Note: Some demo versions do not support all game features, and players cannot save their in-game progress in demo versions. To enjoy the 3D effect of Nintendo 3DS software, you must experience it from the system itself. . Use Parental Controls to restrict 3D mode for children 6 and under.
iOS/Android
Super Mario Run (Nintendo/$0.00/Appstore & Googleplay)
In this game, Mario constantly moves forward through the courses while you use a variety of jumps to navigate. Mario will behave differently depending on the timing of your taps, so it's up to you to show off particularly smooth moves, gather coins, and reach the goal.
World Tour
- Run and jump with style to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser’s clutches!
- Travel through plains, caverns, haunted houses, airships, castles, and more...
- Clear 6 worlds filled with 24 brand-new courses designed for one-handed play!
Toad Rally
- Show off Mario's stylish moves, compete against your friends and challenge people from all over the world.
- A challenge mode where the competition differs each time you play.
- Compete against the stylish moves of other players for the highest score as you gather coins and get cheered on by a crowd of Toads. If you’re impressive enough, the Toads may even come live in your kingdom.
- You can also perform stylish moves to fill up your gauge and launch into Coin Rush!
- *In order to play Toad Rally, you will need Rally Tickets that you can acquire in a variety of ways, such as clearing worlds or through bonus games in your kingdom.
Kingdom Builder
- Gather coins and Toads to build your very own kingdom.
- Create your unique kingdom with buildings and decorations that you acquire with the help of Toads gathered in Toad Rally.
No. of Players 1 player
Nintendo Switch
New Frontier Days ~Founding Pioneers~ (Arc System Works/Switch/$9.99/eShop)
New Frontier Days ~Founding Pioneers~ is a town-building simulation game, where you command your pioneers to colonize a new land.
The pioneers are capable of "Logging", "Mining", "Hunting", "Fishing", and many others.
Command them accordingly, and build your own town efficiently!
From the materials gathered via the actions of your pioneers, you can then use them to "Build"! With the buildings, you can then process logs into lumber, weave wool into textiles, grow plants with the Field and many more! Make your town thrive with all these useful buildings!
You can also keep wild animals as pets too! Pets can go out with the pioneers to gather materials, or they can help in hunting, and even allow pioneers to ride on their backs!
As you progress in colonizing the land, you may obtain "Invention Cards" along the way. These cards provide various effects, such as shortening your farm harvesting time cycle, and increasing the fishing time and etc. There are over 290 cards in the game! Use them wisely!
3 Game Modes are in the game. First, there is the Story Mode, where you set out with the help of your lovely assistant, Jessica, to build your dream town from scratch, overcome all sorts of obstacles, and aim to develop into a city.
Then, there is the Survival Mode, where you can choose from 5 levels of difficulty to suit your pace of gameplay.
Lastly, the Free Mode has no Game Overs, and you can use whichever Invention Cards you have obtained freely.
You choose how you want to build your frontier town!
No. of Players 1 player
Has-Been Heroes (Frozenbyte/Switch/$19.99/eShop/Available Mar 28, 2017)
Embark on an epic journey with the Has-Been Heroes, a group of legendary champions once celebrated throughout the kingdom - almost forgotten until the King has one more quest, the most epic of them all:
TO TAKE THE TWIN PRINCESSES TO SCHOOL!
Features:
- Meet the epic band of heroes as the young and eager Rogue, joining the company of the wise monk Metacles, the giant-wrestling warrior Crux... wait until you meet the others, incl. the Anthropologist turned Mexican Wrestler, the ever-vigilant and paranoid Sheikh, and many more!
- Unlock and collect hundreds of game-changing items and spells, boosting the heroes' powers and making each run unique!
- Combine spells for devastating effects, learning the power of magic as you gain more elements.
- Face countless monsters, each bigger and more menacing than the next. Can you wipe out the army of evil led by the Great Ghoul?
- In roguelike fashion, die and try again - choose your heroes wisely and prepare for battle!
No. of Players 1 player
Neo Turf Masters (HAMSTER/Switch/$7.99/eShop)
Neo Turf Masters is a golf game released by SNK in 1996.
Players can choose from a total of six golfers with different abilities and play on courses located around the world such as Australia or Germany. Players can test out their golf game skills against friends with game modes such as "STROKE PLAY" and "MATCH PLAY (2P battle only)".
The "ACA NEOGEO" series has faithfully reproduced many classic NEOGEO masterpieces. Players can change various game settings such as game difficulty, and also reproduce the atmosphere of arcade display settings at that time. Players can also compete against each other from all over the world with their high scores. Please enjoy the masterpiece that built a generation for video games.
No. of Players 2 players
Othello (Arc System Works/Switch/$4.99/eShop)
The well-acclaimed boardgame for all ages, "Othello" is now on Nintendo Switch!
Play in the comfort of your home or outside, and play in a style that suits you best!
A total of 16 levels of computer AI difficulty are available for Single Player Modes!
Hints on where the stones can be placed, and displays to show which tiles will be flipped in this move are also available to help new players understand the game better!
Two-player mode is also available!
Both players can play together on 1 Nintendo Switch by simply sharing the Joy-con, or simply operate directly on the Touch Screen!
Do play with your family and friends!
No. of Players 2 players simultaneous
Wii U / Wii
Plantera (Ratalaika Games/Wii U/$4.99/eShop/Demo)
Download Plantera on Wii U for free if you have already downloaded Plantera on Nintendo 3DS.
(Your Wii U and Nintendo 3DS must be linked with the same Nintendo Network ID.)
In the world of Plantera you grow your own garden and breed plants and animals to earn coins with their produce. Use the coins to buy new plants and animals, and also special items and garden expansions. Watch everything grow, help planting and harvesting, buy new things, and defend your garden from sneaky magpies, rabbits, foxes, and wolves. Raise your level and the productivity of your plants and animals! Earn more and more, and create your own dream garden!
Features:
- Relaxing gameplay.
- Create your own garden and breed different kinds of plants and animals.
- Watch adorable creatures animated in a vivid, colorful and cartoony art style.
- Interact with full touch screen controls.
- (designed for left-handers and right-handers)
- Experience a real-time innovation!
- Your garden grows even when your system is powered off.
- BUY 1 AND TAKE 2!
- Download Plantera on Wii U for free if you have already downloaded Plantera on Nintendo 3DS.
- (Your Wii U and Nintendo 3DS must be linked with the same Nintendo Network ID.)
- Invite your family or friends to have their own garden as well!
- (3 save files per game)
- Listen to the beautiful soundtrack by Jesse Valentine.
- For Beginners:
- A Tutorial and detailed In-Game Manual.
- For Experts:
- 21 unlockable Achievements.
No. of Players 1 player
Mahjong Deluxe 3 (EnsenaSoft/Wii U/$5.00/eShop)
Mahjong Deluxe 3 is the newest entry in the popular Mahjong series of casual games produced by award-winning game developer EnsenaSoft. With more than 15 million downloads across versions, the blockbuster series of Mahjong Deluxe continues to impress with its ease of use, intuitive controls and family-friendly features and content.
Mahjong Deluxe 3 includes 8 different worlds containing a total of 640 exciting puzzle layouts to enjoy in classic 2D and glorious 3D. Puzzles are laid out using random tile orders, allowing you to replay each layout many times with a new experience each time. An exciting scoring system, great sound effects and relaxing music adds to the fun. Suitable to players of all ages and experience levels, Mahjong Deluxe 3 offers a modern rendition of the popular Chinese classic, and is a must-have title in your casual game collection.
No. of Players 1 player
Aqua TV (EM Studios/Wii U/$4.99/eShop)
Aqua TV is a stunning, fully customisable, virtual aquarium.
Choose a tank then change the floor, walls, decoration – and of course fish – to make the aquarium YOU want!
All rendered in glorious CGI.
Features:
- Beautifully created and animated CGI fish.
- Loads of customization options to make the tank look just as you want.
- Stunning tropical reef to host sharks, turtles and manta rays.
- Shuffle mode to switch between multiple tanks randomly.
- View tanks from the front, or from above!
No. of Players 1 player
Armored ACORNs: Action Squirrel Squad (Nexcra/Wii U/$7.99/eShop)
Armored ACORNs: Action Squirrel Squad brings back classic beat 'em up action to the Wii U™! Play as four squirrels fully equipped with some newly discovered robots in a wild adventure to save their friends from an evil cat CEO!
Arcade-Style Beat 'Em Up Action — Play as squirrels, robots, vehicles, and more through retro-inspired fun! And don't forget to launch your Armored Mode — a special super ability for each squirrel when the moments get tough!
1-4 Player Local Couch Co-op Multiplayer — Team up with up to 4 players on screen and use the unique repair ability to save your friends in the action!
An Epic Story of Four Friends — Including comic-style cut scenes and quirky dialogue to introduce the heroes Flapjack, Foxglove, Nitelite, and Pothole as they fight their way through caves, forests, cities, and more!
Exclusive Wii U GamePad Experience — Scan your enemies and other objects for helpful hints along the way!
Armor Up! It's about to get nutty!
No. of Players up to 4 players
Nintendo DSiWare/3DS/3DSXL/eShop
Mario Sports Superstars (Nintendo/3DS/$39.99/eShop)
Five full-on sports—Soccer, Tennis, Golf, Baseball, and Horse Racing—bring the challenge and depth you demand to 3DS systems. Take on friends and rivals in local or online multiplayer, hone skills in training, or tackle single-player tournaments. Whether you pick Mario, Waluigi, or one of sixteen others, you're on the road to superstardom!
Before long, you'll have mastered the ins and outs of each sport: learn when to use an infield shift in Baseball, change your team’s formation in Soccer, and more. Even Horse Racing is surprisingly deep! Build a stable of horses and train them well to win the day in the first-ever horse races in series history. But remember: these aren't normal sports—they're Mario Sports. Expect unexpected thrills and power up to stomp the competition.
- Five full-featured sports: Soccer, Tennis, Golf, Baseball, and Horse Racing!
- Play as your favorite Mario characters, like Yoshi, Bowser, Peach, and more!
- Horse Racing makes it's Mario Sports debut
- Take on friends and rivals in local or online multiplayer
- Single-player tournaments and training mode provide hours of feverish fun
- For a limited time, the Mario Sports Superstars game will include one amiibo card packed in.
Japanese Rail Sim 3D Journey in suburbs #2 (Sonic Powered/3DS/$14.99/eShop)
"Journey in Suburbs #2" brought to you from the popular "Japanese Rail Sim 3D" series, takes place in the "Kashima Rinkai Tetsudo" in Ibaraki.
Most of the railway is elevated, and from the driver's cab you can see the expansive view of the Kanto Plain.
Through the woods and into the tunnels, enjoy the peaceful scenery.
However, with many steep slopes and curves, you will need technique to keep the schedule and drive through safely!
You can drive a single line of 56.2kilometers from Mito station to Kashima Jingu station in the 6000 type DMP with its significant red body.
Simple, realistic railway driving!
Operate the master control and brake with a simple touch,and experience how it feels to operate a real train.
Follow signals and speed limits to earn high scores from all stations!
The driving guide will be displayed periodically,so new players will always have help on hand.
Full of railroad line information!
Obtain high ratings to earn Documents about line attractions.
Gather all information and complete the railroad line documents!
No. of Players 1 player
Super Destronaut 3D (Petite Games/3DS/$1.99/eShop)
Fight against waves of invaders in this arcade space shooter and collect power-ups to increase your fire power. Try to beat your high-score in Classic or Time Attack mode. If you like classic arcade shooters then you will love Super Destronaut 3D.
No. of Players 1 player
Ambition of the Slimes (CIRCLE Ent./3DS/$5.00/eShop/Demo)
Different kinds of slimes have their own abilities, you have to choose the proper slime to take over the enemy and consider how to battle with them.
Many tactics can be used in battle and your choice is the key to victory. Try another method if you cannot defeat your enemy because the slimes are too weak to battle by themselves.
No. of Players 1 player
Plantera (Ratalaika Games/3DS/$4.99/eShop/Demo)
Download Plantera on Nintendo 3DS for free if you have already downloaded Plantera on Wii U.
(Your Wii U and Nintendo 3DS must be linked with the same Nintendo Network ID.)
In the world of Plantera you grow your own garden and breed plants and animals to earn coins with their produce. Use the coins to buy new plants and animals, and also special items and garden expansions. Watch everything grow, help planting and harvesting, buy new things, and defend your garden from sneaky magpies, rabbits, foxes, and wolves. Raise your level and the productivity of your plants and animals! Earn more and more, and create your own dream garden!
Features:
- Relaxing gameplay.
- Create your own garden and breed different kinds of plants and animals.
- Watch adorable creatures animated in a vivid, colorful and cartoony art style.
- Interact with full touch screen controls.
- (designed for left-handers and right-handers)
- Experience a real-time innovation!
- Your garden grows even when your system is powered off.
- BUY 1 AND TAKE 2!
- Download Plantera on Wii U for free if you have already downloaded Plantera on Nintendo 3DS.
- (Your Wii U and Nintendo 3DS must be linked with the same Nintendo Network ID.)
- Invite your family or friends to have their own garden as well!
- (3 save files per game)
- Listen to the beautiful soundtrack by Jesse Valentine.
- For Beginners:
- A Tutorial and detailed In-Game Manual.
- For Experts:
- 21 unlockable Achievements.
No. of Players 1 player
Nintendo eShop sales:
- Nintendo eShop on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
- Great deals this week include Severed, Runbowand SteamWorld Heist, plus several more! Check out the full list of deals on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U available this week at http://www.nintendo.com/games/sales-and-deals.
Activities:
- Splatoon 2 Global Testfire – Starting March 24, Nintendo Switch owners with internet access can download a demo version of the Splatoon 2 game that will allow them to battle against opponents around the world in the Splatoon 2 Global Testfire event. It’s a way for everyone to investigate the latest in cephalopod warfare months before the game launches! The Global Testfire dates and times are as follows:
March 24- 12-12:59 p.m. PT / 3-3:59 p.m. ET
- 8-8:59 p.m. PT / 11-11:59 p.m. ET
- 4-4:59 a.m. PT / 7-7:59 a.m. ET
- 12-12:59 p.m. PT / 3-3:59 p.m. ET
- 8-8:59 p.m. PT / 11-11:59 p.m. ET
- 4-4:59 a.m. PT / 7-7:59 a.m. ET
- My Nintendo Rewards – My Nintendo is celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Kid Icarus: Uprising game with Kid Icarus 3D animations and discounts on select Kid Icarus series games, including Kid Icarus: Uprising for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems! Redeem your rewards to enjoy the following:
AnimationsGames
Theme Shop on Nintendo 3DS:
- New themes this week include:
- Pokémon: A Sinister Organization – Team Skull
- Pokémon: Shiny Tapu Koko
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