Nintendo has updated the official site for their Nintendo World 2011 event, sharing the complete line-up of games, a stage program as well as further demo opportunities.
The key data remained unchanged: The admission free event will be held in Hall 9 of the Makuhari Messe convention center from January 8th to 10th. It will be the first chance for the public to try out the new Nintendo 3DS, after it was only shown at press-only tradeshows previously.
Game Line-Up
Playable Titles
- AR Games (Nintendo)
- Dead or Alive Dimensions (Tecmo Koei)
- Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D “The Naked Sample” (Auto demo) (Konami)
- Kid Icarus (Nintendo)
- Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D (Nintendo)
- Nintendo 3DS Cameras (Nintendo)
- Nintendogs + cats (Nintendo)
- Pilotwings Resort (Nintendo)
- Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle (Level-5)
- Resident Evil Revelations (Capcom)
- Ridge Racer 3D (Namco Bandai)
- Samurai Warriors Chronicle (Tecmo Koei)
- Steel Diver (Nintendo)
- Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition (Capcom)
- Winning Eleven 3D Soccer (Konami)
Titles to be shown in video form
- 3D Beauty Clock (Tentative title) (Bijin Tokei)
- Animal Crossing (Tentative title) (Nintendo)
- Animal Resort (Tentative title) (Marvelous Entertainment)
- AR Games (Nintendo)
- Cubic Ninja (Tentative title) (AQ Interactive)
- Dead or Alive Dimensions (Tecmo Koei)
- Gundam The 3D Battle (Namco Bandai)
- Kid Icarus (Nintendo)
- Kingdom Hearts 3D (Tentative title) (Square Enix)
- Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D (Nintendo)
- Mario Kart (Tentative title) (Nintendo)
- Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D “The Naked Sample” (Auto demo) (Konami)
- Mii Plaza (Nintendo)
- Nintendogs + cats (Nintendo)
- One Piece Unlimited Cruise SP (Namco Bandai)
- Paper Mario (Tentative title) (Nintendo)
- Pilotwings Resort (Nintendo)
- Pro Baseball Famisuta 2011 (Namco Bandai)
- Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle (Level-5)
- Resident Evil Revelations (Capcom)
- Resident Evil The Mercenaries 3D
- Ridge Racer 3D (Namco Bandai)
- Samurai Warriors Chronicle (Tecmo Koei)
- Star Fox 64 3D (Nintendo)
- Steel Diver (Nintendo)
- Super Monkey Ball 3D (Sega)
- Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition (Capcom)
- Tales of the Abyss (Namco Bandai)
- Tobidasu! Puzzle Bobble 3D (Square Enix)
- Winning Eleven 3D Soccer (Konami)
- Xevious (Reference exhibit) (Namco Bandai/Nintendo)
No previously unknown titles among those, except that seemingly Gundam got a new title.
Stage Programs
Stage programs will also be held every day, and will be broadcasted live on Nintendo of Japan’s homepage.
- Nintendo 3DS introduction showing Mii de Asobu (“Play as Mii”), and AR Games (All three days at 11:00. Each day will have a different celebrity guest.)
- “Nintendo Music Live” (All three days at 12:30)
- 3DS game introduction featuring Metal Gear Solid Series (Jan 8th, 13:45)
- 3DS game introduction featuring Kid Icarus/Masahiro Sakurai (Jan 8th, 15:00)
- 3DS game introduction featuring Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition/Yoshinori Ono (Jan 9th, 13:45)
- 3DS game introduction featuring Resident Evil Series (Jan 9th, 15:00)
- 3DS game introduction with Level-5/Akihiro Hino (Jan 10th, 13:45)
- 3DS game introduction featuring Nintendogs + Cats (Jan 10th, 15:00)
Parental controls
A warning on the event page is saying that the Nintendo 3DS, like every other stereoscopic 3D device, should not be used by children under the age of 6, as it could harm their vision development. Therefore, children under that age are not allowed at Nintendo World 2011. The Nintendo 3DS hardware will have a parental control system which allows the 3D mode to be locked.
Other 3DS demo opportunities
Besides, Nintendo World, there will be a few more opportunities for the japanese public to sample the Nintendo 3DS prior to its release.
Nintendo will offer playable 3DS units at their booth at the Winter World Hobby Fair 2011. The event consists of 4 separate dates:
- Osaka, Jan 6th
- Tokyo, Jan 22nd and 23rd
- Nagoya, Jan 30th
- Fukuoka, Feb 6th
A number of titles will be playable, others will only shown in 3 minute videos:
- Animal Crossing (Video)
- AR Games (Playable)
- Kid Icarus: Uprising (Playable & Video)
- Mario Kart (Video)
- Mii Plaza (Video)
- Nintendo 3DS Cameras (Playable)
- Nintendogs + cats (Playable & Video)
- Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (Playable & Video)
- Paper Mario (Video)
- Pilotwings Resort (Video)
- Star Fox 64 3D (Video)
- Steel Diver (Video)
Playable Nintendogs + cats demos will also be available at Gotemba Premium Outlets in Shizuoka and Rinku Premium Outlets in Osaka from Jan 14th to April, 3rd.

