Where are you getting your information? From what I saw, Nintendo said the launch will continue as planned (as least US launch):
http://www.examiner.com/console-gaming- ... earthquake

Also, the units are made in China, so they probably ship them directly from there.

Nice review Cyber thanks.

Im more excited about this thing than i ever thought i would be, almost to the point of pre order!
I only recently jumped on the DS wagon and acquired a DS lite and an N5 card (which has pretty much crapped itself).
I must say i think Nintendo games suck on the whole. But i mainly run emulators on it. Cant stand cutesy anime characters in my games.
All i really want is a decent multi player dungeon crawl- no where to be seen, even on the psp.

Also disappointing to hear that the stereo cameras are VGA, what the hell? With no video! I guess that will be for the 3dsi model upgrade path.....
The viral networking feature sounds awesome though it will come down to software creativity to shine.

Sorry Cybereality, I wasn't trying to scare anyone as to were their 3DS may be. The Shipment to to the US is already here and in distribution channels. However, a business analyst on CNN was taking about a disruption in supply lines for many electronic components. The analyst was only making his opinion that a second shippment to the US would be impossible to access. And looked like it would be delayed until who knows when. None of this was from Nintendo. It was only suggested that a second large shipment to the states would likely be delayed thus whats here now is all we'll be getting for the time being.
Agian my thoughts are with my Japanese friends these days. We are worried about you and are thinking of you constantly. I would highly recommend people donate to a reputable agency for these people- they are our friends and neighbors. Be a compassionate human being and not a barbarian. Do the right thing. Don't wait for others to do it for you.

regards

@Okta: Yeah, this thing is really exciting. Well worth pre-ordering or camping out for. Just make sure NOT to put any flash cards into that thing. Supposedly Nintendo put some aggressive anti-piracy "features" in the 3DS and could remotely brick your system if you use home-brew or pirate software. Just a heads-up. And there's supposed to be a software update to allow 3D video recording. It may come out later this year, I think (not confirmed though).

@Chiefwinston: I see. Well it seems the US launch will still be fine, if it gets sold out this won't be a first for Nintendo.

Keep in mind that the Wii has the exact same use logger, Cyber, and they have never done anything like remote bricking. Too much bad publicity/false positives, I guess. If homebrew were confirmed for this, it would be a day one purchase for sure in my book. As it is, sounds like I might get one anyways!

And Winston: Keep in mind that Japan has one of the strongest economies in the world, and they have not asked for any aid. Donating to Red Cross, or anyone else right now, is really just a ploy for them to get spare money to keep to themselves. It might help someone at some point somewhere, but until the Japanese lets organizations like them actually help, your money is best kept in your wallet.

@PalmerTech: Well I know a lot of it is scare tactics, but its not a totally unreasonable assumption. Microsoft has done things like this, its not unprecedented. Surely there will be homebrew at some point, and I plan to develop some of that myself, but I would be weary of using popular DS flash cards on this thing. At least until they bring out 3DS specific cards. That's all I was saying.

And Japan has not asked for aid, but it certainly can't hurt. I know I have donated some money, it really doesn't cost that much. There is a Japanese branch of the Red Cross, and they are actually helping people right now. Although when you donate, only a certain portion of that actually goes immediately to Japan. Still, its for a good cause. Its not like they are buying beer with the money.

Many available flash carts, acekard2i, R4, DSTwo are confirmed working with a firmware update. Only for ds games no 3ds games tested yet.

One use of the gadget is to check kids 3D vision. Sometimes kids have a "lazy" eye.
link: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Optometri ... et=&ccode=

@Okta: Ok, thanks. I haven't looked into it much. Just saw some articles warning against using the flash carts. I'll probably still wait for some 3DS specific carts to come out before I try it. Not gonna take any chances when I first get the system.

@Freke1: I think this is true, and may be a revolutionary tool for discovering vision problems in kids. However, I'm sure a lot of people would rather believe that the system is broken, or that 3D sucks, before they accept theres something wrong with their vision. I know I just spoke with someone the other day that got to try the LG 3D smartphone and the first thing he said is that he "looked at it for 5 seconds and got a splitting headache". No mention if the 3D was cool, no mentions if the phone was fast, or had nice features. All he said was that it gives you a headache. Now, I have to believe he wasn't lying, so clearly some people have issues (or he was looking at it on the off angle and didn't realize what was going on). But I have heard the same thing from many people I've spoke to in real life. Its very possible they all have vision problems and never actually went to the doctor and got checked.

Looks like the remote bricking may not be just a rumor:
http://nintendo3dsblog.com/proof-ninten ... -you-to-do

Its possible it could happen in the updates but not likely and im sure the carts will just update their firmware to suit. If i had paid full price for almost any DS game i would be PISSED as they are so poop house on average.