Nintendo 3DS launch day lineup

Only five days remain until Nintendo’s glasses-free 3DS portable device makes its North American debut on March 27. The handheld system will ship alongside 18 titles on day one.

Three first-party titles accompany the 3-D-enabled portable game console on store shelves and it is as follows:

• “Pilotwings Resort”

• “Steel Diver”

Three different versions of “nintendogs + cats”:

• “nintendogs + cats: French Bulldog and New Friends”

• “nintendogs + cats: Golden Retriever and New Friends”

• “nintendogs + cats: Toy Poodle and New Friends”

The three Nintendo of America-published games will be priced at $39.99 each.

The 13 third-party games available on launch day will include:

• “Super Street Fighter IV” (Capcom)

• “The Sims 3” (Electronic Arts)

• “Madden NFL Football” (EA Sports)

• “Pro Evolution Soccer 2011” (Konami)

• “Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars” (LucasArts)

• “Ridge Racer 3D” (Namco Bandai)

• “Super Monkey Ball 3D” (Sega)

• “Bust-A-Move Universe” (Square Enix)

• “Samurai Warriors: Chronicles” (Tecmo Koei)

• “Asphalt 3D” (Ubisoft)

• “Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D” (Ubisoft)

• “Rayman 3D” (Ubisoft)

• “Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Shadow Wars” (Ubisoft)

The 3DS joins Nintendo’s current family of gaming hardware including the Nintendo Wii console and 3DS-predecessor, Nintendo DS handheld.

The Nintendo 3DS is backwards compatible with Nintendo DS software, so owners of the dual-screen handheld don’t have to worry whether their collection of DS titles will be obsolete or not.