"It's my secret Walmart" apparently it's a SECRET TO EVERYBODY!

A lot of my friends scoffed at me. Told me that I could easily make my own with a raspberry pi. It's a glorified emulater, why would you wait in line for 3 hours for that? Because my experience was exactly like yours. The line wait was the fun. We live in a world of instant gratification where nobody has to wait for anything to the point where people are unwilling to even bother. You want music? Stream it. You want to watch a movie? Stream it. You hungry? DoorDash it. All the while missing out on the minute interactions between other people and your environment. It's not just about the thing. It's about sharing a moment with other like minded human beings. It's Nintendo, and it's about fun.

My local Walmart did a midnight release. We waited inside for it. I was 9th in line out of 28. Waited 3 hours. So happy! Every game is a win!

I got really lucky but also kicked my own ass haha. I've never camped out for anything before but I was not going to be left out on this one, so I went to my local Best Buy last night at 9:30pm. I was the only one hanging out playing my Switch for hours. Eventually some people came and they were all super cool. The guy right behind me, held my spot, so I could warm up in my car, and take a small half hour nap. That was really awesome of him. Eventually at around 6am, there was a huge line, and I felt really excited that I was first. They let us in at 7 am and I got mine, came home, and fell asleep for a few hours. Glad I requested the day off now!

I ended up getting 4. No I am not a reseller, but I picked up more to help family/friends. I had a Best Buy preorder that arrived on Thursday, which is the one I'm going to keep for personal use and went to WalMart at 4pm on Thursday and waited 8 hours till the system released. People in line were excited and it was a good turn out. I then went home, slept for 2 hours, and went back out to Target at 2:30 am until they opened up at 8. They had 53 units there, and WalMart only had 24, and then finally, I got home and noticed the military exchange had these on there and I ordered one from there. Great day for me! I love the Super Nintendo!

Man, I just gotta say that your story mirrored my experience this morning, even down to the 3:30 fever dream about EB and Wal Mart! I woke up and was like "wait a minute! Wal Mart opens at 7! I'm going!!!! The only difference was I was 6th in my line up lol! Yeah I had an awesome time at the launch, hanging out with like minded people talking about games and sharing memories! It was a real blast!

I had great success this morning. They had about 50 at my local Target and there were 33 in line.

I have to give props to my wonderful mom for picking up an SNES Classic for me. I was on a cruise last week with my girlfriend, and I didn't have the chance to buy one in person. I thought I was going to miss out like I did with the NES Classic, but my mom got up to her local Target at 6:00am to wait in line for one. She actually said it was a fun experience despite having to show up two hours before the store opened. She was fifth in line, and she said everyone around her was having fun, talking video games, and was just being pleasant to be around. After 45 minutes of waiting, a Target employee came out and passed out vouchers to everyone in line which reserved one console per custom. This allowed everyone to go home and come back to pick up their console between 8:00-8:30am before the remaining consoles would be released to the public. Target had 8 left over after all the "ticketed" units were sold, so it wasn't a horrible stock level for that store. Anyways, I'm excited I got one, and I have to thank my mom for doing such an amazing thing for me. The SNES was my childhood, so I'm happy I'll get to relive a lot of these wonderful games in HD!

Found one today! Gamestop of all places. I’m so excited, it’s been challenging focusing on one game thus far!

I did the March 3rd Switch line at ToysRUs and really enjoyed conversing with all 10 other people who made it in time for the initial release. For most of us it was all about getting to play Breath, but the SNES Classic is much more about all the roots that really still make retro gaming a huge past time and fill a lot of us with sweet memories. Glad you got one and had such a pleasure being in that line with so many like-minded souls. That energy is so important to us aging gamers. I am excited about getting an SNES classic sometime in the next month.

Happy console game... Your story matches my story I hit walmart at 5:55 am doors opened Up at 6 am...i was number 34 they had 39 systems...and the people were so Happy and friendly...im just outside Of Detroit Michigan..anyway...i felt Like i won a shit ton of money..i got there At 5:55 and got one...i was in total shock.. Then i hit toysrus at 9:15am doors open at 10am..i was number 19...they had 60 systems Everyone in line got one.....im giving my second Snes mini to a 8 year old boy...hes never played The snes in his life...he will be happy Im so excited i got one for this little boy.. Ive been playing video games since ive been 6 years old...im now 44...the nes and snes are My childhood and teenagehood...great video Happy console gamer...love your story... Take care bro....

Hey Johnny. I got one this morning as well. I got to Best Buy around 7:00am - my location wasn't doing a midnight release, but when I got there I was about 7th or 8th in line. It wasn't a couple of minutes later that this guy pulled up towards the line in his truck to talk to the guy next to me in line. He said that Target had 36 in stock and they were handing out tickets. So without hesitation I got in my car and drove across the parking lot to Target, got my ticket. It was also really orderly, not 1 problem. They did run out of tickets not too long after I got mine, it seems the entire Best Buy line migrated to Target, lol. Most people in my line seemed interested in scalping, they were talking about how excited they were that it was going for 180 dollars - they had no love or nostalgia for it. But, I got it and it's awesome. Big fan of the show.

Had a similar experience to you. Walmart that just opened less than 2 years ago, went there around 615AM and the lineup was obviously started already. Got in line and Walmart came and gave me my ticket, 36/46. Talked to the people around me about SNES/Nintendo/Retro gaming and it was a very pleasant experience! Might be a Canadian thing for sure. The line finally filled up and the last ticket handed out around 645AM, and the let us inside to lineup at the tills for the 7AM start (it's was rather windy here in the prairies so was a bit cold). I was surprised because there were no obvious scalpers either. I was expecting families with all their kids that each wanted one but there was none of that. It was mostly age 25-35 demographic people that all seemed to be fans of the system from their childhood. Got my system, which makes me happy after missing the NES Classic, and my BIL got one this morning from Amazon! Much better handled from Nintendo for sure and can't say enough about how Walmart handled it all - although it was a similar experience I had back in the day for the Wii launch (also from Walmart).

I'm in Michigan. I was planning on going to Toys R Us. I went to Meijer. If you don't know what Meijer is, it's like Wal Mart. They're not really known for selling video games. It's mainly known for groceries, but you can get toys, clothes, automobile equipment, etc. They had a paper saying they had 14 units. I saw the line and there was only 1 guy. So I went back home to feed my pets. Got bottles of water. Went back. I came back and landed 5th in line. I got a chair from the furniture section (LOL) and some fried chicken from the restraunt. After that, I did not budge. Eventually I had to give up the chair for a generic steel chair, but I still stayed in my spot. I got my SNES classic and I'm happy. Meijer didn't hand out tickets, it was first come, first serve and only 1 per person. And the reason for no tickets is because the manager didn't want people to lose them because he "worked in retail long enough". I personally wouldn't have it any other way. I don't plan on scalping mine. And I refuse to pay for anything more than retail price. I missed out on the NES classic because I didn't think it as going to be such a hot item. But I knew better this time.

I was number 14 at my Walmart. Met some cool people too. They even let us use the chairs from the furniture aisle while we lined up near the electronics section. People were playing ARMS and Mario Kart 8. I worked on a run through Metroid: Samus Returns. It was great.

This morning I woke up and was planning on going to Toys R Us to try to get SNES classic, I thought it would be less busy. But on my way there I remembered that Best Buy was like 10 minutes away from opening so I felt like stopping in. I was number 74 to get an SNES classic, they had 120 at the store for people who didn't pre-order. The experience was great because of all the people gathered together for the love of video game nostalgia. It is amazing, the snes is my favorite console and it will live on in HD❤

I was so prepared for this day. I knew the best buy on granville would have a lot in stock. I was #23 and 125 units, the line up was huge. I slept at my school(VFS) to wake up at 6 AM because it was in downtown to get this thing. So worth it with this being my first ever game console.

I live in Vegas and every store was sold out in 10 minutes. I was devastated so I went to ebay I paid double, 183 in total but my life is complete now. This winter will be full of nostalgia n joy!

I had a great time getting my SNES mini. The lineup had about 30-40 people in it when I showed up at 6:30 am and everybody was really enthusiastic. I don't think anyone was there to re-sell it. I think pretty much everyone that lined up got one and the folks at EB were well organized and awesome. As for the product, I am very happy with it. The controllers are perfect and the lineup is stacked!

I'm from Sweden and I pre-ordered mine online, from just a common Swedish electronics retailer, and I was able to get my SNES Classic with no hassle whatsoever. I was afraid this would turn into yet another NES Classic experience (I was unable to get my hands on that one), so I was really thrilled that things went so smoothly this time! I love the SNES Classic! The design on it is just gorgeous (especially the PAL version, which in all fairness looks better than the US version..), the line-up of games is just stellar and it just feels so good to be able to just pick up and play all these great games! I just have a constant smile on my face as I relive all these memories from my teenage years. Tremendous! Sure, there are a few omissions as far as the games go, but all in all I feel that the SNES line-up of games is even better that the NES Classic, despite the fact that there's fewer games. Quality over quantity, it's as simple as that. SNES Classic, love it!!

I went to the only retailer that did NOT do preorders, Toy's 'R Us. The store opens at 9, but I arrived at 7. I was the first one there and almost froze to death. I was alone until about 8AM, and as the hour progressed, more and more people showed up. The store gracefully had a sign out front that said that they had 42 in stock to sell, so i just had to stay warm and wait for the door to open. A worker came out and handed out tickets at about 8:50. There were maybe 20 people in line there by that time. Everyone was cool and talking about the games and past experiences with waiting in lines. Overall, this was a much better experience than the NES classic where everyone was left in the dark. As i walked out, i noticed several guys running into the store and i told them that they had at least 20+ left. Toys 'R Us was the real MVP this time.

I'm still in shock that I was able to get one. Seriously had a tear. Snes was my first console. I'm very happy you were able to get one Johnny. Long live Nintendo!

I'm glad you got it bro!

I got one too! 7th in line at Gamestop. Only had to wait 1/2 hour. Totally worth it.

I was also number 12 in line but I was in line at 2h30 in the morning!!! Have to wait 4 hours 30 min before getting tickets... and be back at 9h00 for getting this baby! It was also a very great experience, waiting with wonderful people, great fun, a girl put down on the floor a bluethooth speaker and music play for 4 hours...it was so great! Next lineup for N64 mini...i will be in line at 2h30 again!!!

I'm in ON and I went to Walmart because it was the closest store to my office (had to work that day). Woke up 5:30am, went to McDonald's to get takeout, and arrived at the store just before 6:30am. According to the ticket they handed me I was 29th in line and they had 48 units. Was a really nice experience standing in line eating breakfast and talking to the people there. Some were talking about their NES mini horror stories at this same store previously. Rumour was that the people at the front of the line had been there since 11pm the previous night. And it was COLD out (like 7 degrees C) with high chance of rain. I busted out my ski jacket to be safe and was nice and toasty with a hot coffee. Store opened at 7am, lined up to pay, and was out of there by 7:40am, just in time to go work. That was the longest day just waiting to get home and boot that sucker up. Totally worth it! =)

I was pleasantly suprised that I was able to score one. Walked into my local Target in Kansas City at 9 am. No lines, two other people in line buying one. Both said they took off work today just for this event. So cool to hear your positive experience this morning !

Rolled up to a local Target 5 minutes before they opened. There was already a line, but they had plenty of systems. I'm guessing around 40-50. Easy peasy. So pumped about Star Fox 2!

I waited at a Best Buy in NH at 5am and was #4 in que. I got my ticket and was able to then que up at Toys R Us for a second one. The Toys R Us que was awesome: one fella bought doughnuts for everyone and the staff was there taking photos and asking us about Nintendo, the SNES, and everyone's first console memories. I missed that. After working in the industry for a decade and quitting in disgust in 2014, I had forgotten about how much joy games bring to gamers and fans. There was even a father, mother, and son (~8 years old or so) that queued up together to get the SNES Classic - a family that games together, stays together.

It was a similar experience here in the States. People were awesome, our Target had 60 or so. I bumped into a guy walking out with one. Our store opens at 8 I got there at 8:35 AM, they still had 30-40 units left. The guy I passed said don't worry they have plenty, no lines no hassel. Then on my way out I passed a guy who said the same thing I said. I said "don't worry they have plenty". Great day!

This morning at 10am I called my local Gamestop and asked if they have any SNES classics in. The manager said that there was a line at the store. He told to get there quick if I wanted one. As soon as I got off the phone with him, I rushed to the Gamestop and got there at 10:20. I got the last one that they had if you did not preorder one. I also got the SNES book. I was goddamn lucky. When I was paying for it, a woman came in and asked for one. The manager told her it was sold, and she got pissed. She said, "It's bullshit". So, I got very lucky to get mine. I have been playing Super Metroid in HDMI. I already have the game on the Japanese Super Famicon (CIB). Happy Friday! I will say that the scalpers are out in full force today. They are going for 160 to 230 dollars. Its crazy.

I was at my local Walmart, which is 24 hours at 1145pm, assuming they would have a line and maybe I could get one, but there was no line, the place was a ghost town, and I waited around until about 12:15am when I saw an employee putting stock away and I asked her about it, and she told me they had absolutely none and neither did 2 other Walmarts nearby. I am so disappointed. I missed on the NES classic and I want this one even more. I really hope Nintendo makes more of these. I'm glad your experience was great, I'm glad there wasn't anyone being assholes about it!

I skipped school this morning to get mine from the local GameStop. Very much worth it to me. I was number 5 in line with only 18 machines to go around. Everyone in line was cool too and made it a cool experience.

I was lucky enough to pre-order both classics on Amazon. Came straight to my door on release day. I would love the experience of lining up, but I did that with the Switch, and there wasn't a great deal of enthusiasm around here in little old Wales, UK. Seems to be a much more passionate gaming community out there in the States and Canada.

It is so refreshing to hear people like you excited about playing games, Johnny. Too many gaming channels fuel toxicity. Cheers to you, man!

Mine started at the preorder. I was about to leave my GameStop when the preorders went live. The manager called me from across the store to let me know they went live to make sure I knew to get one. I was actually about to walk out, and thought it would indeed be cool to have one. Amusingly, I never planned on ever buying one because I knew how much of a pain it would be just to even try to get one. So, I picked it up with Forza 7 earlier at around 11:30. Just to be clear, I am good friends with the people at my local GameStop, and we keep each other up to date with gaming news. I've even gone out and bought elusive amiibo for them when I've come across them, and they'd just pay me back.

I'll share my story. I live in a mostly rural part of New Hampshire and the only option for this was a Walmart store. There are pretty much no Walmarts in this state that are 24/7...My store opened at 6 am. I woke up at 5:35 and got there around 5:50. There were only two people standing outside the store, and when the store opened there were about 5 of us total. Went to the back of the store and they had around 20 units in stock. So the first person in line, after purchasing, went to the end of the line and purchased another one. I did the same (I guess that makes me a scalper, though I'm unsure if I'll be selling the second one online or not at this point). A few more people came, and most people bought two units each because there were just not many people there at all. After everyone had left, they still had somewhere between 8-10 units that were not spoken for. At this time of day, they are probably all sold out. But at least in my town, Nintendo did a decent job making sure there was enough supply (for the most part) because everyone who was there early got one (or two). Of course, it would have been better if they released enough such that there would still be a unit or two still left on the shelf at the end of the day...then you would know for sure they made enough. But, overall it was a much better experience than the NES classic, where the Walmart I went to only had 6 units in stock. This is much better people, and it seems that anyone who missed out will hopefully have another chance soon.

I believe that hospitality and the sympathy of strangers only happens in small groups, such as this group you described. The structure of the event needs to be determined, and the allowance of customers to rush inside must be nonexistent. Here in the US, when I went to Force Friday, the staff was completely disorganized, the customers were hungry for the largest load of figures ( to re-sell on ebay) and everyone rushed into the place without hesitation. It sounds like you had a fuckin awesome experience Johnny! Always love seeing your videos

Had a similar experience. Got in line at my local Target at 7am, but met a bunch of fun people in line and just talked about Nintendo while we waited. Luckily, the store was prepared similarly to your Walmart, so everyone got a ticket and a guaranteed system. Probably the most fun I've had waiting for a game/system release.

Well, I lived here in the US for one year and I'm leaving today, returning back to my home country. It was an amazing year and I'm kind of sad but happy at the same time because I made so many friends and good memories here but I really want to go back to my family and my house. And just in the middle of all this mixed emotions I managed to get my SNES classic this morning, in my ladt day here. This will be forever part of a great memory and everytime that I play one of those amazing nostalgic games I will remember this day. This means a lot to me.

Cool vid. I got mine at Target this morning. There were 24 people ahead of me so I was a little nervous. We were given tickets around 745 am..I got number 25. They had about 75 units. I decided to give it a shot last minute after taking the kids to school. Store opens at 8am I lined up at 730am. Now I'm in my office staring at this box. Waiting for 5pm to enjoy this with my wife.

I was on the line at Nintendo NY from 9pm (Sept 28) until the next day when they opened. I was fortunate enough to be like number 15 on line and met so many great people on the line. As soon as I snagged one from the Nintendo store I rushed over to Toys R Us in Times Square and bought a second one without being on a line, I just walked up to the counter and asked for one. I am definitely keeping one and might give the other away as a present.

My experience was great. I live in the Harrisburg PA area, and the Target received 35 units. They completely sold out. I had to drop off my dad's car for new tires, so my plan was to go to GameStop 45 minutes early and read my textbook while I wait in line. I saw that there were 7 people already in line, and I was thinking "Oh no, I'm too late!" Luckily, they had 10 units in stock, so I was able to get it. The guy at the GameStop gave us mini boxes of Reese's Puffs while we waited in line, which he was very thoughtful of him. I chatted with this one mom with her two young children, and she said that she got it for her nostalgia of playing it. That was very fun, and I was not expecting the supply to fulfill most of the demand. Only two other people were not able to get their hands on one ☹️The good news is that people were buying only one unit , and were not scalping.

I had a very similar experience. There were only 8 people at my walmart and they got 24 in. Everyone was really cool. I went to Meijer at their midnight release and they only had 11, but talked with some really great people. I got the 2nd one for my brother-in-law for Christmas. Can't wait to see his face.

The Target I work at had 23 people in line. The store had 52 consoles. I got there 90 mins early for nothing.

Wish my experience picking up the system was as memorable. All I had was a knock at the door 9am from the postman then being cuddle attacked by cats as far as my story goes. Good video man!

I walked into an EB Games here in Sydney (Hornsby store) and just asked "you got any of those Super Nintendo thingies"? Guy just said "yeah you want one as they'll be sold out by the end of the day". I slapped $119.95 down on that bad boy and walked out. No pre-order. No fan fare. However an old couple (older than me) and they said "alright alright move outta the way" with a grin on their face as I was pulling out the SNES Mini outta the bag to gawk at. They had bought one too! LOL

I had an positive experience waiting in line this morning. We all had a lovely conversation while waiting. Went to Best Buy, was number 16/32. And I love the system. Like a kid in a candy store, can't decide what game to play next!

I went to a Best Buy around 7 in the morning and there was 25 people in line. A lady came out and gave out tickets as soon as I arrived and told us we were guaranteed one up until 1 PM if we returned with a ticket. Couldn't have been happier with my experience.

My local walmart had 30. Picked one up! No lines just walked in at got one. Thank you Nintendo!

I got to Target at 4 am. I was number 7. From 3 to 5, it rain hard. Good thing, Target have a cover patio in front. A few minute drive there were line at Best Buy and there are no patio cover so they were drench in rain. Target open at 8 am and Best Buy at 10 am. At 730 am, Target begin handing out ticket. They have 56 of it. I gotta thank the rain for this. I haven't camp out or wait in line since 2004. So it brings back memories of anticipation and getting sniff and cold afterward. I talk to many gamers there from all work of life. Some just got off their 3rd shift and head toward it. Other just take a vacation. For me, I slept 4hours because I work 2nd shift and just give in to the hype. I never got the nes classic so I make this an exception because I like the snes more than nes. After I got it and gone home, I just go back to sleep. I probably play it tomorrow.

Our Best Buy is located in the same shopping center as a Walmart, Target and Game Stop. Best Buy was the last of the bunch to open, but received 342 units. Slowly you saw the people striking out at the other stores joining the Best Buy line. When i left, it looked as though everyone that wanted one, got one. The line experience in Burbank sounds like yours. Everyone was talking with each other, sharing donuts, just having a good time.

oh my gosh Thank you soo much HCG!!!! If it wasn't for your video being the first thing I watched this morning I would have never even known the snes classic was being released!! I went out at 8.30am and was able to buy one of the 12 carts bring sold at my local store and as i set it up to play it the tears of joy and memories just came rushing out. I cannot thank you enough for letting us know about this!!

Yeah I'm pleased to say my Walmart experience was great too. my Walmart was doing a midnight release and not knowing how many would be showing up; I set up camp in electronics around 11 am Thursday. The cool part is the manager took it upon himself to get past nintendo consoles and hook them up so people could play while we waited. Had a NES, N64 and gamecube. Just had a good time playing games and chilling with employees really until 8-9 pm when others slowly came in and played games and talked until 11pm when they gave us cake and punch. Midnight rolled around, people were called in order and one unit per person. Just a good experience even with the wait.

There were 5 people in front of me at gamestop. I got there at 945am lol I was expecting more people but I live in BFE. I didn't even know this came out today. Woke up and saw an email and decided why not. Brings me back to my childhood!

I'm late to the party but my christmas is sorted. Taken delivery of a snes and a nes mini. 51 blinding games, can't wait to get started. Great video, super channel.

Man i love your episodes. You give me instant nostalgia, whether or not you re talking about old or new games/events.

Wish my Walmart story was as good as this. I went to the 24 hour wal-mart in pittsburgh a few hours before midnight. The Robinson location. There were 47 people in line and they had 52 units. The manager came out and said they were gonna sell 2 per person. A lil over half the line was able to get one. Half the line was trying to convince the manager that thats not fair and there is enough if they only sell one per. He wouldn't budge and disappointed over 20 people. I'm never shopping at this location again. I wasn't insanely heartbroken or anything for me but I felt sorry for everyone else. I was in line to get my friend a unit since I had secured a online preorder prior.

I picked one up at the 24 hour Walmart near my house in Michigan. The line was inside in the electronics department (which was nice) and they had 30 units. Awesome group of people in line and great customer service from Walmart's employees! I got home and jumped right into Earthbound 🙂 Glad you were able to get one!

Got mine at Walmart at midnight! I live in a small town so there were only about 6 people in line when I showed up at 11:58 lol. Everyone was happy and super kool. So I started Earthbound for the first time and played till 6 this morning, haha haha I love it!

you're damn right, must be a canadian thing... No, being serious i went with a coworker at lunch hour to check prices, and the major stores had it for the cheapest here (chile), so we got one. A lot of guys behind us purchased one too, over 30 guys, we arrived at the office, and our boss allowed us to play there! The SNES is the joy of the world truly

I had a very similar experience at my local walmart. I went there at 5:30 in the morning, was 11th in line, and everyone there was very friendly and talkative. It wasn't until about 10 minutes till opening where we started getting people who clearly had no interest in being sociable. Unlike your walmart, the one I was at didn't give out tickets, so we were on a bit of an honor system of just walking in nicely without rushing. Once the doors opened, MOST of the line walked in and stayed in the order that we had lined up. One douchebag however took an alternate route from the back and ran to the electronics counter to be the first one there. He instantly lost karma points with the rest of the group as everyone said some snide comment or other. Thankfully that one person didn't ruin the experience for anyone as they had 30 systems, and we only had 28 people in line, so everyone who was there before the store opened managed to walk out with one. A happy ending for all involved.

When I saw the thumbnail with Johnny's smile and "Great Success", my mind drifted to the classic Borat two-thumbs-up "Very nice, great success!" in broken English

I got mine on pre-order about 3 months ago, although now I wish I had lined up and joined the hype train. Still living in the UK I doubt the lineup would have been as fun as yours Johnny, glad you got one. Hope Vic get's one too! Me and my better half have been having a great time playing on it this evening! :) Great times!

Already selling for insane prices. If Nintendo won't make enough of these or the NES Classic to allow us to buy them at their SUGGESTED RETAIL price, screw them.

I woke up at my girlfriend's apartment around 8 am and went to the closest best buy. When I got there the line was about 10 people. Everyone was very happy and friendly except for a group of guys in front of me who were scalpers. They were talking about how it was their 3rd and 4th one of the day. That kind of bummed me out but getting the system was amazing. The game lineup is amazing for sure.

Picked it up with my sister this morning. I had it preordered. The only drama was me arguing with her for not letting me borrow money for food.

Glad you had such a positive experience, John! A store with an organized plan makes all the difference. It's the main reason I skipped the craziness this morning. I knew it would be chaos.

Lined up at Meijer's at 10pm last night, they had 12 units. I was 9th in line. An old couple lined up behind me to get one each for their grand kids. By the time the 12 units were accounted for, there were three more line up after them. Most of the line was buzzing and hyped for the SNES, but those last three that lined up were very honest that they were there to buy them and flip them. Happy to say that not one of those three got one.

This was similar to my experience last night. Wallmart was doing a midnight launch where I live and I got there around 9:00pm (I was #9 in line). Me and my brother hanging out with a couple others sharing our memories about the SNES and gaming in general, it was great. I agree that Wallmart did handle this really well.

I was at toysrus, and the event was well organized as well. Everyone was friendly, and the staff working at toysrus was well prepared. There was plenty of units in stock, but a few people who showed up at the last minute didn't manage to get one.

I got a notification from the Amazon Treasure Truck during lunch at work today and I was able to order one. I mentioned it to my friend who also works with me and he signed up for the Treasure Truck and he got to order one too. After work I drove out to where the truck was and picked up mine and my friends consoles. It was a pretty cool experience for it being their first item offered.

So glad you managed to get one. Here in the UK I didn't have any issue preordering from the official UK Nintendo online store, we was given a date and when it would be available a good while before it was available, it did sell out fast but I managed to get my order in without a problem and it arrived 9am BST :D

What a great experience you had with this Johnny! Here in Scandinavia it is Hell on earth with this. But my brother was kind enough to get one for me too. And I can't wait to pick it up at his house tomorrow.

Glad to hear that you had a good experience at Walmart. Here in Arizona, that experience is typical at Best Buy. Orderly line and simple ticket system helps eliminate anxiety over whether or not someone will rush ahead to buy one. With no worries over others standing in line, it really becomes a micro-community for those hours waiting. Lots of fun conversations. Reminiscing. Leaving the line to bring back coffee and hot chocolate for others in line. The local Best Buy had nearly 50 units for sale. When tickets were distributed 45 minutes before the store opened, everyone waiting on line received a ticket, and when the store opened there were still a dozen or so tickets available.

I'm happy for everyone that got one and actually is going to enjoy playing it. thank you for sharing your experience too! i wish i had been in on one of those lines but i work a morning shift, and skipping work to buy something worth 4/5 of my daily wages doesn't make much cents lol. i plan to get one within the month of October though. thank God Nintendo woke up to the reality of the demand this time around. and to put it bluntly, anyone who feels the need question why this product matters or if it's worth it is either dead broke due to poor lifestyle choices or not even old enough to work. quit being so bitter, guys. scarcity mentality is a real thing. you do nothing to bring down those who are happy about the SNES classic; you only keep yourself down :/

I got lucky enough to get a preorder online back in August. Gamestop did a great job! They had it shipped out and ups had it at my doorstep at 900am. What a great job they did, next up.. the n64 classic edition lol. I truly want to see a little GameCube mini, that would be awesome. So glad you got one and to all the others who bought it for being a fan and not a scalper.

I got mine with a pre-order so glad I did seeing I didn't get the chance to play the snes when I was young. I can now say I'm a Contra fan

There were 46 consoles at my Target and I was 34th in line. Getting my ticket felt so surreal. :3

Got one myself. Congrats, Johnny. Glad you got one and glad the wally world up there had their act together. Seems to be the same thing down near me. Best Buy was very organized as was Walmart.

Similar story to yours, got to walmart around 5 : 30 am, was the 22nd person in line, they had 54 units, handed out tickets which was great. Highlight of my morning though was this funny guy saying 'cmon man get the 10$ warranty, it's an old system'. lol

Its great to know you were able to snatch on of them up!!

I liked this video before it even played 😃 I managed to pre-order mine back in June, here in England. Today, at work, alone felt longer than the 3 months since I ordered it. It's well worth the wait, though - I love it. Enjoy your SNES Classic weekend, my man! 😃

A friend of mine works at walmart and he told me they were handing out tickets to save your spot IF you were there before midnight. I went there after work at 3pm on thursday. They handed out tickets at 4pm. I dont normally wait for consoles at launch but for the two I have gotten at launch, they've been pretty easy going.

I went to a Carrefour, here in Spain, after Work and got the last one. They said they had 50 and there it was all alone and took it home. Pretty happy!🙂

this is great! I had the exact same experience, I pulled up to target at 6am like, ohh i'll get one, I'm only counting about 15-20 in line right now. Then i saw some more cars come in, and a couple more people added to the line, and I was like "oh fuck let me get outta my car and get in line!" By about 7am there was like 20 or 30 people behind me. It's like that escalated quickly!

Man im from Quebec,here we got microplay ,so i got there like iat 4 am.I FELT the exact same way,ppl were so friendly,happy.During 5 hours,i had so much fun,its hard to express myself cause my first language is french...im still feeling that way even after10 hours,crazy experience .Like you said,maybe its because were canadian but this morning,there was something special in the air...

Ordered one online at Best Buy 1am in the morning a few weeks ago. It came 10am this past Friday. Way easier to get than I thought. Stress free thankfully.😀

I have a funny story of how i missed mine (got one later though) Searched everywhere around my hometown and no one had it so i started to search even in some supermarkets who also got electronics. I went to Real (its a supermarket in germany) I met a guy who also searched everywhere (we met at expert. It is a store selling electronic stuff) So we booth with our little kids walking to that supermarket and there it was. The SNES mini. The only problem was that there was only one left :D So we flipped a coin and he won, we shaked hands and left the store :D

I got the last one at my local EB games which I'll gift to my dad for his b-day next week. He was bummed when he couldn't get the NES classic last year. I don't understand why anyone deep into the gaming hobby would want one of these things. Those types of people likely already have a real SNES and for around the same 100$ price tag they could by a flashcart and play the whole library on real hardware with less input lag than an emulation solution like the NES / SNES classics. Must be a collector mentality thing.

Really enjoyed your story! Glad you had a great time with the other Nintendo fans!! Awesome!!

I had the AMAZING opportunity to pick up my SNES at the Amazon Treasure Truck. Unfortunately the people there were most likely not going to play them, some in line were already talking about the resale value this upcoming Christmas. But the place had cutout cardboard images of Mario and Samus and others, and some minigames. It was a great time!

John, i was in line at 3:25 am and i got to be the first in line at the walmart i was in. the console is awesome and as you mentioned, everyone was very cool. everyone was just focused on the console we were about to get. Nice experience

Congratulations Johnny, I'm glad that you got one and you also got a NES Classic too.

I was going to work and saw people lined up at 6 am. Dedication haha

The Toys "R" Us I work at received a decent amount of them. Much more than I was expecting, honestly. We had 20 people lined up outside the store before open and within 30 minutes we had sold the 30 units we received. I handed out tickets to the nice folks outside about five minutes before open and it went very well. I had to get mine at a GameStop across the street because I had to work and couldn't line up with everyone else. Fortunately they still had a few left when I went in otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get one today. I set up a display behind glass of all the games on the unit (minus Star Fox 2) from my personal collection so people could see all the great games you get. I saw a few guys taking pictures of it, so I guess they thought it was neat.

I had a great experience at an EB games in London Ont... it even started to rain but we all had fun. Many were the same people from the Switch Launch and NES classic Launch. So when you spend 30 hrs with a group over a year, there is definitely a bonding experience.

Got mine today and it's my first snes ever. I used to play Megadrive as a kid and i was the outsider haha

I had an awesome experience!!!! I arrived at best buy in our local mall and there were about 4 people there and the employee have me a ticket that garanteed me a console. I sat at the food court and drank my coffee and 25 later I walked back and there were only about 15 of us. It was so calm and the employees were well prepared. I then drove by my local toyrus and there was a line of maybe 70 people out the door!. I feel so fortunate Because I too underestimated the NES classic.

I know exactly what you mean about everyone being so cool. I stood in line for 2 hours at GameStop and got mine. In so super stoked. Great video.