Well either way I think E3 was always the latest.... Since the DS really shouldn't have shipped until March or so (when the PSP will ship)... but it's good that Nintendo chose to get a head start at the cost of have a big dry spell... People are complaining now but we'll all forget about it soon. Remember PS2's crappy games from launch till around GCN/Xbox launch. When GCN/Xbox launched there were already many early adopter PS2's out and that's exactly when the big games started hitting, GTA3, MGS2, Gran Turismo 3...Same with DS, right when the PSP is starting out in the US the big games like Mario Kart and Metroid will start hitting.