Nintendo Co plans to ship about 1.5 million units of the 3D-capable handheld game players in Japan in the first month after its launch on February 26, President Satoru Iwata said in an interview with the Nikkei business daily published on Monday.

“It’s important that we ensure a continuous supply,” Iwata was quoted as saying by the Nikkei.

The company will work on preventing the shortages of products that happened earlier when DS versions were first released, the report said.

The 3DS is scheduled to go on sale in the United States and Europe in March and Nintendo targets to sell 4 million units worldwide by the end of that month, according to the Nikkei.

Source: Reuters