A whole bunch of 3DS retail games will be hitting the Japanese eShop next month. Some of these titles will also be made available on the North American and European stores.
If you have plans to download games such as Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and Mario Kart 7, be sure to get a decently-sized SD card ready! Nintendo shared sizes for each upcoming Japanese re-release, and some of the software are quite large.
Here’s the full list:
Tobidase D?butsu no Mori (Animal Crossing) – 8,192 blocks (1 GB)
Mario Tennis Open – 4,096 blocks (512 MB)
Mario & Sonic at the London Olympics – 4,096 blocks (512 MB)
Mairo Kart 7 – 8,192 blocks (1 GB)
Super Mario 3D Land – 4,096 blocks (512 MB)
Hana to Ikimono no Rittai Zukan – 8,192 blocks (1 GB)
Star Fox 64 3D – 5,120 blocks (640 MB)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – 4,096 blocks (512 MB)
Pilotwings Resort – 1,024 blocks (128 MB)
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I just now realized that I’ve interviewed this guy before. It was way back in November of 2010, just before the first ‘Epic Mickey’ launched. I asked him if an ‘Epic Mickey’ game would land on 3DS in the future, and he told me that it was “too early to say”.
I wonder if he was lying and they had actually already planned out Power of Illusion…
So, there I was once again, sitting in my imaginary room waiting to imaginarily interview someone, pretending it was in-person instead of via email. The subject this time around? Mr. Paul Weaver from Junction Point. I’ve actually interviewed Paul before, but it was so long ago that I wasn’t even doing this “pretend I’m interviewing them live” thing. It was just straight Q&A, IGN-style.
Boring, am I rig–
Before I could finish the thought, Paul entered the room. I was pretty excited to get the chance to talk to him– primarily because I had gotten such pleasure out of playing Junction Point’s last game, “Epic Mickey”– and I didn’t waste too much time with formalities before getting right into the hard-ball, tough-as-nails questions about how amazing I think their games are:
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Software
1. Pokemon Dream Radar
2. The “Denpa” Men: They Came by Wave
3. Cave Story
4. Bird & Beans
5. Super Mario Bros.
6. New Super Mario Bros. 2
7. 3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure
8. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX
9. Photo Dojo
10. Pushmo
11. The Legend of Zelda
12. Colors! 3D
13. Heavy Fire: Special Operations 3D
14. Cut The Rope
15. Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
16. Bird Mania 3D
17. Plants vs. Zombies
18. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
19. Crazy Chicken Pirates 3D
20. Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!
Videos
1. Paper Mario: Sticker Star Video
2. The “Denpa” Men: They Came by Wave Video
3. Nintendo Show 3D: September 13, 2012
4. New Super Mario Bros. U September 13, 2013
5. Kirby 20th Anniversary Dream Collection Trailer
6. Pokemon Dream Radar Video
7. New Super Mario Bros. 2 Coin Rush
8. Kirby’s Dream Collection Teaser Trailer
9. New Super Mario Bros. 2 Warp Canon
10. Nintendo Show 3D: September 6, 2012
11. Style Savvy: Trendsetters Video
12. 3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure Video
13. Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone! Video
14. New Super Mario Bros. 2 Rainbow Course
15. Heavy Fire: Special Operations 3D Video
16. New Super Mario Bros. 2 Commercial
17. New Super Mario Bros. 2 Trailer
18. Fractured Soul Video
19. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Trailer
20. Nintendo Land Trailer
Nintendo has opened the official North American website for Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask.
There’s the usual deal here – you can view game information, screenshots, and videos. There’s also a couple of sample puzzles to try out.
Access the site here.
