Nintendo 3DS release date announced for Japan

September 29, 2010 by Gameranx Staff

Nintendo 3DS releasing February 26, 2011 in Japan and March, 2011 in North America and Europe

Nintendo has announced that the much awaited 3DS will be hitting stores in Japan on February 26, 2011 for Â¥25,000(close to $300). It will be available in two colors at launch, “Aqua Blue” and “Cosmos Black.”

Nintendo also announced that the 3D enabled handheld platform will release March 2011, in North America and Europe. Also check out the hardware specs for the 3DS revealed a few days ago,

CPU: 2 x 266MHz ARM11
GPU: PICA200 133MHz GPU by DMP
RAM: 64MB
Video RAM: 4MB
Storage: 1.5GB Flash-based