Suppressed supply has long been in Nintendo's playbook
An astounding inability to get a product to market in any sort of reasonable numbers.
Back in the day it was intentional.
don't encourage the scalpers
Seems more of a warning to people that are late to Christmas shopping. Very likely this will be on eBay for $100 if short supply from Nintendo.
Nintendo seems to do nothing BUT short-supply their hardware, based on their history with amiibo, the gamecube controller accessory, the original wii, pokewalkers...
There are already a lot of completed "presale" sales on eBay for $125-$189.