Now thats a lot of doe for a handheld console.

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All the rumor and speculation can finally come to an end. During Nintendo's presentation in Japan today, the company announced the 3DS will go on sale in Japan on February 26, 2011. The unit will cost 25,000 yen ($300). The system will be available in Aqua Blue and Cosmo Black. Nintendo of Europe has confirmed that the 3DS will be out in March 2011 in its own territories and that it will confirm further details at a later date. Nintendo of America also confirmed the 3DS will ship in March 2011 and will provide more details later.

http://ds.ign.com/articles/112/1124158p1.html

If it will be $300 in the U.S., it will be around $420 is this freakin' country. :-|

It will be the equivalent of ~$300 U.S. dollars in Japan. Electronics are more expensive in Japan than they are in North America.

Still, it won't be that much cheaper over here, which is what has me a bit pissed off. I was hoping Nintendo was going to pull out all the stops and keep it under $200. I'm willing to bet it launches over here for $249, which IMO is still too expensive. I was interested in buying one on Day 1 but not for that price.

Nintendo is packing in a bunch of stuff with the handheld, but that's still too much. I'll wait. Knowing Nintendo's success in the handheld market, it will be around for quite a while anyways. They are going to sell original Gameboy/Gameboy Color/Gamebody Advance over their Virtual Console store for it, which is pretty cool.