3D OutRun Given a Release Date and Details for Japan

The 3D series of classics from Sega were, in the Nintendo Life office at least, among the highlights on the 3DS late last year. With a mix of arcade and Mega Drive / Genesis games getting the impressive remastering treatment from M2, it was pleasing that Sega had made the investment to localise that first run outside of Japan.

The second batch is already well underway in the company's homeland, however, and the latest confirmed title has made us borderline desperate for the second series of releases to be confirmed for the West. We previously reported that 3D OutRun had been announced, but now we have a release date and details on some of the title's enhancements. To start with the most important news, it arrives on the Japanese eShop on 23rd April for 762 yen (excluding tax).

Like previous '3D Classics' in this range, a number of neat enhancements have been made. These include:

The option to save at any point and resume later on
Circle Pad, D-pad or touch controls
A choice of the Japanese or 'Overseas' version, with different course placements between them
Multiple screen size settings, including a moving arcade cabinet style as seen in previous releases such as 3D Super Hang-On
A host of audio options, and two brand new songs composed by Manabu Namiki and Jane-Evelyn Nisperos

Plenty to look forward to. Short of making us all buy Japanese 3DS systems, we're left hoping for news of localisation from Sega. Would you be excited about playing this one?

so i might buy this for the holidays.. what's the starting line up.. mario tennis, mario kart obv and then..

currently registering everybody
(why doesn't nintendo network do this(

mine is0318 8943 6467

since the gba and ds were so much improved after 1,5 year, i'll wait

The year of Luigi lives on... Seriously, buy Kid Icarus.

Xenoblade Chronicles

I was going to get a 3DS XL for my birthday in October. Looks like I'd best hang on.

Been playing Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, which I got for Christmas but haven't opened until last week(!).

Oh my. Easily one of the best single-player-orientated games I've played during the last decade, and instantly in my top 10, or top 5, games ever. So I strongly recommend that to anyone with a 3DS, particularly if you liked A Link to the Past, as it's a ALTTP on steroids. Good steroids. Best Zelda adventure since Majora's Mask.

Everything Interesting From Today's Nintendo Direct
by Patrick Klepek on November 5, 2014

Majora's Mask 3DS is finally coming, and a bunch of games have both specific and vague release dates.

Once a moon, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata must find the nearest camera and beginning talking into it. The result is published as a Nintendo Direct. There was one today, and lo, it came with some news.

Nintendo's publishing a long rumored remake (update?) of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask on 3DS. It's coming next spring, and the company alluded to some gameplay changes to make it more accessible but didn't outline them.

Codename S.T.E.A.M., the latest strategy game from the developers of Advance Wars, is headed to 3DS next spring, as well.

In terms of Wii U, it was mostly trailers and vague release dates. Nintendo did promise Kirby and the Rainbow Curse for next February, but Splatoon's coming sometime in the "second quarter," and Xenoblade Chronicles X is "2015." Both Splatoon and Xenoblade Chronicles X sound like prime candidates for games to be delayed much later into 2015, but we'll have to wait and see.

On Wii U's Virtual Console, Duck Hunt's coming with Wii remote support.

The company briefly touched on its new Amibo initiative, promising Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, Yoshi's Woolly World, and Mario Party 10 would all receive support for Amibo.

At the end, Shigeru Miyamoto appeared to announce his Pikmin animated shorts are available on both the 3DS and Wii U eShops. He teased some new games he's working on for Wii U, but nothing was shown.

The entire Nintendo Direct is below:

I have started three different Zelda games and not got very far before giving up. I am obviously doing something wrong - please help!

couldn't find the way to go...

Yeah, it's not an uncommon problem. I typically go off exploring before returning to it.

Sometimes that causes me to find the way, othertimes it just gives me a fresh pair of eyes.

The most recent one I was playing was A Link Between Worlds on the 3DS, so I'll probably give it another go.