Two fighting games, some sports, a little Bub, a little Bob, and hey, how about some dogs and cats, while we're at it?
Nintendo is currently allowing the Japanese public to get its hands on the Nintendo 3DS at an event called Nintendo World. In addition to the stage presentations and demo stations, the company has also posted a release list for Spring and Summer, including eight games that are scheduled to be available alongside the 3DS when it launches in Japan on February 26.
Some stats about the 3DS hardware and what you'll get in the box have also been posted and translated by andriasang.com. The bit that stuck out at me is that the system will take three-and-a-half hours to charge, and battery life when playing 3DS games is rated at three to five hours. That's... not a very long time. The number goes up a bit when playing DS games, allowing five to eight hours of play.
A 2GB SD card will be packed in with the system, and two games appear to be on the list of pre-installed software: AR Games and Face Shooting, which sounds like it's at least superficially similar to the Face Ace tech demo that was being shown back at E3.
Well, I'm not going to play Layton until it's in English, and I can only really get excited about Super Street Fighter IV in a tech demo sort of way... is it weird that the only game on that list that jumps out at me as something I actually want to play is Ridge Racer 3D? Even that comes with some caveats, though, as Namco's already stated that it'll contain some old tracks and cars. At this point, does anyone consider anything affiliated with Ridge Racer--with the possible exception of the track from the very first game--to be "classic" enough to warrant revisiting? Oh well, you have to admire the way Namco at least sticks to its whole "every meaningful platform gets a Ridge Racer at launch" plan.
