At the stroke of midnight Thursday, diehard Nintendo fans who had waited outside for hours rushed into an EB Games store on Yonge Street in the heart of downtown Toronto to get their hands on the long-awaited Nintendo Switch 2.

It’s a big day for Nintendo fans. The gaming giant’s new console, the $450 Switch 2, arrives on store shelves globally after being announced in April — marking Nintendo’s first major console launch since the original Switch arrived roughly eight years ago.