every minute and hopefully stop it from getting cleared. Goodnight.
 
Boy am I glad I didn't stay up on the chance I could land a Switch preorder, site's still displaying Godzilla for me and nothing else.

Congratulations to those who managed to get through and purchase what they wanted!
 
Managed to sneak in my order earlier this afternoon! Even came with the limited edition poster pack. Looking forward to playing Zelda on release day. (I just wish it came with that super-slick Sheikah Slate carrying case...)

You mean postcards?

I set an autorefresher to 2 seconds each and got in only a few minutes later. Purchased a sword, but had to pay 500 yen shipping because you cant add any other items to it..I wanted one of the blue exclusive pouches!

If your card bounces, call customer support in case fraud protection blocks it.
 
You mean postcards?

I set an autorefresher to 2 seconds each and got in only a few minutes later. Purchased a sword, but had to pay 500 yen shipping because you cant add any other items to it..I wanted one of the blue exclusive pouches!

If your card bounces, call customer support in case fraud protection blocks it.

If you order the Switch + a Game, you can get a calendar poster set (this one).
 
Been refreshing irregularly during the whole day at work and now using auto refresh notification. Hope I can get an order in. One thing I notice is the menu bar on the left no longer has the credit card details option. Is the site still under maintenance?
 
You can still pre-order the Limited Edition from Amazon JP.

Only the Valentia Complete is exclusive to My Nintendo Store.

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/ajjj/products/index.html

The difference between that one and the LE is that Valentia Complete also includes a Fire Emblem Cipher card of Celica, an artbook and a Fire Emblem HD Movie Collection.

I should have specified that that's the LE that I'm after for Echoes, the Valentia Complete edition.

Man, this is prime time ridiculous, I can't believe I haven't managed to get this page to load even a single page after a whole day. This bodes ill for the rest of the releases they plan to release over here in Japan. I can't believe I'd see the day I'd rather deal with preorder bullshit in America over Japan, but here we are.
 
Argh!! I got to the last page and pressed the confirm order button and it became error page again... A short while later this message popped up in the error page. I'm not sure if my order got through, waiting for the email from Nintendo if possible.

アクセス集中によりご迷惑をおかけし、申し訳ありません。
発売日お届け分の「Nintendo Switchカスタマイズ本体」の予約受け付けは終了しました。
今後の予約再開時期については、後日ご案内します。

We apologize for any inconvenience caused by access concentration.
Reservation acceptance of "Nintendo Switch Customized Body" for Release Date Delivered has ended.
We will inform you about the timing of reservation resumption in the future at a later date.

tldr: Guess preorders ended today, there will be another round TBA.
 
12 hours after and I still not able to load any page.

Later on I will try at least try to add my address and creditcard information.
 
Looks like first shipment of customized Switches has sold out.

Next time they open pre-orders again for the Switch console, you won't get it on release date anymore.

Rip
 
Wow, so the site has been shitty for all 14~ hours it's been "up"? Sorry to hear that everyone. I was mad enough when it took 4~ hours to order what i wanted.
 
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welp

its ok. I just clicked the button for 16 hours.

nbd


nbd
 
Customizable Nintendo Switch Set for launch day delivery sold out:

アクセス集中によりご迷惑をおかけし、申し訳ありません。
発売日お届け分の「Nintendo Switchカスタマイズ本体」の予約受け付けは終了しました。
今後の予約再開時期については、後日ご案内します。
 
Looks like Amazon reduced the prices for all the Switch Software, think I will buy another game now.

I preordered The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with the reduced prices. It's definitely nice to get LoZ: BotW for ~$60 and MK8D for ~$52 after shipping.

The Switch Pro Controller also dropped a bit in price too for those looking to pick it up. Bomberman's still essentially MSRP though.
 
Pre-ordered 1-2-Switch on amazon after the price drop... Can always cancel if I change my mind but it might just be a fun game to play here with friends, since I live in a dorm. ~4000 yen isn't so bad.

Wish Bomberman was cheaper though :(.
 
I managed to get back into the store, but apparently my order never went through. :(
Went to key in my shipping address details and prepare for the next preorder round. The extra time wasted keying in these information earlier meant chances the order won't get confirmed. Fingers crossed the next Switch preorder won't be long now.

Yup...first batch preorders sold out.
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Finally managed to get into the site after waking up, and decided to check my Tenso account, make sure everything's fine before ordering anything, and found out they can't/won't ship li-ion batteries anymore. Does that affect the Switch and other handhelds, or is it limited to chargers and the like?

Edit: Just read through it more, things with batteries built in can be shipped, just not batteries on their own.
 
Yep, it was charged immediately.

Cheers for the heads up. If that's the case then I wouldn't have been able to afford the console even if the store hadn't been down all day anyway. Looks like I''ll be scouring my local Geo stores for one on launch day.

Was hoping to pick up the Zelda LE withe the sword but having just managed to get access to the software page it would appear that it is now sold out. Standard edition it is then.
 
Argh!! I got to the last page and pressed the confirm order button and it became error page again... A short while later this message popped up in the error page. I'm not sure if my order got through, waiting for the email from Nintendo if possible.

アクセス集中によりご迷惑をおかけし、申し訳ありません。
発売日お届け分の「Nintendo Switchカスタマイズ本体」の予約受け付けは終了しました。
今後の予約再開時期については、後日ご案内します。

We apologize for any inconvenience caused by access concentration.
Reservation acceptance of "Nintendo Switch Customized Body" for Release Date Delivered has ended.
We will inform you about the timing of reservation resumption in the future at a later date.

tldr: Guess preorders ended today, there will be another round TBA.

Same thing happened to me... I swore so hard at the screen after spending that time filling details etc haha THIS close!!! THIS CLOSE!!!
 
Same thing happened to me... I swore so hard at the screen after spending that time filling details etc haha THIS close!!! THIS CLOSE!!!

The site was working for me today (although everything I wanted was sold out), but now suddenly it won't show me anything anymore and I get the:

"We apologize for any inconvenience caused by access concentration. Reservation acceptance of "Nintendo Switch Customized Body" for Release Date Delivered has ended. We will inform you about the timing of future reservation resumption at a later date."

Message on every page. Even on my address, customer info and wish list pages...
 
The site was working for me today (although everything I wanted was sold out), but now suddenly it won't show me anything anymore and I get the:

"We apologize for any inconvenience caused by access concentration. Reservation acceptance of "Nintendo Switch Customized Body" for Release Date Delivered has ended. We will inform you about the timing of future reservation resumption at a later date."

Message on every page. Even on my address, customer info and wish list pages...

The site is currently working in Chrome for me. Like half the time.
It's not working in Firefox. At all.
 
The site was working for me today (although everything I wanted was sold out), but now suddenly it won't show me anything anymore and I get the:

"We apologize for any inconvenience caused by access concentration. Reservation acceptance of "Nintendo Switch Customized Body" for Release Date Delivered has ended. We will inform you about the timing of future reservation resumption at a later date."

Message on every page. Even on my address, customer info and wish list pages...

i think its just everybody else that gave up yesterday and have come today for another chance!

Bad news guys~
 
It's possible Nintendo is saving their bandwidth for me to thank me for spending my food money on their toys.

Delicious neon red and blue toys

I feel like Nintendo struck a deal with the devil to get those colors. They are hypnotically attractive. The last time I ever bought or even considered a colored electronic device was the GBA SP, and ever since then I scoffed at anything other than plain black or grey... but these Neon Switch colors, I don't know man, black magic I tell ya.
 
Why are you guys buying from Japan when there is no more region locking? (Except those of you living there of course).
 
Why are you guys buying from Japan when there is no more region locking? (Except those of you living there of course).

Switch is not releasing in my country, and importing from Japan is the cheapest than from anywhere else. Here is how much a Switch costs (and converted to my local currency--Jordanian Dinar) from these sites:


Amazon Japan --- YEN 32,378 --- JOD 203.8
Amazon France --- EUR 314,00 --- JOD 239.74
Amazon Spain --- EUR 319,00 --- JOD 243.56
Amazon UK --- £279.99 --- JOD 249.02
Amazon US --- $326.61 --- JOD 249.35

I have forwarding addresses in all these countries and shipping to me costs the same. Traditionally I always bought from the US because it was always the cheapest, but it's bizzare that with the Switch USA is actually the most expensive option!

And the fact that there is no more region locking makes buying from Japan more attractive, not less :P
 
Switch is not releasing in my country, and importing from Japan is the cheapest than from anywhere else. Here is how much a Switch costs (and converted to my local currency--Jordanian Dinar) from these sites:


Amazon Japan --- YEN 32,378 --- JOD 203.8
Amazon France --- EUR 314,00 --- JOD 239.74
Amazon Spain --- EUR 319,00 --- JOD 243.56
Amazon UK --- £279.99 --- JOD 249.02
Amazon US --- $326.61 --- JOD 249.35

I have forwarding addresses in all these countries and shipping to me costs the same. Traditionally I always bought from the US because it was always the cheapest, but it's bizzare that with the Switch USA is actually the most expensive option!

And the fact that there is no more region locking makes buying from Japan more attractive, not less :P

Well alright then. Definitely justified. I can't believe the Switch isnt cheaper in the US.
 
I have never refreshed a page more times in my life and I got nothing but Mr. Copyzilla. It's completely amazing that the store is totally empty now. Don't they want to sell games at least?

Amazon Japan already has a digital store up for the Switch. It only has 3 games at the moment, but they are offering 10% discount on digital (retail is still cheaper with 14% discount). At least, you get the digital game earlier.
 
The cool shit.

The bad thing is that it sets a precedent. You get the regular version of a game pretty much everywhere, then you get a limited edition at most big retailers which has some good stuff, then you get an ultimate version which contains the limited edition one plus some more cool shit exclusively at the nintendo store (if it's up).
 
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