Reggie Confirms 2011 Release Date for Nintendo 3DS

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Reggie Confirms 2011 Release Date for Nintendo 3DS

The president of Nintendo of America slips the news last night during a segment of Late Night Show with Jimmy Fallon.

Last night, during a segment of the Late Night Show with Jimmy Fallon, Reggie Fils-Aime, the president of Nintendo of America, demoed Donkey Kong Country Returns. As a bonus, Reggie also showed Fallon the Nintendo 3DS along with the upcoming title, Kid Icarus: Uprising. Shortly after, he confirmed that the Nintendo 3DS is coming out next year.

Nintendo has previously stated that the 3DS will be released before the end of the current fiscal year which ends in March 2011.

A video of the segment can be viewed below:

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Lukasz Balicki Staff Alumnus

06/26/2010 at 09:58 AM

I really think that a March 2011 release date seems very logical especially if Nintendo wants the launch lineup to be big and diverse. I remember the DS launch lineup was very underwhelming.

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Nick DiMola Director

06/27/2010 at 12:48 PM

If Reggie is saying 2011 release, I'm afraid it's going to get pushed to Holiday 2011. I guess we'll see what happens, but almost all signs pointed to a 2010 release for me.

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Lukasz Balicki Staff Alumnus

06/27/2010 at 01:42 PM

Nick, I highly doubt it will be released Holiday 2011. As you remember, companies are spacing out their releases in the past few years. I'm sure it's coming out early 2011 since they probably want to give developers some time so that it comes out with a tremendous launch.

If you remember the PSP came out in March in North America and the DSi came out in April.

ShyGuy

06/27/2010 at 03:59 PM

Jimmy wasn't very good at the game.

Lukasz Balicki Staff Alumnus

06/27/2010 at 05:24 PM

ShyGuy if you think he wasn't very good at Donkey Kong, you should see how bad he was at Punch-Out!!

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Nick DiMola Director

06/28/2010 at 10:54 AM

March is a horrible launch time. I have some strong doubts that Nintendo is going to launch the next Wii-caliber system at a totally random point in the year.

A November launch would provide a much larger chance for immediate success and big press. Like I said, I can see Nintendo holding the console till next Christmas if they can't get it out for this one.

Kathrine Theidy Staff Alumnus

06/28/2010 at 06:22 PM

The Game Boy Advance launched in April. Why not a 3DS launch in March?

I think it'll be out in Japan in November or December, but I don't see that happening for North America.

PixlBit