Ocarina of Time Draws 500 Fans for Switch 2 Launch — SkimNews
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- Ocarina of Time was released at midnight as a lavish 4K Switch 2 remake of the 1998 N64 game, drawing a queue of about 500 fans to Argos on Oxford Street.
- Nintendo had comparable launch events running from Melbourne to Mexico City, with senior executives waiting at the tills at key locations.
- Ocarina of Time launch attendees were promised the game, a limited ocarina-shaped keyring and an exclusive replica of the original 1998 N64 box.
- London’s Zelda queue stretched around a corner when the author arrived at 22:45 and was still a long way from the till at midnight; by 2 a.m., progress had stopped as the store prepared to close.
- Argos staff said every queuer would receive the exclusive box even if stock ran out, with missing units sent by post; hundreds still had to leave their details.
- Nintendo France took no details and made no promise to post boxes for the similarly enormous Paris queue, leaving one attendee with nothing.
Why it matters: For Argos, the roughly 500-person crowd made a midnight release a fulfillment test: after promising every London queuer an exclusive replica box, the store still had hundreds submit addresses after 2 a.m. In Paris, Nintendo France collected no details and offered no posted-box remedy, so one attendee left with nothing.
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