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Is anyone else waiting for Japanese Nintendo Switch preorders?
- Thread starter Dremorak
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Lord Ghirahim
Member
Has anyone here managed to complete their orders with a non-Japanese card?
Dr.Tentacle
Member
goddamnit rest of japan, dont you have jobs to do or something lol. Stop accessing the page and let me in
I won't let you in !!!!
JohnTinker
Limbaugh Parrot
Wish I had done the math to realize the conversion price from Yen to USD right now makes the Switch about $265 in Japan right now..
You were the last one to arrive to thispartybloodbath and the first one to get an order in. Lucky!
I guess this also confirms they accept foreign cards.
Yeah they took it no problem. Set up a tenso account (first time, hope it goes ok).
Always a chance it gets cancelled later. :/ Who knows?
US card here, went through with no issues. I used the same card on the 3DS eshop on my japanese 3DS also with no issues.
Naked Snake
Member
Some of you need this playing in the background to chill out, jeebus
Lord Ghirahim
Member
No, for the perfect My Nintendo Store shopping experience you need to play this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8avMLHvLwRQ
and become homicidal
Naked Snake
Member
Lord Ghirahim
Member
I guess there are sewing machines that can """print""" simple line drawings?
Naked Snake
Member
Or photoshop.
Dont question the chosen one
Someone already animated it
edit: Someone make the "The My Nintendo Store Error Godzilla has developed quite the fan art following" thread.
edit: Someone make the "The My Nintendo Store Error Godzilla has developed quite the fan art following" thread.
Shit. I wonder how much it would cost to ship with tenso to USA...
Naked Snake
Member
lol
It's more like $285 when you factor in Japanese consumption tax (8%).
Lord Ghirahim
Member
Looking bad atm, none of my tabs have loaded anything in a while.
Naked Snake
Member
It's gonna be sold out by the time we get in.
And dont forget power. It might just require a basic plug adaptor, i mean it is a portable so thats what id expect, but there is a chance youll need a transformer.
At that point it might just be better to buy locally.
I give up, my eyes are hurting >_<.
Gonna let my page tracker run in the background so I know when the store front is accessible again. Even if I get a page to load, I need to enter my address, add three items and then check out. It's not gonna happen as long as the site is this unstable =/.
Gonna let my page tracker run in the background so I know when the store front is accessible again. Even if I get a page to load, I need to enter my address, add three items and then check out. It's not gonna happen as long as the site is this unstable =/.
Naked Snake
Member
According to the FCC filing it's a dual voltage, so no transformer needed (heck even Wii U didn't need one).
In my case though I live in the middle east so can't buy it locally, and shipping costs the same from anywhere. So it makes Japan my cheapest option by a large margin, especially compared to getting it from Europe.
Also the warranty, that will be a pain considering that it's a 1st gen production model. It will be difficult to have it fix if you are outside Japan.
Lord Ghirahim
Member
Haven't been able to register my card and address yet, but the cart seems to be safe...
I imagine NoA will take care of it
Lord Ghirahim
Member
I think it's time for my second can of coffee.
I don't think Nintendo has worldwide warranty, I could be wrong or they might've changed it or might change it.
Lord Ghirahim
Member
They'd fix it or offer to replace it for a fee probably.
Phenomenal Flea
Member
Yeah, this site is driving me insane. I've been trying all day, too, and every time I step away from the computer, I dread it's going to be the moment that the site starts working perfectly. I'm amazed some of you even got as far as to entering details or putting items in your cart, and even completing check out! :O All I've ever had is error screens all day. ;-;
Lord Ghirahim
Member
So fucking tired.
Naked Snake
Member
I stepped away from my computer long ago, had a meal and now listening to a podcast while laying on bed... But I keep checking this thread and the site every 5 minutes or so, and feel glad to see that I haven't missed anything
What I'm trying to say is: use your phone to get away from the computer, but stay within reasonable distance so you can dart back in the unlikely case that the site starts working
At least it's bringing in some creative stuff
https://twitter.com/8828yumugi/status/823388425101275136
https://twitter.com/Darmstadtium5/status/823390185421316096
Naked Snake
Member
Hahaha. I don't care what some of you grinches say, today has been a good day, thanks in part to our favorite cute Godzilla.
Nintendo should make a game around this character.
Naked Snake
Member
Raaawrrrrr
Lord Ghirahim
Member
Has anyone made any progress refreshing https://store.nintendo.co.jp/cart_seisan.html ?
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Why yall doing this? 🤓
target cancelled my preorder, I want zelda master edition and a pro controller and colored straps, tenso is super easy to use, weak yen, etc
Naked Snake
Member
Because:
1. This store has the Switch console and Zelda with exclusive customization options and extras not available anywhere else
2. Some of us live in Japan
3. Some of us would like to import from Japan (either because it's cheapest, and/or the only currently available option, and/or reason 1.)
And we've been held hostage by a lizard for 6 or 7 hours now