Reggie: 3DS design not final, will be out in major markets by March 2011
“You know typically, at an E3, our engineers are looking for feedback. You know, we have an army of Nintendo representatives out on our show floor talking to attendees, getting reactions to everything in the device: the depth slider, the buttons, the sliding pad that is, essentially, an analog-type stick. These are things that we’re looking to get reaction to, including the overall button placement. When we get all that feedback, then we’ll finalize the design.” – Reggie Fils-Aime
“Well, the reason we haven’t announced a launch date or pricing is that, first, we wanted to get reaction here. Secondly, we’ll be making individual market decisions in terms of what’s happening in Japan, what’s happening in the Americas, what’s happening in Europe. The one thing, for sure, is that we will launch in all of our major markets by March 31, 2011.” – Reggie Fils-Aime
I hope this settles things about the 3DS design once and for all. The situation was a bit confusing after Hideki Konno told IGN that we should look at the model from E3, but a number of different Nintendo representatives have stated that it isn’t the final design. After the DS made its debut at E3 2004, it underwent some significant modifications. So it’ll be interesting to see how much, if at all, the 3DS changes when we see it again.
