Nintendo 3DS browser & eShop delayed until May

By Chris Davies/Jan. 31, 2011 8:56 am EST

Nintendo has confirmed that, while the new Nintendo 3DS will arrive in the US on March 27 and in Europe on March 25, 3D gamers will have to wait longer for the 3DS eShop. CEO Satoru Iwata told GamesIndustry that not only will the game store be delayed until May 2011, the 3DS will also not have a browser to begin with.

Neither was initially expected to be preloaded onto the 3DS, but Nintendo had previously expected to have the eShop and browser ready alongside the commercial release of the console. Now, the download store will be "drastically redesigned" versus the existing DSiWare store, which Iwata criticized as slow and inefficient at highlighting the best titles. ""It is critical in digital software distribution" Iwata suggested "that the software available there won't be buried and go unnoticed."

[via Electronista]