Whenever I boot the game up and spam plus to skip the startup animation, doing it too early completely crashes the game. This is weird, but it consistently happens for me.
#Balatro crashes when spamming plus on Nintendo switch 2
dawn plover
stable schooner
The same bug occurs on PS5 when repeatedly pressing the Options button too early - game crashes. Bug is reproducible.
severe rose
This also happens on the steam deck if you spam the three lines button too.
stable schooner
The worst thing about this bug is how tempted I am to do it every time the game loads. 
tired lantern
Confirmed to also happen on the switch 1. You don't have to spam it, holding + will also cause the crash.