Five Nintendo 3DS Games That Need To Happen

The Nintendo 3DS is coming, whether you like it or not. As it turns out, we're in the "like it" group...at least from the little we've heard so far. But as they say in the gaming world, it's all about the software. Here are five games that need to be made for the Nintendo 3DS.

Star Fox 3

Yeah, that's right. "Star Fox 3." Nintendo hires Q-Games to jump back on the Lylat Wars bus, with Dylan Cuthbert at the helm to create an official sequel to 1996's unreleased "Star Fox 2." Prepped for the 3DS launch—and following a "Star Fox 2" release on Virtual Console—"Star Fox 3" will act as a technological benchmark for three-dimensional game presentation, just like it did with the FX Chip back in the day. When you do a barrel roll in your highly detailed, cel-shaded Arwing, the fighter will look like you can touch it in the real world. It will also be so good that "Star Fox: Assault" and "Star Fox Adventures" will completely disappear from your memory.

Hologram Time Traveler 2

Awww yeah, "Hologram Time Traveler." Sega takes the 3DS bull by the horns by crafting a brand new sequel to Rick Dyer's 1991 stereographic FMV game. You will once again play as a cowboy gunslinging across both time and space, but this time you'll be rendered in polygons instead of a doofy actor in a five-dollar costume. The remarkable 3D effect of the original will be recreated on the go, but now you'll be able to wander about on a full adventure instead of being restricted to a single screen. Sega will also include a sweet local multiplayer option where you can actually see your cowboy shoot your friend's cowboy across the two 3DSes you're playing on.

WarioWare: Depth!

Nintendo R&D1 finally puts together a proper handheld sequel to 2004's "Touched!." "Depth!"'s brand new microgames will incorporate the best of "Touched!"'s tactile play and will also incorporate "Smooth Moves"'s gesture-based action, taking advantage of the 3DS' gyroscopic tech. Laughter abounds as you literally stick your finger into Wario's nose as it bursts from the screen! Chortle as you pump your hands up and down watching a balloon inflate into three-dimensional space! R&D1 will almost decide to make a full-color remake of "Virtual Boy Wario Land" instead of "Depth!" before realizing that associating the 3DS with the Virtual Boy in any way would be disastrous.

Rad Racer

Square-Enix gets back to their 3D roots with a sequel to their all but forgotten NES racing series. The best part will be that the game will actually be 3D this time, instead of just coming with 3D glasses and pulling off some headache-inducing graphical effects. Square-Enix will actually make their first 3DS game a truly special event by bringing back the original minds behind the franchise to work on it. In their first collaboration with Mistwalker, S-E will have Hironobu Sakaguchi and Nobuo Uematsu will return to the series that didn't make them famous in any way. The game may or may not be compatible with the new 3DS Power Glove.

Kid Icarus

Finally. Flush from the high of their collaboration on "Metroid: Other M," Yoshio Sakamoto, Team Ninja, and Nintendo SPD Production 1 will finally give the fans precisely what they want, crafting a franchise relaunch of the inexplicably beloved "Kid Icarus." In addition to the vintage side-scrolling and dungeon exploration of the original, "Kid Icarus 3DS" will feature some sweet, "Space Harrier"-style 3D flight levels as well as some "Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword"-style melee combat. It will be okay, not amazing, but it will finally get people to stop asking for a new "Kid Icarus."

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