The San Francisco Nintendo Store Now Has Its Own Camper Waiting Out for the Switch 2 — and It's Not Even Open Yet

The Nintendo Store successful San Francisco is not adjacent unfastened for different month, but it's already got astatine slightest 1 idiosyncratic camping retired for a Nintendo Switch 2.

YouTuber Super Cafe released a video connected April 8 which elaborate his formation retired to San Francisco. He seemingly plans to campy retired for some the merchandise of the Switch 2 and the existent store opening itself, arsenic the caller Nintendo Store determination won't unfastened its doors until May 15.

The contented creator flew "over 800 miles" and plans connected to campy retired for the adjacent 2 months, holding retired for some to beryllium archetypal successful enactment connected the westbound coast.

"I've lone lived successful my flat for 2 months. I like, conscionable moved out," Super Cafe said. "Terrible fiscal determination connected my end. Whatever, who cares."

Now the San Francisco store has its ain camper, conscionable similar the New York store, wherever different YouTube contented creator is waiting retired to beryllium archetypal successful enactment for the Switch 2 there. Interestingly, Super Cafe said he's mostly going arsenic a solo camper, and astatine 1 constituent encouraged anyone other reasoning astir camping retired for the San Francisco opening to get successful touch.

As acold arsenic accomodations, food, showers, and different basal facts of life, Super Cafe said he'll beryllium answering those questions successful a aboriginal Q&A.

Super Cafe is waiting in-line for a Nintendo Switch 2 astatine a store that has yet to open. Image credit: Super Café / YouTube.

The contented of camping retired for a large Nintendo release, particularly a console, stretches way, mode back. And now, some coastal Nintendo stores person their ain campers. Whether this starts a concatenation absorption of others lining up oregon not, these creators look dedicated, astatine the precise least.

The Nintendo Switch 2 is owed to motorboat connected June 5, 2025. If you don't privation to physically works yourself extracurricular a store, you tin cheque retired our guides connected however Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders are faring, though the ongoing tariffs are making it a spot of a murky situaton for those successful the United States.

Image credit: Super Café / YouTube.

Eric is simply a freelance writer for IGN.