If you happen to thought it was throughout for the 3DS, suppose once more. Nintendo’s marvellous handheld continues to be hanging in there, even if manufacturing of the console ceased in 2020, and that the eShop will probably be closing subsequent yr. That hasn’t dampened builders’ spirits, nonetheless, as Nintendo has reported that the console obtained eight model new video games within the fiscal yr of 2021/22.
Axios’ Stephen Totilo shared the figures on Twitter, which reveals that this is a rise in comparison with the final two fiscal years. Each the 2020/21 and the 2019/20 interval solely noticed two new 3DS video games launches every, so we obtained 4 occasions as a lot 3DS within the final yr!
None of those video games are first-party Nintendo titles, in fact, however it’s superb to see the efforts of smaller builders who proceed to work on older techniques. One sport that launched within the final yr is Moonbound, an arcade motion sport the place you must make fast choices to outlive. And there are many different little hidden nuggets prefer it.
The 3DS will seemingly nonetheless seem on subsequent yr’s outcomes too, as there are nonetheless new video games coming to the 3DS. This April, Aromatic Story — a cheekily titled technique RPG — turned the final 3DS sport to be launched each digitally and bodily in North America. So there will probably be no extra new 3DS containers to pop in your cabinets.
We’ll mourn the 3DS when the eShop finally closes subsequent March as a result of it was (and is!) a fab little system, so we’re pleased to see folks nonetheless need to make video games for the console regardless of its impending demise.
Go forward and share your 3DS recollections within the feedback, and for those who’ve purchased any model new releases for the console — together with Aromatic Story — then even higher!
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