After a long wait filled with leaks, reveals, preorder stress, and hands-on events, the Nintendo Switch 2’s launch day has finally arrived around the world, including launch events at retailers like Walmart, GameStop, Best Buy, and Target.

The Switch 2 has a very long way to go before it can become a contender for Nintendo's best-selling game console of all time, but it's off to a hot start.

A bunch of Switch 2s swirl in a circle.Nearly a decade after the original Switch came out, and following years of fans’ pining for a major upgrade to Nintendo’s wildly popular portable gaming platform,