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This Saturday, pre-orders for the Classic Mini Super Famicom kicked off in Japan. At stores in Tokyo and Osaka, fans showed up in droves.
The Classic Mini Super Famicom comes packed with 21 games, including the never released Star Fox 2.
横浜ヨドバシ着 スーパーファミコンミニ予約待機列
現在ざっと見て40人前後 pic.twitter.com/q9LIZXh6kT— Tonkye (@ponponchin) September 15, 2017
There were lines at stores across the country. At 5:30am on Sunday morning, there were already forty or so people lined up at the Yodobashi Camera in Yokohama.
梅田ヨドバシ なんじゃ!あの列は!?
と思ったらミニスーパーファミコンの予約受付の列か… pic.twitter.com/DrBfeJ3Ss8— バブ (@Bub_Dead) September 15, 2017
Pre-orders drew a long line at the Yodobashi Camera in Osaka’s Umeda.
ヨドバシ梅田ニンテンドークラシックミニスーパーファミコン待機列。6時30分時点で3列目形成で227人です。 pic.twitter.com/nh9YJQQRjd
— 生活保護受太郎 (@nihonyunito) September 15, 2017
By 6:30am, there were 227 people lined up.
雨の中、ヨドバシ前長蛇の列。笑
ファミコンとあいぽんのダブルコンボだよね~ヨドバシスタッフおつ~。 pic.twitter.com/It7q854wQK— みんみ@関西ばーじょん (@min_oooosk) September 16, 2017
It was a rainy morning that day in Osaka.
ヨドバシ梅田のニンテンドークラシックミニ スーパーファミコンの予約の為に既に30人くらい並んでます。#ニンテンドークラシックミニ スーパーファミコン#ミニスーパーファミコン#ヨドバシ梅田 pic.twitter.com/53R1qQ2eQx
— しんちゃん (@serotomato) September 15, 2017
Some people even camped out.
川崎ヨドバシにて、ファミコンミニ?という奴の予約受付列らしい。
300人くらい並んでて怖い pic.twitter.com/kBETyb5jha— 白葛葉@二桁目指してDDR‼︎ (@sirokuzuha) September 15, 2017
In Kawasaki, around 300 people were in line at approximately 8:20am.
I’m at the Yodobashi Camera in Akiba waiting in line to reserve my Super Famicom Mini….and there are already well over 500 people here. pic.twitter.com/d2EP1n12FE
— Kyle McLain (@FarmboyinJapan) September 15, 2017
Maybe the longest line was in Akihabara.
ヨドバシAkiba、10月5日(木)発売「ニンテンドークラシックミニ スーパーファミコン」の予約受付開始時に約800人くらい。最後尾は建物を囲み裏側の昭和通りまで伸びていた(※ニンテンドースイッチの予約開始時と比べ二倍以上の人数) pic.twitter.com/VQ2YPr6dOt
— ツルミロボ (@kaztsu) September 16, 2017
According to Twitter user Kaztsu, the line at the Yodobashi Camera in Akihabara reached around 800-people long.
後ろはようわからんけど
並び1000人くらいになっているかも
なめてた
あぶねええええニンテンドークラシックミニ
スーパファミコン版 pic.twitter.com/XOS9KTh93u— な (@naoman53) September 15, 2017
Or maybe it was Yodobashi Camera at Shinjuku’s West Entrance, which according to this Twitter user might have seen as many as 1,000 people line up.
9時から予約開始だけど並びが多い+色々記載したりして終わるの一時間後の
10時ぐらい(笑)
今日は予約だけですよ‼︎
尚10月5日(木)発売7,980円
ネットは瞬殺だろうニンテンドークラシックミニ
スーパファミコン版 pic.twitter.com/BPAC5jzSgT— な (@naoman53) September 16, 2017
But the cut-off point was the 400th person in line.
スーパーファミコンミニの予約列に並んでます。
今の所16人。流石田舎だな(^o^;) pic.twitter.com/yGMDbbMHAT— 凶暴パンツ@変態紳士 (@kyouboupant) September 16, 2017
Some people even lined up in rural parts of Japan. The lines, however, were much smaller. Here, sixteen people waited for pre-orders.
While I’m certain that there were some stores were getting a pre-order was easy, at many of the biggest retailers, that was not the case.
9分くらいで…!(((゚д゚))) pic.twitter.com/NuwLNeL2ac
— ユニ (@univoice) September 16, 2017
If you are wondering why people lined up, Famicom Mini shortages are probably one reason. Another is that online pre-orders for some sites also went quick — in a matter of minutes.
Below are more photos of lines:
ヨドバシのミニスーパーファミコンの列?やばい( ‘ω’ っ )3 pic.twitter.com/HHkLlag3Pi
— みゅう@durandal (@Myu_kaka) September 15, 2017
開店30分前の新宿のヨドバシカメラ。スーパーファミコンミニ待機列。 pic.twitter.com/UzOQyCdAM6
— 真っ昼間の女 (@mappiruma_onna) September 16, 2017
ミニスーパーファミコンの予約?が長蛇の列 pic.twitter.com/hEO832kamg
— さだ (@newhang77) September 16, 2017
京都ヨドバシでミニスーファミの予約待機 pic.twitter.com/jpOn8DbJQp
— 隆介@3d+4 (@ryuusuke_same) September 16, 2017
スーファミの予約だけで列できるのか pic.twitter.com/eJo9i0jAxg
— ノリスケおじさん (@kiyonori21) September 16, 2017
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