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Nintendo announces $40 3DS launch games, new 2011 Mario Kart

The Nintendo 3DS is coming to the United States on March 27 for 0. We’ve known that for a while, but today Nintendo has released the official list of launch titles, which will be sold for each. Too much? The list is made up of familiar names and faces, along with ports of older games. While it likely won’t make a difference in sales, Nintendo’s strategy of using the past to sell the …
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Nintendo reveals the Nintendo 3DS launch titles for North America

Nintendo has finally revealed the Nintendo 3DS launch titles for North America. From day one you’ll be able to pick up eighteen different titles, with a further twelve games launching before the E3 Expo in early June. The day one launch titles include:

• PilotWings Resort
• Steel Diver
• Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition
• Nintendogs + Cats, available in three editions: Poodle, Golden Retriever and Bulldog.
• Ridge Racer 3D
• Samurai Warriors: Chronicles
• The Sims 3
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 3D
• Super Monkey Ball 3D
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars
• Rayman 3D
• Asphalt 3D
• Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
• Bust-a-Move Universe
• Madden NFL 11
• Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D

There’s no real surprises, and there’s going to be a lot of comments like “omg, where’s Ocarina of Time?!” But rest assured, Ocarina of Time, Mario Kart, Kid Icarus: Uprising and Starfox 64 3D will all be released this year, just not before E3. What do you think of the lineup?

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Disassembled: A (very detailed) inside look at the guts of a Nintendo 3DS

We’re not too far away from the launch of the Nintendo 3DS in Japan, but if you’re an uber hardware junkie you won’t have to wait any longer to get your fix. A development unit of the 3DS with the final production design has been pulled apart completely and there are over sixty photos.

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Shin’en Multimedia is making a game for the 3DS

Shin’en Multimedia, the minds that brought Nanostray 2 to the Nintendo DS has confirmed in an interview that they’re working on an action game for the 3DS. The team has had a couple of recent successes via WiiWare with Art of Balance and Jett Rocket. There’s no further details about the game itself, but it’s been in development since Autumn 2010, so hopefully they’re not too far off from spilling the beans.

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Video: Slaying dinosaurs in Combat of Giants

We headed back to Bic Camera today and captured some footage of Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D. Rollo was at the helm again to fight his way through the entire playable demo. Overall he said he probably won’t buy the game, but that it might be more interesting with a higher difficult setting (or in later stages of the game).

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Nintendo: Physical media ain’t going anywhere

I love services like Steam that allow you to play games without owning any physical media. But if you’re someone who prefers holding a game in your hands, then you’ll be happy to hear that Nintendo doesn’t plan to abandon you in the near future. Laurent Fischer has said in an interview with EDGE magazine that “We have been very clearly communicating for a long time that the packaged software or retail market is the one that’s going to drive the mass market. We have never seen any link between growth in the mobile gaming market and decrease in the normal software market. It’s two different markets, two different topics. We couldn’t find any evidence of those two markets being linked.”

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Pachter: Nintendo Wii Sales Down 31.5% from January 2010

January has just not been a pleasant month for video game sales–especially Nintendo’s Wii, according to new numbers released this past week.
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Wii consoles as art

Four of Australia’s most highly regarded indigenous artists have created unique works of art on Wii consoles. They will be auctioned on eBay with the proceeds to benefit an indigenous education program.
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Ophthalmologist Recommends Long-Term Trials On 3DS’ Safety

Nintendo’s 3DS has already garnered a ton of attention, thanks to its impressive 3D capabilities. Those very capabilities are also raising concerns from some in the medical community. The vice president of England’s Royal College of Ophthalmologists had a chance to play with the system for a while, telling a British paper that he thinks that long-term trials on the potential effects would be …
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Lego Pirates coming to the 3DS too

Nintendo 3DS owners will be able to duel with friends when the Lego Pirates come aboard The Lego gaming juggernaut shows no sign of slowing down. Last week’s Clone Wars news is followed up by the announcement that Lego Pirates of the Caribbean will be arriving on 3DS, as well as other platforms. The reveal trailer shows Captain Jack Sparrow and co in Lego form and hints that the novelty may not …
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