Nintendo Announces Launch-Day Lineup of 3DS Games

When the Nintendo 3DS launches on March 27 there will be 18 3DS games available, with the total hitting 30 by early June.

The following games from Nintendo will be available at launch:

• 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.

The games will be priced at $39.99 each. Additional 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 new installments in the Mario Kart series.

Third-party publishers also have a slate of games ready to go on March 27. 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

For more information about Nintendo 3DS, visit www.nintendo3ds.com.