The natural disasters in Japan have not impacted Western launch deliveries of the new handheld.
Nintendo Co. Ltd. has confirmed that the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan last week will not affect their plans to release the Nintendo 3DS later this month, nor do they see it impacting future shipments.
In a statement, the company confirmed that the ongoing effects of the natural disasters have not "significantly affected" business operations "so far." The company would not state if a continuation of the ongoing blackouts and fuel shortages would affect 3DS manufacturing going forward.
While the 3DS itself is assembled at factories in China, it is unclear if manufacturing or transportation of the component hardware has been impacted by either the devastation or the after effects.