(CNN) -- The Nintendo 3DS has a release date, and it won't be in time for the holidays.
The iconic gaming company's much-buzzed-about hand-held 3-D device will go on sale in Japan in February, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said at a Tokyo news conference.
It will sell for the equivalent of about $300.
Iwata said the portable gaming console, which gaming writershonored among the best at this June's Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, California, will be released in the United States and Europe in March.
The 3DS, which was unveiled at E3, lets the user play games, including updates to the "Legend of Zelda" and "Mario Kart" series, in 3-D without using special glasses.
The model Iwata displayed Wednesday looked slightly different from the one demoed at E3 in June.
He highlighted several new features. Players will be able to use the hand-held console as a camera, take pictures of themselves and automatically convert their images into Miis -- personalized in-game avatars like ones from Wii console games.
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