Nintendo wasn’t kidding when it said that the 3DS would have a ton of third party support: Metal Gear Solid, Assassin’s Creed, Final Fantasy and more are coming to the handheld alongside old Nintendo classics.
I just got off the phone with Greg Tito, who was in the audience for Nintendo’s E3 2010 press conference. I asked him about Nintendo’s recently unveiled 3DS handheld. His words? “It’s 3D. I don’t know how, but it works.” (Look for a hands-on soon!)
Nintendo has promised that the handheld will enjoy significant first-and-third-party support when it launches, and judging by the press kit, it wasn’t kidding. The full lineup is massive: From Nintendo itself, we get the revival of classic franchises like PilotWings and StarFox (not to mention Kid Icarus). From the third party publishers? We get a whole lot of stuff – MGS, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, and a lot more.
Here’s the full lineup via Shacknews.
Nintendo
o Animal Crossing
o Kid Icarus: Uprising
o Mario Kart
o Nintendogs + cats
o Paper Mario
o PilotWings Resort
o Star Fox 64 3D
o Steel Diver
Activision Publishing
o DJ Hero 3D
AQ INTERACTIVE
o Cubic ninja
ATLUS
o Etrian Odyssey
o Shin Megami Tensei
o Shin Megami Tensei: Persona
o Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor
Capcom
o Resident Evil Revelations
o Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition (name not final)
Electronic Arts
o FIFA Soccer
o Madden NFL
o The Sims 3
Gameloft
o Asphalt GT
Harmonix
o Music Game
HUDSON SOFT
o Bomberman franchise
o DECA SPORTS franchise
o KORORINPA franchise
KONAMI
o Baseball franchise
o Contra franchise
o Frogger franchise
o HIDEO KOJIMA’S METAL GEAR SOLID SNAKE EATER 3D “The Naked Sample”
o PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER franchise / WINNING ELEVEN franchise
LEVEL-5
o Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle (name not final)
Majesco Entertainment
o BloodRayne: The Shroud
o A Boy and His Blob
o Face Racers: Photo Finish
o Lion’s Pride: Adventures on the Serengeti
o Martha Stewart
o WonderWorld Amusement Park
Marvelous Enteratinment
o Bokujou Monogatari 3D (name not final)
NAMCO BANDAI Games
o Dragon Ball franchise (name not final)
o Gundam franchise (name not final)
o PAC-MAN & GALAGA (name not final)
o RIDGE RACER (name not final)
o Super Robot franchise (name not final)
ROCKET
o Crash-City GP
o VS-robo
SEGA
o Sonic (name not final)
o Super Monkey Ball (name not final)
SQUARE ENIX
o CODENAME: Chocobo Racing 3D
o DRAGON QUEST franchise
o FINAL FANTASY franchise
o KINGDOM HEARTS franchise
Take-Two Interactive
o Carnival Games franchise
TECMO KOEI GAMES
o DEAD OR ALIVE 3D (name not final)
o DYNASTY WARRIORS (name not final)
o NINJA GAIDEN (name not final)
o SAMURAI WARRIORS 3D (name not final)
TOMY
o LOVELY LISA 3D
o NARUTO SHIPPUDEN ACTION
THQ
o de Blob 2
o Kung Fu Panda Kaboom of Doom
o Marvel Super Hero Squad Infinity Gauntlet
o The Penguins of Madagascar
o Puss N Boots
o Saints Row: Drive-By
Ubisoft
o Assassin’s Creed: Lost Legacy
o Battle of Giants: Dinosaur Strike
o Driver Renegade
o Hollywood 61 (name not final)
o Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon
o Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Warner Bros
o Batman franchise
o LEGO franchise
Good lord. Nintendo killed it this year, and the 3DS is looking mighty impressive. Keep an eye out for hands-on impressions. The screen you see here is from the apparent MGS3 remake Snake Eater 3D: “The Naked Sample,” and boy that looks nice for a handheld, don’t it?
See more 3DS games on the Nintendo site.
Keep track of our E3 2010 coverage here.
