I'm actually really surprised to see a physical release of this, especially with the 3DS slowing down here.
Nonetheless, good news for those who wanted it. This does not contain the 'better together' update, correct? I imagine that would be another tier of black magic to make that even remotely plausible.
3DS getting a physical release of Minecraft before Switch is wild.
Pretty sure it's due to them waiting for the Better Together update to be released, so the retail version doesn't need a heavy stream of updates.