Fans Down Under will get the new system a little less than a week after Europe and North America.

The 3DS is coming out to Australia on March 31 for a price of AUD $349, according to a Nintendo event today. The system, launching a few days after North American (March 27) and Europe (March 25), will come in Aqua Blue and Cosmo Black, just like the other regions. 

The price is roughly the equivalent of $350. For comparison, the DSi is approximately AUD $250 and the DSi XL is approximately AUD $300.

With 13 games in total, the 3DS will launch with two games from Nintendo.

Nintendo announced the European 3DS launch line-up today, which includes 13 titles total, including Pilotwings Resort and Nintendogs + Cats from Nintendo.

Check below for the full list:

Pilotwings Resort (Nintendo)

Nintendogs + Cats: Golden Retriever & New Friends (Nintendo)

Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog & New Friends (Nintendo)

Ryu belt lanyard if you pre-order from the official online shop.

Pre-orders for Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition for Nintendo 3DS are open in Capcom's official store. A free gift will be available exclusively through the store for pre-ordered games.

The below item, a "Ryu's Belt" lanyard and collectible lenticular card will be included with each order. It also includes a strap for the 3DS, or anything else you wish to attach to it.

Miyamoto thought it would be fun to raise a pet on the television.

The latest Iwata Asks is all about Nintendogs + Cats and interviews Shigeru Miyamoto and Hideki Konno about the title.

The trio explained why cats are secondary to dogs in the title, yet doubled the amount of work.

Nintendogs was intended for GameCube and Miyamoto said that he thought it would... Read more...

Europe provided more sales than the US or Japan and Sonic was a success.

From the financial results up to the end of the third quarter for this financial year, Europe was the biggest Sega market with 5.95 million unit sales of home video game software. US sales were 5.77 million and Japanese sales totaled 1.9 million.

Of the 56 titles released over the same period, nine... Read more...

There's no shooting your way out of downloads this week.

This week brings six new titles to the download services: one WiiWare title, one NES Virtual Console title, and a staggering four DSiWare tittles. Two new WiiWare demos round out a very busy week full of shooting, puzzles, unfortunate names, and gymnasts.

The only new WiiWare title this week is... Read more...

The popular mobile game is headed to the third dimension.

Rovio Mobile has confirmed via their Twitter account that they will be bringing Angry Birds to Nintendo 3DS via the eShop. When asked which versions of the game would be making their way to the handheld, they replied "we would bring all 3 current Angry Birds games over..." referring to Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons, and Angry Birds Rio.

The process of porting the Conduit 2 version of their Quantum3 engine has gone 'pretty darn well'.

In an interview with Eurogamer, High Voltage Software's Eric Nofsinger quietly announced that there is a title in the Conduit series under development for 3DS.

Nofsinger, the chief creative officer at High Voltage, spoke well of the process of porting their Quantum3 engine to 3DS. While still early... Read more...

Wi-Fi competitive play will be included for puzzler Puyo Puyo.

Sega announced that a Wi-Fi enabled Virtual Console version of the puzzle game Puyo Puyo will be released in Japan for the service this spring. The 1992 arcade version will be released for the download service and will support competitive multiplayer over Wi-Fi, enabling one-on-one matches. The title will be priced at 800 Wii Points.

A list that has been circulating the Internet is coming true so far.

In recent days, a complete list of English names for the 150 Pokémon introduced in Pokémon Black & White has been making the rounds on the Internet.

So far, each name on the list has matched exactly with Nintendo's official reveals through mediums such as episode announcements for Cartoon... Read more...

You can obtain Victini, a Psychic/Fire type who is not available during normal gameplay.

Victini, an exclusive Pokémon, will be available courtesy of the Liberty Pass, which will be available for download in Pokémon Black and White from its launch on March 6 until April 10.

To find Victini, players must use the Liberty Pass to access Liberty Garden Island, which is located in the... Read more...

The game will be playable at a Marvel vs. Capcom Fight Club event.

This Thursday, February 3, gamers will have a chance to play a demo of Super Street Fighter IV:3D Edition in Los Angeles as part of a promo for a Marvel vs Capcom 3 event run by iam8bit, known for their annual art exhibition.

SSFIV3D will be available to play on the Nintendo 3DS at the event. Along with the demo version of SSFIV, attendees will also be able to play MvC3 as over 30 characters.

CEO Brian Farrell suggests that success lies in innovation, rather than licensing movie rights.

During an investor conference call, THQ CEO Brian Farrell commented that the "see the movie, play the game" single-player experience that his company once focused on was no longer a successful strategy. Instead, he said that the company would focus on more innovative, youth-focused products, specifically... Read more...

Get Ash's Pikachu to travel around with YOU. 

For a limited time, Ash’s Pikachu is ready for download in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Heart Gold, and Soul Silver at local Toys "R" Us retailers.

The store announced that today through February 13 people with the requisite Pokémon games can go to their nearest Toys "R" Us to download the very special Pikachu, who will have moves including Thunderbolt, Iron Tail, and Volt Tackle.

You'll be catching 'em all in a whole new dimension.

During a Q&A session following last week's Investor Conference, Satoru Iwata confirmed that he had indeed indicated that a Pokemon title is in progress for Nintendo 3DS. With such an announcement, naturally, the the prominence of the 3D was in question.

In talking to Nintendo's investors,... Read more...

The folks behind Conduit 2 are also working on Country Dance.

GameMill Entertainment has announced the full set list for their upcoming music game, Country Dance. The title is a dancing game akin to Ubisoft's Just Dance series, where players dance along to popular songs, this time of country variety.

Some of the recently unveiled songs include Miley Cyrus's... Read more...

Miyamoto mentions that he is working on a new Mario game for the system.

The latest Iwata Asks column gathers the original Super Mario Bros. development team: Shigeru Miyamoto, Koji Kondo, Takashi Tezuka, and Toshihiko Nakago to talk about the development of the original Super Mario Bros. game in honor of the series' 25th anniversary. Near the end of the column, Miyamoto... Read more...

Mahjong, astrology, zombies and dolphins rule supreme in this week's selection of games.

This week's updates brings us another eclectic selection of games for WiiWare and DSiWare, though once again no Virtual Console games were were added to the service.

WiiWare sees two demos in this week's update. The first of these is Zombie Panic in Wonderland, an action/shooting game developed... Read more...

The system's first update will make the shop a reality worldwide.

The 3DS's eShop won't be available in any region until May when the first system update will be made available, according to Nintendo President Satoru Iwata in last week's investors meeting.

On that same date, the web browser will also be available for download, and players will be able to transfer... Read more...

Iwata believes that the Ubisoft dance title was one of the most important titles of 2010.

Nintendo has announced via their quarterly financial statement that they will be publishing two third party Wii titles in Japan: Activision's GoldenEye and Ubisoft's Just Dance 2. The success of Just Dance 2 prompted Nintendo to publish the title overseas. Nintendo Co. Ltd. President Satoru Iwata... Read more...