hmm not sure have this been said since there are plenty of post already. yes i too felt that the 3ds was release pretty immaturely but i might be speculating on this there not really prove but judging from this couldn't nintendo felt that after sony unveil plans for ngp and i know even though it not near anywhere to finish maybe they felt they might lose the hype and decided to release it early along with a pretty crappy launch title so it could get a first jump on the new gen handheld? cause looking at the release date on the games that really caught most gamers eyes are game that coming either summer or next fall and since they already have that much game maybe they felt other game title such as steel diver etc might not get much of the action if everyone jump on and play resident evil star fox and zelda?