Launch games
What are the launch games?On day one, new Nintendo 3DS owners will have plenty of video games to keep them busy. Nintendo and its third-party publishing partners have made sure that people who buy a system on March 25 will be able to choose from a variety of experiences that leverage the system's new features.
On March 27, new Nintendo 3DS owners will be able to choose from the following Nintendo-published games:
* Pilotwings Resort, an aerial adventure featuring airplanes, hang gliders and rocket belts. Players soar above tropical Wuhu Island in 3D as they complete missions or snap pictures.
* Steel Diver, a submarine game that involves strategy and combat. The 3D visuals give players the sensation that they are looking into a miniature aquarium as they control the sub's speed, depth and pitch, and fire torpedoes.
* nintendogs + cats, a game that lets players interact with realistic puppies – and kittens – in a variety of fun ways. There are three versions of the software, each with different starting breeds: French bulldog, toy poodle and golden retriever. But in each version players can unlock and enjoy more than 20 different breeds.
Other Nintendo 3DS games in the works for 2011 from Nintendo include The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Star Fox 64 3D, Kid Icarus: Uprising and a new installment in the Mario Kart series.
Third-party publishers also have a strong slate of games ready to go on March 25. These include:
* Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition from CAPCOM
* The Sims 3 from EA
* Madden NFL Football from EA SPORTS
* Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 3D from Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
* LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars from LucasArts
* RIDGE RACER 3D from NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.
* Super Monkey Ball 3D from SEGA
* BUST-A-MOVE UNIVERSE from Square-Enix, Inc.
* SAMURAI WARRIORS: Chronicles from TECMO KOEI AMERICA Corp.
* Asphalt 3D from UBISOFT
* Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D from UBISOFT
* Rayman 3D from UBISOFT
* Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Shadow Wars from UBISOFT
Nintendo 3DS is also able to play nearly every game in the Nintendo DS library, except those that require use of a secondary Game Boy Advance slot.
