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Tonight is a night that a lot of Nintendo fans have been waiting for. NCL will be having their fall conference tomorrow at 2:00 PM in Kyoto, Japan. (1:00 AM eastern, 10:00 PM tonight pacific.)

The big news that will be coming out of this conference will, of course, be the launch date and price of the 3DS. Whether or not any launch info will pertain to areas outside of Japan, I don’t know. However, it’s no secret that there have been rumors of leaks abound.

• A Japanese company manufacturing 3DS accessories had revealed that they will be releasing said accessories on November 20th, 2010 in a tweet that has since been deleted. Source
• A german tabloid had stated that the 3DS is scheduled for launch in Spring 2010 at a price of 200 euros. However, this can prove to be false as this would fall under Nintendo’s launch window, being after the end of the 2010 fiscal year. Image
• There are also rumors that a Gamestop employee leaked info from the company’s database that the handheld will launch in the US on November 22nd. Even moreso it was leaked that Dragon Ball 3DS would have a November 11th release, which adds more fuel to the fire and adding that the date could be even earlier than that. That being said, 3DS preorders may start taking place tomorrow as well. Source

We only have a few hours until we know the truth for sure.

Until then, this is what I’ve predicted:

Release: November 20th (JP), November 28th (NA), Q1 2011 (EU) (I had to spite all the people saing Nov. 22nd)
Price: 249,000 yen/$269.99 ($299.99 CAD), 200 euros – (NA preorders to start either tomorrow or Thursday)
I’m predicting that the design of the 3DS won’t change all that much, but am hoping that the start/select/home buttons along the bottom of the touch screen will be moved.