Nintendo World 2011 3DS launch details from Japan

Nintendo World 2011 Japanese banner screenshot
Nintendo held their 3DS show called Nintendo World 2011 in Japan over the weekend and therein they revealed, announced and showed new details on a ton of games for the upcoming handheld which releases in March (February 26 in Japan). Keep in mind that everything below is for JAPAN ONLY. Dates/details for other regions are yet to be announced.

Here is the Japanese launch games that will ship day and date with the system!

Winning Eleven 3DSoccer (5,800 yen/$70)
Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition (4,800 yen/$58)
Samurai Warriors Chronicle (6,090 yen/$73)
Tobidasu! Puzzle Bobble 3D (4,980 yen/$60)
Nintendogs + Cats (Toy Poodle & New Friends, French Bulldog & New Friends, Shiba & New Friends, 4,800 yen each)
Ridge Racer 3D (6,090 yen/$73)
Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D (5,040 yen/$61)
Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle (5,980 yen/$72)

* Keep in mind that prices are likely higher than we’ll see in the West.

Brand new games were also announced, they include:

BlazBlue Continuum Shift 2
Tales of the Abyss (A 3D port of the PS2 RPG)
Rabbids Travel in Time (A 3D port of the Wii game)
Tank Beat 3

Here are some of the upcoming Nintendo games which were given release windows:

Steel Diver (Spring 2011)
Pilotwings Resort (Spring 2011)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3DS (Spring 2011)
Star Fox 64 3D (Summer 2011)
Kid Icarus: Uprising (Summer 2011)
Karasu 3D (Milestone, Summer 2011)
Tetris Axis (Hudson, Summer 2011)
Daisenryaku for Nintendo 3DS (SystemSoft Alpha, Summer 2011)
Haku Ouki 3D (Idea Factory, TBA 2011)
Mario Kart 3DS (TBA, 2011)
Animal Crossing 3DS (TBA, 2011)
Paper Mario 3DS (TBA, 2011)

Other games shown at the show included:

Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D The Naked Sample
Winning Eleven 3D Soccer
Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition
Resident Evil Revelations
Resident Evil Mercenaries 3D
Dead or Alive Dimensions
AR Games
Mii Plaza
Nintendo 3DS Camera
Super Monkey Ball 3D
Kingdom Hearts 3D
Gundam The 3D Battle
One Piece Unlimited Cruise SP
Cubic Ninja
Tobidasu Puzzle Bobble 3D
Pro Baseball Famisuta 2011
Animal Resort
Xevious
3D Beauty Cock

Here are some videos with sights and sounds of various games listed above, and some talk from Nintendo about the future of videogames.

3DS 2011 Overview (Japanese)


This video shows very brief footage of Ocarina of Time and Paper Mario 3DS.

3DS Japanese Commercial

3DS Intro and system explanations.

Reggie on the 3DS, parental controls, 3D for younger players.

Reggie on his thoughts about Xbox 360’s Kinect and Sony’s PlayStation Move.

3DS Hands-On