But your next chance to buy could come at any moment.

When Nintendo warned in early August that preorders for the Super NES Classic Edition would start "later this month," we had no idea that two major retailers would sell out of their allotments in the middle of a random Monday night. That's just what happened late last night, though, with Amazon and Best Buy both selling out while most of the country slept.
Best Buy's preorders went live at about 1:30am ET this morning while Amazon's started around 5:00am ET, according to reports. Both sites sold out of their initial supplies within minutes. The quick sell-outs came despite Nintendo's promise that it will "produce significantly more units of Super NES Classic Edition than we did of NES Classic Edition" (which shipped 2.3 million units) and that "a significant amount of additional systems will be shipped to stores for launch day and throughout the balance of the calendar year."

With Nintendo unwilling to commit to a production schedule beyond the end of the year, though, early customers seem to be clamoring for what appears to be another limited supply. European preorders that went live in June started showing up for resale at 150 percent markups on sites like eBay.
Last month, Walmart was forced to cancel preorders for the Super NES Classic Edition after mistakenly offering them on its web site on a Friday evening. "We know this is incredibly disappointing to those customers and we apologize for the mistake," the retailer said in a statement.

Nintendo's official Super NES Classic web site notes that GameStop, Target, Toys R Us, and Wal-Mart will also be taking preorders for the system at some point. Kotaku reports that Gamestop employees have been told to expect a "special announcement that will require immediate attention" later today, so keep your fingers ready over that refresh button.

We'll try to keep you updated when those preorders go live, but there's actually a decent chance that the supplies will already be gone by the time we're able to post an update. While you wait, though, you can check out an early preview of the unit from our UK correspondent.