The 3DS eShop has received an absolute blowout of information today. Pretty much every major news outlet previewed the new service in some shape or form. Now GameSpot has provided another bunch of details, including limits on your virtual wallet and monthly spending, search options, and more. Oh, and you’ll probably be disappointed to hear that you can’t gift games to other 3DS owners.
– 50MB download
– Staff Pick category for the shelf
– First Staff Pick is Cave Story
– Search for games based on popular search phrases other uses have inputted
– Modify searches to retrieve more granular results by searching for game characters and genres, like puzzle games featuring Mario
– Charts include the most watched videos
– Can only carry $200 in your virtual wallet
– Can only spent $1,000 per month
– No game gifting
– eShop messaging will be done in the eShop, not SpotPass, since Nintendo doesn’t want to spam people
Does IGN know something we don’t about Nintendo’s presence at E3? That might possible, based on a tease from Rich George.
Of course, Nintendo will have a presentation on Tuesday, followed by a developer’s roundtable later in the day. But it sounds like there could be another round of significant news from Nintendo on Wednesday.
George wrote in a recent article:
“This year, expect to hear news outside of the press conference. Not only in the form of impressions, videos and a few interviews, but I would make sure you’re checking the IGN Nintendo sites on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. I will have live blogs fired up.”
As far as I’m aware, Nintendo has never delivered any additional news the day following their conference. You have to wonder what they have planned…
– “Photo-Camo”: Take a photo with the 3DS camera, use the image as in-game camouflage
– Unclear how the above will affect gameplay
– Need to tilt the 3DS to mimic Snake’s balance while on a bridge
– The above uses the 3DS’ gyro-sensor
– Snake stumbles upon a Yoshi figurine at the end of the trailer, but it isn’t clear what this means yet
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I don’t know how much Nintendo news Konami will offer at their “pre-E3” show tonight. I imagine Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 3D will be there in some form, and possibly this new Frogger title and other games. Regardless of how many Nintendo-related titles are shown, though, I have a feeling that you guys will want to tune into the live stream.
Those of you who were fortunate enough to watch Konami’s E3 2010 presser are aware of how downright amusing it was. It didn’t seem as though they had planned anything intentionally, but one speaker after another provided memorable quotes that are still used to this day. Even though I don’t see how Konami can possibly top their conference from last year, at least Tak Fujii will be there!
So stay tuned for the amazing (hopefully) show, and keep checking back on the site for any Nintendo news from the conference.
Kid Icarus: Uprising producer Masahiro Sakurai has posted a photo of his E3 2011 badge on his Twitter account. While that alone probably isn’t much to get excited about, it does hint that a reveal for Zelda’s 25th anniversary is imminent. The badge also, expectedly, has a Skyward Sword theme, so that title will definitely be making an appearance as well.
Yesterday, Eiji Aonuma said that he’d be making an announcement about the franchise at E3. However, it isn’t clear if he implied that it’ll be specifically about a new game, or something else entirely.
We’ll only have to wait a few days longer to find out what Nintendo has in store for the series’ anniversary.
