Finally, all speculation can come to an end regarding the 3DS’ launch date and price. Nintendo just announced at their official conference in Japan that the portable will go on sale on February 26, 2011 for 25000 yen. In North America and Europe, the system will be out sometime in March.
As it turns out, Resident Evil: Revelations isn’t the only 3DS RE game in the works. A short while ago, it was announced that Resident Evil: The Mercenaries is also in development for the system. Capcom has also saved one additional announcement for the 3DS: Mega Man Legends 3. You can check out more details below.
CAPCOM BRINGING MEGA MAN LEGENDS 3 PROJECT AND RESIDENT EVILTM: THE MERCENARIES 3D TO NINTENDO 3DS
LONDON, UK — September 29, 2010 — Capcom, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games today announced that the Mega Man Legends 3 Project and Resident EvilTM: The Mercenaries 3D are in development for the Nintendo 3DS platform. Fans of both iconic series will see their favourite heroes and villains come to life like never before with Nintendo’s breakthrough 3D technology. The announcements were made during the Nintendo Conference 2010 which took place in Japan earlier today.For years, fans have been clamouring for a new instalment to the Mega Man Legends series and now the Mega Man Legends 3 Project will see their request realized. Indeed, fans will have an opportunity to be part of the development process like never before as they interact directly with the team. ‘We have wanted to create a new instalment in this series for a number of years,’ commented the title’s Executive Producer, Keiji Inafune. ‘And it is great that we now have the opportunity to bring this title to the Nintendo 3DS.’ Further details of this project will be revealed at next month’s New York Comic-Con. In the meantime, visit www.capcom-unity.com for more information.
Miis
– Take Miis wherever you go
– Choose Miis from a list
– Receive Miis through Tag Mode
– Take a picture of yourself and it can be turned into a Mii
Wi-Fi
– Can stop gameplay to connect to the Internet
– 3DS titles can communicate with each other even when in sleep mode
– Internet browser also confirmed
– There is a light on the upper-right of the 3DS which shows when it has received new data from another system
– Can store multiple game data
– Don’t need to be playing the game at the time to exchange data
– Namco Bandai wants to use the local Wi-Fi (Tag Mode) for rankings/ghost data for Ridge Racer 3D
– Super Street Fighter IV 3DS: Wi-Fi fight requests anywhere you are
A few days ago, the “Wii Remote Plus”” was discovered through a GameStop listing. Today, Nintendo has made it official. Satoru Iwata did not discuss the product in-depth, though I suppose that isn’t really necessary. After all, it’s truly just a Wii remote with MotionPlus built in.
Earlier this year, Nintendo said that Mistwalker’s The Last Story would be out in Japan. Unfortunately, that no longer appears to be the case. Nintendo’s global president, Satoru Iwata, has confirmed that the game will instead ship on January 27, 2011. No North American release date has been announced.
These are the games found on Famitsu’s 3DS list we posted earlier tonight…
Samurai Warriors Chronicle (Tecmo Koei)
Resident Evil Revelations (Capcom)
Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition (Capcom)
Dynasty Warriors (Tecmo Koei)
Ninja Gaiden (Tecmo Koei)
Dead or Alive Dimensions (Tecmo Koei)
Kingdom Hearts 3D (Square Enix)
Chocobo Racing 3D (Square Enix)
Super Black Bass 3D (Star Fish SD)
Super Monkey Ball (Sega)
Sonic (Sega)
Rika-chan 3DS (Sega)
Animal Crossing (Nintendo)
Kid Icarus (Nintendo)
Star Fox 64 3D (Nintendo)
Steel Diver (Nintendo)
Nintendogs + Cats (Nintendo)
Mario Kart (Nintendo)
PilotWings Resort (Nintendo)
Paper Mario (Nintendo)
The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D (Nintendo)
Kororinpa Series (Hudson)
Deca Sporta Series (Hudson)
Bomberman Series (Hudson)
Gundam Series (Namco Bandai)
Super Robot Series (Namco Bandai)
Dragon Ball Series (Namco Bandai)
PacMan & Galaga (Namco Bandai)
Ridge Racer (Namco Bandai)
Harvest Moon 3D (Marvelous)
Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask (Level-5)
Crash-City GP (Rocket Company)
VS-robo (Rocket Company)
Class of Heroes 3Dx3D (Acquire)
Combat of Giants Dinosaur 3D (Ubisoft)
Ghost Recon Tactics (Ubisoft)
Splinter Cell 3D (Ubisoft)
Driver 3D (Ubisoft)
We’re still about 30 minutes away, but take a look at these photos will you wait!
We were left in the dark about Nintendo’s impending conference for quite some time, but a few details have finally been released. According to Nikkei, the Big N will start the event at 1 AM EDT/10 PM PST. We also know that Capcom will have official news about two game announcements at 2 AM EDT (okay, it hasn’t been confirmed to be Nintendo-related, but what else could it be?!). One other thing – From what I can gather, this is not necessarily a 3DS-only conference, so we may very well hear about some Wii titles.
Just so you know, I’ll be covering the conference in any capacity I can. This includes posting updates on the site as soon as any information becomes available, as well as hosting any screenshots/trailers I come across. I’ll probably regret staying up so late in the morning, but Nintendo conferences don’t happen too often – might as well soak in all the news!
