Nintendo 3DS

[ItsThere]

A poster and different cover art. That's it.

Fail. I want the Australian Ocarina one!

[Shozuki]

fantastic news about this rubbish device not selling well. Its utter, utter garbage and I certainly would be pleased to see it in the scrap pile.

[Womble9]

Does anyone know what is in the Game Zelda pre order tat box?

Glad you mentioned / asked that as it prompted me to take a look at it on their site. At ?29.99 I figured it was worth grabbing, top game at a top price .

[ItsThere]

Glad you mentioned / asked that as it prompted me to take a look at it on their site. At ?29.99 I figured it was worth grabbing, top game at a top price .

I pre-ordered it from there for ?40 and they dropped the price twice and added free tat!

Double G-points too.

[abigsmurf]

One Piece Unlimited Cruise SP managed to get to no.1 in Japan with a fairly respectable 80K in first week sales.

[KusoGaki]

Andriasang has posted up various details regarding the Japanese 3DS system update/e-store:

Browser:

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/06/02/nintendo_3ds_browser/

e-Store:

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/06/02/3ds_eshop_lineup/

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/06/02/3ds_eshop_experience/

Dsiware Transfer:

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/06/02/3ds_software_transfers/

[Greg Moss]

ONM have tweeted the uk launch lineup:

Super Mario Land
Alleyway
Tennis

Excitebike 3D free until 7 July
Pokedex 3D

No prices as yet, but as they're 400 yen in Japan, looking at, at least ?3 for the Gameboy games.

What a load of tosh, no Zelda, no Game Gear/TurboGFX games. Seriously thinking it's time to get rid and pick up a 3DS again when (if?), better games show up.

[yesteryeargames]

Great launch line up to get us started cant complain with that.

[Brad]

A dictionary about pokemon, breakout and tennis and emulated versions of SML and excitebike. It's like they're DELIBERATELY taking the piss.
I see no reason to even bother downloading the update to be honest.

[abigsmurf]

Excitebike isn't emulated, it's been re-done to make it full 3D. It's not a full remake but it's more than a rom.

Either way, bland selection. Links Awakening was promised and not delivered, like so many 'launch window' games.

Hoping that the MS/GG selection builds up over time (although it appearing would at least be a start). I know the MS was largely a European console in terms of popularity which is why it doesn't garner the same retro fanatasism (much like the Amiga) but it still deserves far more kudos than it got.

[Brad]

I just looked at the excitebike video (Nintendo's own video) and it looked like a GBC colour game. TBH, it doesn't matter whether it's emulated or not. It *looks* like it is!!

I'll keep hold of mine anyway but I'm sticking with the current firmware in case someone manages a region-unlock-hack.

[KusoGaki]

To be honest i wouldn't expect much else from the 3D Classics series, they're probably all going to be NES games but in 3D.

I think the launch titles for the e-store are ok, along with DoA (and pilotwings/puzzlebobble coming in the mail soon) it should keep me occupied at least until Zelda comes out.

[sj33]

It's quite predictable that they would be starting with some of the very earliest GameBoy titles. As a general rule though, I don't buy a game I already own (it's not as if the original developers get any money if I rebuy an old game). But if they 'enhance' more of these games with features that cannot be offered in the games original form such as 3D, I'd be a little more interested.

[SUMIRE]

Just got my 3DS, does anyone know if you can get more of those augmented reality cards, i think they are great!

[Ouenben]

So far no, there aren't any more yet Sumire.

Regarding the e-shop, they've announced Radar mission is being released at launch! I'm happy about this I loved radar mission! It's a really good battleships game with a seperate fun submarine shooting game on the side too.