Hmmmm......if that March release time for western gamers holds up, it'll be out just in time for the overseas release of B/W as well, right when we'll need a second system to transfer Pokemon over to the new games without playing musical trades over Wi-Fi......I think I just solved my own personal transfer problems! : D
Anywho, considering it's going to have a GB/GBA Virtual console, comes with a 2GB SD card, Mii Plaza, and a few games built in, I can understand the price (which will prolly be lowered a bit for us, thank goodness). Its essentially a handheld Wii with those features, except with a touch screen and 3D capabilities instead of wireless motion controls ^^
Also, in my opinion, it was a good move for Nintendo to bypass Christmas release this year too. Let Microsoft and Sony (Wii posers....) duke it out, then swoop in. If Nintendo is smart, they'll start letting people pre-order during/right after the holidays, when kids, especially older tweenage boys (the age when no one knows what to get for them, so they just give them cash), will have a sudden influx of money from their extended family, nothing to spend it on, and are more likely to pay for the system in full with said cash when pre-ordering. That would just be intelligent marketing right there *nod nod*
Whoops, Tana got off on a tangent, didn't she?