3DS release date and price announced for US and Europe!

[Lord Seth]

A while ago I made a topic mentioning the announcement of the price and release date, but that was for Japan (February 26 at 25,000 yen). Well, they've finally gotten around to announcing it for the United States; it'll be released March 27 for $250. As for Europe, it's a little less clear. The date is March 25, but the price is apparently up to distributors. According to Wikipedia, "So far, HMV and GAME have revealed their prices at £229.99 (approximately €272) while Play.com announced their price at £219.99."

Now I just have to figure out which color I want to pre-order...

[Zevox]

Yeah, heard about this elsewhere myself. Glad to see the price is only $250 instead of $300, but I won't be pre-ordering. There aren't any release titles I'm interested in. Plus it comes just a couple weeks after Dragon Age 2, which comes just a couple weeks after Marvel vs Capcom 3, Dragon Quest 6, and Radiant Historia, so that timing would be awfully inconvenient for my wallet if I did get it day 1.

I'm sure I'll have one by the end of the year though, at least assuming that at least a couple games I'm interested in come out this year and the system doesn't become impossible to find the way the Wii did.

Zevox

[Lord Seth]

Yeah, heard about this elsewhere myself. Glad to see the price is only $250 instead of $300, but I won't be pre-ordering. There aren't any release titles I'm interested in. Plus it comes just a couple weeks after Dragon Age 2, which comes just a couple weeks after Marvel vs Capcom 3, Dragon Quest 6, and Radiant Historia, so that timing would be awfully inconvenient for my wallet if I did get it day 1.

I'm sure I'll have one by the end of the year though, at least assuming that at least a couple games I'm interested in come out this year and the system doesn't become impossible to find the way the Wii did.

Zevox

Ordinarily I might not pre-order it, especially as there are no launch titles I'm particularly interested in (there are titles I'm really interested in, but they're not launch titles). However, there are two things that make me want to pre-order, even if it is expensive:
1) My current DS Lite's L and R buttons are pretty much nonfunctional at this point, and it's really cutting into what games I can play. A 3DS with its backwards compatibility would solve that. Granted, a regular DS is cheaper, but I know I'm going to get a 3DS eventually, so I might as well get it now, and it'll be cheaper to buy a 3DS than to buy a DS and then a 3DS.
2) If it does end up like the Wii, it'll be extremely hard to find, so might as well get the order in as early as possible.

[Mando Knight]

The only reason I'm not buying it ASAP is simple: I lack the cash.

Otherwise? I'd be grabbing both its Street Fighter and Dead or Alive titles, as well as DQ VI, Pokémon White, and find DQ V somewhere.

[tonberrian]

I think I'll pick it up ASAP. I have the cash, and my DS Lite's control pad is a shade above unresponsive and the L button has gone completely.

[Fri]

I'll wait until at least they translate megaman legends 3

[Nosferocktu]

My DSi is fine. I don't need some fancy upgrade. Thats what my 360 is for... oh thank you LED tv and your infinate color sharpness.

[The-Mage-King]

If I can pull together the funds, I'll buy one.

[Zevox]

Ordinarily I might not pre-order it, especially as there are no launch titles I'm particularly interested in (there are titles I'm really interested in, but they're not launch titles). However, there are two things that make me want to pre-order, even if it is expensive:
1) My current DS Lite's L and R buttons are pretty much nonfunctional at this point, and it's really cutting into what games I can play. A 3DS with its backwards compatibility would solve that. Granted, a regular DS is cheaper, but I know I'm going to get a 3DS eventually, so I might as well get it now, and it'll be cheaper to buy a 3DS than to buy a DS and then a 3DS.

I can understand that - such a problem with my original DS's L button was a large part of what prompted me to get my DS Lite a couple years ago. But I don't have any such issue with my current DS. So at the moment the only reason for me to grab one would be the possibility that they'll become tough to find when I do want one. Not exactly a compelling reason to spend a couple hundred dollars on a system I won't use for a while.

Besides, honestly, I currently have quite the backlog of games to play (due to Christmas largely), and as I mentioned, four personal must-haves coming up starting mid-February, all of which I'm likely to invest significant time in (three of them being RPGs and one of them being a fighting game that will probably be pretty addictive). I've got plenty to do with my spare time for the foreseeable future.

Zevox

[KBF]

My DSi is fine. I don't need some fancy upgrade. Thats what my 360 is for... oh thank you LED tv and your infinate color sharpness.

Err, the 3DS has it's own games. That are in 3d. Without glasses. In addition to being a bit more powerful and assorted other small features.

It's kind of a big deal.

[Mando Knight]

Err, the 3DS has it's own games. That are in 3d. Without glasses. In addition to being a bit more powerful and assorted other small features.

It's kind of a big deal.

And by nearly all accounts, that's an understatement. For reference, here's some Super Street Fighter IV action, with the 3D effect turned off for screenshot purposes.

[Fri]

by the way, can someone link me the launching titles again, and if it's avaliable already,list of english launching titles?

[Lord Seth]

by the way, can someone link me the launching titles again, and if it's avaliable already,list of english launching titles?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nintendo_3DS_games

[CoffeeIncluded]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nintendo_3DS_games

Oh yes I am getting this as soon as possible. Preferably preordered. Yeah, this is going to have a massive backlog like when the Wii came out.

[Mercenary Pen]

Gonna have to wait for the funds for this- which is a shame because I had to replace my DS Lite with a pre-owned original model DS earlier this month after it went kaputt... Hopefully I won't have to make that last too many more months.

[PhantomFox]

I dunno... that's as much as a full blown console. 3D is nice, but I have a feeling it's just a fad. A cool fad, but none-the-less. However, it's a tad too pricey for a handheld for me.

[Mando Knight]

I dunno... that's as much as a full blown console.

Graphically, it seems to be as powerful as the Wii. Plus it has similar motion-sensing ability (when looking in first person in the OoT demo, you can move the system to look around instead of the circle pad, if you wish), and three cameras (one that faces inward, and a pair that face outward that function as a stereoscopic pair). All in one unit.

[Drascin]

I dunno... that's as much as a full blown console. 3D is nice, but I have a feeling it's just a fad. A cool fad, but none-the-less. However, it's a tad too pricey for a handheld for me.

Given how both the portables in the market have been consistently more awesome in the games department than "full blown consoles" for the past three to four years, this doesn't bother me all that much . I don't like 3D, hurts my eyes, and I'm going to have the 3D slider disconnected always, but I still intend to spring for a 3DS soon as I get the money.

[Ogremindes]

I was going to say that I was definitely going to get one ASAP, but then I thought about how many of my DS games are imported US versions (I'm in Australia). So I'm gonna wait for a must-have game that's available in my region. Atlus has a bunch of games on that list, so I hope I can get those games here.

[CoffeeIncluded]

So apparently according to the website there will be play demo events and the like at certain locations before the system officially comes out.

Logically, eventually one of those places would be the Nintendo Store in Manhattan.