Nintendo Switch 2 Mania in Japan Prompts Parody Listings for Light Switches Made From Cardboard

Wesley Yin-Poole
6/12/2025

Nintendo Switch 2 is still only being sold via lottery in Japan, which means you can’t just walk into a store and buy one. This huge demand has prompted a flood of Switch 2 consoles to hit online marketplaces like Mercari Japan over the past week. Although price gouging and scalping have been widely criticized, Switch 2 listings and the frantic comments they attract from users desperate to get their hands on Nintendo’s latest console have attracted parody listings of... light switches....

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