Pokedex 3D coming to 3DS eShop for free. Excitebike 3D is real remake

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Pokedex 3D screenshot. Free from the 3DS eShop
The Nintendo 3DS eShop will launch on June 7 and with it comes a new launch title… Pokedex 3D! What’s more, it is available to download FOR FREE!

This new game, although it is more like an App, will provide 3DS users and Pokemon fans with a unique Pokedex which offers the following features:

  • All Pokemon from Pokemon Black and White are included.
  • Includes more than 150 Pokemon and their movies.
  • Takes advantage of SpotPass and Augmented Reality Cards.
  • View each Pokemon in stereoscopic 3D and zoom or rotate them 360 degrees.
  • Filtering and bookmarking available.
  • Players start off with 16 Pokemon.
  • New Pokemon are added and unlocked by scanning QR Codes or using SpotPass to get new trade data from friends or strangers.
  • SpotPass can give you up to three random Pokemon a day.
  • You can display your Pokemon pictures using the 3DS Camera.

    • Additionally, it has been revealed that Excitebike 3D, the other launch game for the Nintendo 3DS eShop, is a real remake! That is, the game is not just a port of the original NES game with stereoscopic 3D graphics layered on top. It is much more.

    Instead, the game has been completely redrawn and remastered to take advantage of the stereoscopic glasses-free 3D of the Nintendo 3DS system, with the assets of the original NES game essentially inputted into a polygonal 3D recreation of the original title! The result is something that resembles the Sub-Con stage from Super Smash Bros. Brawl, a complete reboot of the original title for a modern day console!

    What’s more, Excitebike 3D uses the 3DS Depth Slider in a unique way, by allowing you to zoom in or out of the action by moving the slider up or down, offering new viewpoints on the high-speed racing action! Snazzy!

    Excitebike 3D is the first in a line of upcoming “3D Classics“, which will be classic NES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Gear, TurboGrafx-16 and other titles rebooted in stereoscopic 3D with updated graphics and effects. Excitebike 3D will be available to download for free from now until July 7th, 2011.

    Here is a video of Pokedex 3D screenshots.