Alright I find it interesting that some people have been saying they expect a Japanese launch in November with a North American one in early 2011! However Nintendo is leaning more and more towards globalization the DS and Wii both launched almost simultaneously in North America and Japan. Yah DSi and DSXL have both been launched in Japan long before making it over to our shores however when Nintendo launches an entirely new platform they tend to release them pretty close to one another.

Now some have said the new bigger model of the DS coming out this month will mean Nintendo won't launch the next DS this year in North America. I doubt that fact because the Micro launched after the DS did so 3DS in my opinion could launch this fall no problem. Could Nintendo have meant the 3DS will be on store shelves globally by March 2011?

So what do you think, will 3DS have a global launch simultaneously or launch in Japan then months later in NA then Europe. Or will it be close with a launch in Japan Europe and NA all within a month or so?

Close release. The US one will be released on Black Friday weekend. The Japanese and Europe will be very close.

Sunday October 10th 2010 would be my guess for a North American launch because it seems well suited to a launch of a Nintendo product in North America ... It is in the holiday season, it is on a Sunday, and it has a cool date (although that is less important for Nintendo).

Nintendo has been moving more and more towards global launches, and I wouldn't expect that a worldwide launch would be more than a few weeks apart.

Japan will see it first, and then some months later it will hits other territories.

As for south Korea: 2013, rofl

Not the same day, but it'll be close.