Nintendo 3DS Release Date, Pricing, Lineup

The Nintendo 3DS is coming March 27th in North America, while Europe will see it two days earlier on the 25th. Nintendo made the announcement today at their Nintendo 3DS Preview Event. The 3DS is priced at $249.99, while Europe retailers will set their own prices. It will be available in two colors at launch: Aqua Blue and Cosmo Black. A 2GB memory card will also be available with the system. Nintendo will launch an eShop that will support Gameboy and Gameboy Color downloads, so if you are feeling nostalgic for the old Nintendo hand-held games, the 3DS will be a great way to experience them.

Nintendo also announced that during the time of launch and the start of E3 on June 7th, more than 30 first-party and third-party titles will be available for the 3Ds, however, they did not announce which games will be available at launch. Here is a list of the titles that are being shown today at the event:

Capcom:
Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition
Resident Evil: Revelations
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D

EA:
Madden NFL Football
The Sims 3

Hudson:
Bomberman 3DS (Working Title)
Deca Sports Extreme
Nikoli’s Pencil Puzzle

Konami:
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 3D
Doctor Lautrec And The Forgotten Knights
Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D “The Naked Sample”

Majesco:
Fish On

Namco Bandai:
Ridge Racer 3D
DualPenSports

Nintendo:
AR Games
Nintendogs + Cats
Steel Driver
Paper Mario (Working Title)
Star Fox 64 3D
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
Animal Crossing (Working Title)
Pilotwings Resort
Mario Kart
Kid Icarus: Uprising

Sega:
Super Monkey Ball 3D

Square-Enix:
Kingdom Hearts 3D
Bust-A-Move Universe

Tecmo Koei:
Dead Or Alive Dimensions
Samurai Warriors Chronicles

Ubisoft:
Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D
Rabbids Travel In Time
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Shadow Wars
James Noir
Driver Renegade
Cubic Ninja (Working Title)
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell 3D
Animal Resort (Working Title)
Asphalt 3D