A German tabloid newspaper, Bild has today reported that the release date of the 3DS is closer than we believed, with the handheld console being released on 11th November in Japan at first with a European release following in Spring. More news about the 3DS was set to be announced this week (starting 27th September) in a Nintendo press conference in Japan, but it appears that Bild has leaked one of the most highly anticipated announcements of the year. Nintendo had previously announced that the handheld console would be released before the end of the fiscal year ending, which ends in March 2011, but no real confirmation has been given.
If the rumour is true, then it only gives Nintendo just over a month to push the 3DS commercially, which begs the question, is it enough time to push such a revolutionary product? It was first announced in E3 2010 in June, but not much else has been said about it since. Microsoft's Kinect and Sony's Playstation Move have had over a year's time to promote itself, but with Nintendo's success in pushing the Wii and the DS commercially, a month could be plenty of time for Nintendo to promote the 3DS.
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