Nintendo reveals official 3DS launch day lineup and pricing

When the Nintendo 3DS launches on March 27, you’ll have a grand total of 16 titles to choose from if you want something 3DS-specific to play (remember, it does also play your old DS titles, unless they require the GBA slot).

Nintendo thinks that over 30 titles will be launching before E3 in June, but we’ll have to see. As far as the things you can get next month, three of them are first-party (with a suggested MSRP of $39.99), with the other 13 coming from a wide variety of publishers.

As far as first-party titles go, we’ll see (descriptions by Nintendo):

• Pilotwings Resort, an aerial adventure featuring airplanes, hang gliders and rocket belts. Players soar above tropical Wuhu Island in 3D as they complete missions or snap pictures.
• Steel Diver, a submarine game that involves strategy and combat. The 3D visuals give players the sensation that they are looking into a miniature aquarium as they control the sub’s speed, depth and pitch, and fire torpedoes.
• nintendogs + cats, a game that lets players interact with realistic puppies – and kittens – in a variety of fun ways. There are three versions of the software, each with different starting breeds: French bulldog, toy poodle and golden retriever. But in each version players can unlock and enjoy more than 20 different breeds.

Other titles like The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Star Fox 64 3D, Kid Icarus: Uprising and a new Mario Kart game are arriving in the coming weeks.

Third-party publishers are also getting in the game, with the following titles available for purchase on day one:

• Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition from Capcom
• The Sims 3 from EA
• Madden NFL Football from EA Sports
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 3D from Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
• LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars from LucasArts
• Ridge Racer 3D from Namco Bandai Games America Inc.
• Super Monkey Ball 3D from SEGA
• Bust-A-Move Universe from Square-Enix, Inc.
• Samurai Warriors: Chronicles from Tecmo Koei America Corp.
• Asphalt 3D from Ubisoft
• Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D from Ubisoft
• Rayman 3D from Ubisoft
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Shadow Wars from Ubisoft

Are any of these going to have you busting the door down? Let us know which titles you’ll be buying in the comments!