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Nick Lucchesi

The last campout: One man's 57-day vigil for Nintendo Switch 2 ends with "tears of joy"

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For nearly two months, a small community of diehard Nintendo fans took root on the sidewalk in Midtown Manhattan to be among the first to receive the Nintendo Switch 2.

At the center of everything for much of those two months was Rinaldy Gomez, a 33-year-old New Yorker whose marathon wait was about more than just a new console.

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