Game on time
Nintendo has revealed the line-up of games to launch alongside its 3DS handheld console.
The 3D console is set to make its European debut on 25 March with 13 full 3D games available, which Nintendo claims "offer something for everyone".
Nintendo is pushing Pilotwings Resort, which promises to let 3DS users use a Mii character to explore Whuhu Island by plane, hand glider and rocket belt with 40 flight missions and extras in free flight mode.
And perhaps unsurprisingly Nintendogs is back yet again. The game makes use of the console's camera and facial recognition technology so 3DS users can find new ways to interact with their virtual dogs and cats, which can even apparently lick them.
Nintendo said gamers can take pictures of their pets and share them as well as use an augmented reality feature which lets players ‘watch your puppy play on your own dining room table!'
Nintendo has partnered with Capcom, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Konami Digital Entertainment, LucasArts, Namco Bandai, SEGA and Tecmo Koei, which all have 3DS titles out at launch.
Here's the full day one launch line up:
Nintendo 3DS launch software - released on 25th March |
Publisher |
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Pilotwings Resort |
Nintendo |
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nintendogsTM + cats Golden Retriever & New Friends |
Nintendo |
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nintendogsTM + cats French Bulldog & New Friends |
Nintendo |
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nintendogsTM + cats Toy Poodle & New Friends |
Nintendo |
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Super Street FighterTM IV 3D Edition |
Capcom / distributed by Nintendo |
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The SimsTM 3 |
Electronic Arts |
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PES 2011 3D - Pro Evolution Soccer |
Konami Digital Entertainment |
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LEGO® Star WarsTM III The Clone WarsTM |
LucasArts |
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RIDGE RACERTM 3D |
Namco Bandai |
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Super Monkey BallTM 3D |
SEGA |
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SAMURAI WARRIORS: Chronicles |
TECMO KOEI |
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AsphaltTM 3D |
Ubisoft |
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Tom Clancy'sTM Ghost Recon® Shadow Wars |
Ubisoft |
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Tom Clancy'sTM Splinter Cell® 3D |
Ubisoft |
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Rayman ® 3D |
Ubisoft |
Nintendo also said it has a partial list of other titles that will be out on the new console soon after its March launch.
They include: Steel Diver, The Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time 3D, Star Fox 64 3D and Kid Icarus: Uprising, plus new instalments in the Mario Kart, Animal Crossing and Paper Mario series from Nintendo.
Other titles from third parties will also include: Capcom's Resident Evil: Mercenaries, EA's Madden NFL Football, Sega's Crush 3D and Thor: God of Thunder, Puzzle Bobble Universe from Square Enix, Dead or Alive Dimensions from Techmo Koei plus Ubisoft's James Noir's Hollywood Crimes and Driver Renegade 3D.
Rabbids 3D and Combat of Giants Dinosaurs 3D from Ubisoft will apparently hit the shelves in Europe just one week after the console's launch.
