A few hours before the official Nintendo Switch launch event in Tokyo, Nintendo New York has just announced in its twitter post that it will offer a limited quantity of the new highly anticipated hybrid game console from Nintendo starting Friday. In its twitter post, Nintendo NY stated that they will be taking orders on January 13 starting 9 in the morning.

So far, Nintendo NY is the first and only confirmed store to launch a pre-order system for the new Nintendo Switch game console. The twitter post of Nintendo NY concerning the launch of the pre-order system for the Nintendo Switch came with a reminder that it will only be accepting pre-orders while supplies last. This reminder is, of course, should not be taken lightly especially since it came from Nintendo itself.

It can be remembered that when Nintendo relaunched its Nintendo NES Classic Edition, a lot of Nintendo fans went home brokenhearted due to the very limited stocks of the classic Nintendo game console. Online stores also sold out of the Nintendo NES Classic Edition within seconds.

No other details as to the pre-order have surfaced yet aside from the starting date and time. Nintendo fans may just have to wait until the official unveil of the Nintendo Switch hybrid game console to learn more about the particulars of the new game console. To be announced at the event is the long kept secret features of the video game along with a roster of video games that will be available for Nintendo Switch when it hits the market.

Nintendo is scheduled to officially release its Nintendo Switch today, January 12, at 11 pm Eastern Time. The long-awaited details of the new Nintendo hybrid console will all be unveiled at the Nintendo event. The Nintendo Switch official release event will be live-streamed for all Nintendo fans to enjoy.