If you were hoping to avoid the chaos that has accompanied the Switch 2 launch by pre-ordering directly from Nintendo, that may not make it arrive any faster. In an update on its website, Nintendo says that it's seeing "very high demand" for the console,

The launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 could earn Nintendo the crown for the biggest launch in gaming console history, beating the PS4 and PS5.

However, not only has the online store been struggling — at the time of writing, it's still in maintenance mode — but Nintendo has confirmed that phishing emails are being sent out in an attempt to scam customers, pretending to give people the results of the Switch 2 lottery.