Nintendo recently held a press conference in Japan, revealing the launch date of its Nintendo 3DS handheld console — February 26, 2011 in Japan and March 2011 in America/Europe.
Longtime handheld gamers will be pleased to learn that Game Boy and Game Boy Advance titles will be available for download, similar to the Wii Virtual Console. Super Mario Land and The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX were shown as examples.
The Nintendo 3DS will be available in two colors: Aqua Blue and Cosmos Black. The system will come with a 2GB SD card. It will cost 25,000 yen in Japan (around $300), while pricing in other regions will be revealed at a later date.
I know that a lot of you aren’t high on the Nintendo DS or Wii, but I promise you that this handheld will be amazing. I was extremely impressed with it at E3 2010. Once people see what the 3DS can do, they’ll fall in love with it. Nintendo is going to sell millions of these things…which shouldn’t surprise anyone.
I'm pretty sure this will be a release day buy for me. I love new technology and games to be even more specific. Any word if downloaded materials will be account bound instead of machine bound? N's version of DRM currently sucks.
$300 says no thank you.
I would probably love to have one of these, but I'm not even shelling out $150 for a DSi right now so $300 is out of the question.
the price will drop in 2012. i can wait.
@Sandrock323 Where does it say anything about it being $300 in America? It costs 25,000 yen. That converts to $300, but keep in mind that the yen is extremely strong against the US dollar.