UPDATE: A new scan over at GoNintendo has debunked the previous scan, showing it to be nothing more than a photoshop edit. Original article below.

Joystiq just found out via VGTribune and Official Nintendo Magazine UK about an official release date for Nintendo’s next handheld sensation. We had heard first that the 3DS was set for early 2011, and then that was narrowed down to March 2011. An early magazine leak has confirmed that date to be March 11th, 2011. Scan below.