New 3DS AR details reveal mystery behind Nintendo character cards, info about new games

February 19th, 2011 Posted in 3DS, News, Posted by Valay

A couple of days ago, we were finally able to get a look at the final lineup of Augmented Reality cards for the 3DS. Interestingly, it seemed as though Nintendo characters would be involved with the AR functionality. We now have details about how those cards work, as well as information about new AR games. Check out the details below.

- Use the “?” card to launch the program in AR Games

Unless you love party games, Wii Party probably isn’t worth $50

Unless you love party games, Wii Party probably isn’t worth $50 - Infendo – Nintendo news, reviews, podcast, Wii, DS, and retro video game blog .vvqbox

Top 50 best Mario games of all time

Or so say these guys. Out of more than 200 eligible games, Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix takes the last spot. Super Mario Bros. 3 takes the top spot, followed closely by Super Mario World and Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Regarding the list, be sure to duck through all 50 pages

Video games seek immunity from used sales, fail to see the irony

Used video games have been around since the early ’80s. But they weren’t a problem in the eyes of developers until the middle of the decade, at which point game sales weren’t growing as fast as they used to.

Rather than blame the safe creative bets, bloated budgets, and $10 HD surcharge (yes, many games carry an MSRP of $60 these days) for the decline, developers set their sights on used game sales.

Metroid, Kirby, Donkey Kong headline year-end Nintendo games

Nintendo today revealed their “upcoming cool games” for the rest of the year. Such as…

Wii

Metroid: Other M (August 31)New Carnival Games (September 21)Samurai Warriors 3 (September 27)Wii Party (October 3)NBA Jam (October 5)Just Dance 2 (October 12)Kirby’s Epic Yarn (October 17)PokePark Wii: Pikachu’s Adventure (November 1)FlingSmash (November 7)Sonic Colors (November 16)Donkey Kong Country Returns (November 21)Goldeneye 007 (November)Epic Mickey (Holidays)

Nintendo DS

Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (September 12)Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs (October 4)Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light (October 5)Art Academy (October 25)Rock Band 3 (October 29)Super Scribblenauts (October)Mario vs Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem (November 14)

WiiWare

And Yet it Moves (August 23)Bit.Trip.Fate (Fall)Super Meat Boy (Holidays)

DSiWare

Need for Speed Nitro-X (September 20)Shantae: Risky Revenge (Holidays)

My most anticipated? I gotta go with Epic Yarn or Donkey Kong Country Returns.

Comments (10) READ MORE: DS, Wii 10 Comments T.Rollan says...
August 17th, 2010 at 12:53 pm

>>Shantae: Risky Revenge

Oh boy! Oh boy!

EdEN says...
August 17th, 2010 at 1:01 pm

Out of all those games I would only NOT buy the following:

New Carnival Games
Wii Party
NBA Jam
PokePark
Sonic Colors
Need for Speed Nitro-X

Too bad that Shantae won’t be released until november-december AND without a real release date yet…

durpaderp says...
August 17th, 2010 at 1:05 pm

WAHRS THE GOLDEN SUNNN?

garyaga says...
August 17th, 2010 at 1:52 pm

I’ll take golden eye, metroid, and donkey kong. scribblenauts for the girlfriend.

Karnage says...
August 17th, 2010 at 2:05 pm

I will buy metroid other M, donkey kong country, kirby’s epic yarn, epic mickey, sonic colors (looks promising) and maybe goldeneye… very good year for wii owners! and after that of course zelda