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#mariokart3ds If you thought for a second that Nintendo wasn't going to bring Mario Kart to 3DS, than I guess today is your lucky day. For most of us however, the game's biggest surprise is the addition of flying and undersea racing. Nintendo has also added Mii support and the standard array of 3DS features; Spot Pass, Street Pass, and wireless multiplayer. More »

Reggie details the 3DS eShop at Nintendo's Press Conference from E3 2011!

Have you downloaded the DSiWare transfer tool for your 3DS? If so, hopefully everything is going well for you. If not, no worries…you’re not the only one. Some people are downloading the app only to find that it doesn’t appear on the main menu. When you go to redownload it, the [...]

#blip Nintendo's 3DS system update is now live, ready to deliver the eShop and other goodies that should have come with your eye-twisting handheld in the first place. Enjoy! More »

Hey, just a reminder: The eShop is now available on 3DS. We were going to write something clever about it, but we're too tired. So there.

... What? You don't know how to get the update? OK, fine:

1. Click "System Settings"
2. Click "Other Settings"
3. Tap the right arrow three times until you're on the last screen
4. Click "System Update"

Got it? Great. We're going to bed.

File under UNFAIR. In North America, 3D Classics: Excitebike can be downloaded free of charge until July 7, 2011. In Japan, it can be downloaded until July 31. What gives? More »

#watchthis When the girls of Senran Kagura aren't jiggling their jubblies, they're eating phallic sushi rolls and playing in the surf. More »

If you've used a DSi or a DSi XL, you already have a good idea of what to expect from the eShop. Nintendo's sticking with its "shelf" layout approach, allowing the company to provide certain tiers of up to 20 listed items at a time. Want nothing but Mario-themed content? Simply slide over to the big graphic featuring Nintendo's mascot, tap it, then sift through all of the content.

Nintendo's been lagging behind quite a bit in the digital storefront sector, offering a barebones, clunky and oftentimes very static experience on the DSi and Wii. With the 3DS, Nintendo has obviously learned a lot and seeks to offer something comparable to the sales platforms seen on the Xbox 360, PS3 and Amazon -- packaging content together, constantly mixing up what's presented and allowing users to rate items is amongst the most obvious forms of immitation seen in the eShop.

Along with the new denomination (basically, cash instead of "points") the 3DS eShop will use new prepaid cards. The designs for the Japanese cards have been revealed, and they're so cool, featuring Kirby, Famicom, Mario, and Zelda designs.

Only time will tell if the American cards will be available in awesome, Nintendo-themed variants. Actually, we can tell too. They won't. Just a guess. These are available now in Japan, and can be used for Wii or DSi Points, or 3DS eShop currency when that service launches.

The initial lineup of 3DS eShop software was just announced for North America -- at least the Virtual Console part and the free Excitebike, anyway. The lineups for other regions are slightly different -- and have been announced in slightly more detail.

The Game Boy Virtual Console titles coming to Japan include Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge, Kirby's Dreamland, Baseball, Phantasm (called Avenging Spirit in the west), Downtown Special: Kunio-kun no Jidaigeki Dayo Zenin Shuugo (a samurai-themed River City Ransom spinoff).

Original 3DS software in Japan launching June 7 includes Excitebike 3D, Mystery PI, 3D Block Breaking, and a 3D Classics version of Xevious.

The launch eShop content for Europe, detailed in a press release, includes the remade Excitebike, as well as the Game Boy games Alleyway, Super Mario Land, and Tennis, with more coming every Thursday.

When Nintendo announced the ability to transfer DSiWare to the 3DS, and the addition of DSiWare software to the 3DS eShop, it qualified the list. Most DSiWare. "A few exceptions," Nintendo's Charlie Scibetta told Joystiq.

Nintendo has now posted a list of the DSiWare games and apps that won't be available for transfer to a 3DS -- and, though it isn't explicitly said, we expect these games won't be available from the 3DS eShop as well. The list includes the DSiWare Art Academy apps, all the Domo games, some sudoku stuff, and ... aw, Flipnote Studio.

No reasons are provided for these omissions, though in the case of the Nintendo DSi Browser, it seems obvious. The Domo character rights could be limited by platform, we suppose.

[Thanks, Julian]

In an update to its Japanese website, Nintendo detailed the web browser coming to 3DS next week as part of a fairly large firmware update. Unfortunately, the browser will support neither Flash nor PDFs, dashing your hopes of getting some work done on your game device.

What it will do is let you save JPG images from the web to an SD card, upload pictures from the camera, and display 3D pictures in MPO format from within the browser. You can set parental controls for the browser using the 3DS settings, along with the i-Filter software for further restrictions.

When the eShop launches on June 6, it won't just be our Japanese friends ripping up the track: Excitebike 3D Classic, a remake of the NES title, will be right there for free on the North American store. Act fast, though, as you'll be paying $5.99 to download it after the first 30 days of availability have elapsed.

If you don't mind parting with some cash, you'll also be able to buy Game Boy ports Super Mario Land, Alleyway and Radar Mission on day one.

The update will also add the ability for DSi and DSi XL owners to transfer "most" of their DSiWare purchases to the system (we're looking for clarification on what titles will be left behind).

But let's get to the really important news: Nintendo's eShop will also arrive alongside PokéDex 3D, a virtual compendium of pokemon from the Black/White games. It's available as a free download (not timed) and lets you summon vast amounts of information on the critters, as well as full 3D models. It also has Street Pass functionality (unlock random pokémon by exchanging data) and QR support.

The QR feature is actually pretty neat: you can take a picture of your friend, set it as a background layer, then snap a pic of a QR code to introduce a pokémon. Now you won't have to photoshop all your poké-snaps!

The Nintendo 3DS might have online, but it doesn't support Flash. Just like Apple's iPhone. Bummer! More »

Players can transfer DSiWare data (games, saves, and photos) to the 3DS. But players cannot transfer the data back from the 3DS to the DSi. [Nintendo] More »

#betterlatethannever You know which games and programs Japan will be getting next week when its 3DS eShop launches. Now see which ones America gets. Know there will be Pokémon. More »

Alleyway, a name some may recall as one of the original Game Boy's launch titles, has been rated by the ESRB. Although this may give the impression that it'll involve in-your-face Breakout-style action, the rating could very well be for the 3DS's Virtual Console. In that case, it'll be pretty rudimentary paddle bouncing 2D action.

Our theory as to why this isn't an update, but rather a Virtual Console download: "3D" is missing from the title. If Nintendo was going to make a 3D version of the game, it would simply add the telltale two-letter descriptor to the end of the title, right?

#watchthis On June 7, the Nintendo eShop will open in Japan, outfitted with six Game Boy title titles on the Virtual Console: Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge, Kirby's Dream Land, Baseball, Avenging Spirit, Downtown Special: Its Kunio's Period Piece Assemble Everyone!, and Super Mario Land. More »

#e32011preview Because of the assurance—death, taxes and Madden—that they come out every year, sports video games aren't typically the biggest newsmakers at E3. For diehard fans, however, it is often the first time their favorite series gets a gameplay demonstration. We'll be there to see all of these, the biggest sports games of E3 2011. More »

#e32011preview Where would we be if there were no roles to play, no experience points to earn, and no levels to gain? Well we certainly wouldn't be here, looking over the biggest role-playing games of E3 2011. More »

#inadvance The regular Nintendo prepaid cards look boring. These are not regular Nintendo prepaid cards. More »

Just in time for the recent price drop of the DS Lite, Amazon is offering up a buy one, get one half off sale on quite a few excellent DS and 3DS titles. Eight pages of DS titles are covered by the offer, including New Super Mario Bros., Okamiden and Professor Layton and the Unwound Future. Among the 3DS games included in the sale, you'll find Pilotwings Resort, Ridge Racer 3DS, Steel Diver, Super Monkey Ball 3D and the Nintendogs + Cats games.

The sale description warns that supplies for the sale are limited, and that Amazon may pull the sale at any time, so we don't know when it will all end. But it's a nice chance to expand your 3DS or DS library nonetheless.

#keepingthemhonest For each of the last two years I've checked the E3 promises of Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft. Sure, they make June/July tradition of telling us exciting things that will surely, definitely happen with the PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, 3DS, PSP and Wii. More »

#itslikeimrightthere Friday, Totilo noticed someone sitting ringside with a 3DS at WWE SmackDown's recent event in Spokane, Wash., apparently capturing the action with the device's 3D camera. (Kotaku commenter Dr. Zaius: 'Guy was watching the match through the 3DS's 3D lenses. 'Whoa! It's like I'm RIGHT THERE!'") Yesterday, that guy contacted us to share the photos and explain why he chose Aqua Blue. More »

#lookatthis On Smackdown last night, WWE rasslers Christian and Sheamus finally adjudicated matters inside the ring, and one fan captured the magic moment with an Aqua Blue 3DS, seen here. I bet this does indeed look lovely in 3D. More »

#watchthis Well, here ya go! The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time is coming to the 3DS with glasses-free 3D and better graphics. More »