Reports indicate that at least one territory may get the handheld this year.
Eurogamer is reporting that a source at Nintendo has indicated that the Nintendo 3DS may launch in one territory (Japan, Europe, or North America) in 2010, and that it will be available worldwide by early 2011.
Apparently the internal goal is a worldwide holiday launch this year, but if that is not possible the system could slip into next year. Nintendo did not reveal any information about the system's price or its release date at their Tuesday press conference.
Be sure to check out all of our coverage of E3 2010 to get our thoughts on the system and the 3DS games being shown on the show floor.