Nintendos American 3DS launch line-up reveals 18 games
Also, an oddity in the press release makes us wonder about Mario Kart
Nintendo of America has lifted the wraps of the list of games thatll be available for the 3DS on day one. 18 games will be on shelves at launch, seven more than there was for the launch of the original Nintendo DS in that region, and over two-thirds of the line-up consists of third-party offerings. The suggested retail price of games will be US$39.99. Heres the full list.
Nintendo
Pilotwings Resort
Steel Diver
nintendogs + cats: French Bulldog & New Friends
nintendogs + cats: Golden Retriever & New Friends
nintendogs + cats: Toy Poodle & New Friends
Capcom
Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition
Electronic Arts
The Sims 3
Madden NFL Football
Konami
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 3D
LucasArts
LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars from LucasArts
Namco Bandai
Ridge Racer 3D
Sega
Super Monkey Ball 3D
Square-Enix
Bust-A-Move Universe
Tecmo Koei
Samurai Warriors: Chronicles
Ubisoft
Asphalt 3D
Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D
Rayman 3D
Tom Clancys Ghost Recon Shadow Wars
The press release also mentions first-party 3DS games that would be launched by the years end, namely The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Star Fox 64 3D and Kid Icarus: Uprising, but, more interestingly, "new installments in the Mario Kart series." Installments? Is this a clue, or even confirmation, that therell be more than one Mario Kart game released for the 3DS this year?
Even if we take into account that it could be a typo, the sentence fragment "and new installment in the Mario Kart series" would still be grammatically erroneous. If the statement does hold true, it could perhaps be referring to a (possibly updated) retro Mario Kart game for the 3DS Virtual Console, rather than another retail game.
UPDATE: Nintendo of America has now altered the wording of that sentence to read "and a new installment in the Mario Kart series." Hmm.
Fear not, people. Nintendo Australia is tipped to announce our launch line-up this week.
