{"id":48723,"date":"2025-06-04T17:17:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T08:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=48723"},"modified":"2025-06-04T17:17:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T08:17:55","slug":"switch-2-consoles-scalped-and-delivered-before-launch-day-by-self-proclaimed-king-of-the-scalpers-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/switch-2-consoles-scalped-and-delivered-before-launch-day-by-self-proclaimed-king-of-the-scalpers-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Switch 2 consoles scalped and delivered before launch day by self-proclaimed \u201cKing of the Scalpers\u201d in Japan\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Though the <strong>Nintendo Switch 2<\/strong>\u2019s official release is June 5, this hasn\u2019t stopped some from reselling the console and promising to deliver it before the destined date. Japanese reseller <a href=\"https:\/\/enoking-kaitori.com\/#\/Homes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kaitori Enoking<\/a>, who call themselves the \u201cKing of the Scalpers\u201d on X, recently put up 110 Switch 2 consoles for sale at increased prices, all of which have since sold out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">6\/4\u7d0d\u54c1\u5206\u306e\u6848\u5185<br><br>Nintendo Switch 2\uff08\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u30fb\u56fd\u5185\u5c02\u7528\uff0910\u53f0\u3000\u21d2\u300065000\u5186\uff08\u7a0e\u5225\uff09<br>Nintendo Switch 2\uff08\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u30fb\u56fd\u5185\u5c02\u7528\uff09 \u30de\u30ea\u30aa\u30ab\u30fc\u30c8 \u30ef\u30fc\u30eb\u30c9 \u30bb\u30c3\u30c8\u3000100\u53f0\u3000\u21d2\u300070000\u5186\uff08\u7a0e\u5225\uff09<br><br>\u3059\u3050\u6c7a\u307e\u308c\u3070\u3001\u767a\u58f2\u65e5\u524d\u65e5\u306e6\/4\u304a\u663c\u4ee5\u964d\u5f15\u304d\u6e21\u3057\u53ef\u80fd<br><br>\u3069\u3046\u305e\u9023\u7d61\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u307e\u305b\uff01<\/p>&mdash; \u8cb7\u53d6\u30a8\u30ce\u30ad\u30f3\u30b0(KING OF \u30b6\u8ee2\u58f2\u30e4\u30fc) (@TTA179) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TTA179\/status\/1928023936312185199?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>For delivery on June 4:<\/em>\u00a0<br><em>Nintendo Switch 2 (Japanese language only) 10 units \u21d2 65,000 yen (excluding tax)<\/em>\u00a0<br><em>Nintendo Switch 2 (Japanese languageonly) Mario Kart World Bundle 100 units \u21d2 70,000 yen (excluding tax)<\/em>\u00a0<br><em>If you decide quickly, you can pick it up after noon on June 4th, the day before the release date.<\/em>\u00a0<br><em>Please contact us!<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ten of the resold units are regular Switch 2s, while the remaining 100 units come bundled with Mario Kart World. For price comparisons, the regular Switch 2 costs 49,980 JPY ($346 USD) while the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/mario-kart-world-devs-explain-why-the-game-isnt-called-mario-kart-9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mario Kart World<\/a> bundle costs 69,980 JPY ($485 USD) in Japan. Considering the increased prices are still <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/switch-2s-cheaper-region-locked-version-is-overwhelmingly-popular-among-japans-2-2-million-pre-order-applicants-survey-suggests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cheaper than the units meant for other countries<\/a> and that buyers will be able to get the consoles before the official launch, it\u2019s no surprise that all of the resold units sold out in a couple of days.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TTA179\/status\/1929798111901454745\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">subsequent post<\/a> by the account suggests that the reseller has given up on delivering Switch 2s to individuals before the official launch due to \u201cpast trouble,\u201d but that it will still be doing so for legal entities. Moreover, they promise to offer \u201cample stock\u201d on launch day and encourage individuals to buy from them. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TTA179\/status\/1930153676867571752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More recent posts<\/a> on their X account talk about their devotion to \u201creselling to pureblood Japanese people\u201d and \u201ctrue gamers\u201d at a &#8220;fair price,&#8221; likely in an attempt to take moral high ground over overseas resellers. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TTA179\/status\/1928023936312185199\/quotes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">many Japanese commenters<\/a> are upset with Kaitori Enoking\u2019s practices, banding together to report the behavior to Nintendo.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related articles: <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/nintendo-partners-with-japans-major-online-marketplaces-to-battle-switch-2-scalping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nintendo partners with Japan\u2019s major online marketplaces to battle Switch 2 scalping<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese Nintendo fans can&#8217;t figure out why this suspicious reseller was able to secure such a large stock of Switch 2s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":48725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-48723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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