Perhaps I should never have been in doubt – it's Nintendo, after all. Like so many others, when it was announced that the charming Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour would not be an included extra when you buy the console,

You can't simply go to the My Nintendo Store and buy the Switch 2. To order the Switch 2, you need to log in with an active, paid Nintendo Switch Online account. Once you do that, you can choose either a Switch 2 standalone console or the Mario Kart World bundle and then hit the confirm button to "register your interest" in ordering a Switch 2.