I get the comfort of not living in the USA, and the perks of living in the USA. (Given we use to get screwed by some companies on how they release games...like 1 or 2 days late....but that was 2006.)

Yes. It was.

I will die laughing if that is the same situation.....

too early to jump to conclusions, better wait for confirmation. Might be a case of things blown out of proportion.

but if true, silly and a bit weired move imo

does anyone speak Japanese to understand this?

This would be disappointing, but it wouldn't be surprising given the DSi was region locked.

I hope it's not, however.  I've been importing the occasional game since 2009 or so, and plan to do that even more so in the future to help myself learn Japanese, and the more systems I can play Japanese games on, the better.

This is crap Ninty, I could understand the consoles(kinda) but the portables??? What is the point??? Im annoyed and i live in the US so I can imagine how the Europeans feel. I think ill be getting the other system after all.

Theres no relation to anti-piracy. Piracy could in fact allow the device to be region free. If anything, thats one more reason to pirate the 3DS. I guess, because of the novelty the 3DS offers, they thought many would want to import it. Thats my guess. Whether or not they do that in order to sell 2 console to importers or to keep track of the market could be discuss.

It's Korean apparently. 

So, have we confirmation from Nintendo yet or are we still jumping to conclusion based on some random sources?