3DS 'launch window' to include more than 30 games leading up to E3

Did you hear? It's got a built-in pedometer! The 3DS measures your steps as you walk -- right there in your pocket! Even better: You can pull the thing out whenever and snap all kinds of pics -- the thing's got three cameras! And get this: It also pipes out music, browses the internet and even plays games.

True, you've already got a pile of old DS games (and now defunct DS devices) that you could be playing on your new pedometer, but more than 30 three-DEE titles are expected to be released during the 3DS "launch window" (which begins March 27 and promptly closes on June 7 with the start of E3).

We've listed 24 of the apparent launch-window releases after the break (though Nintendo's being coy about exact dates), including Nintendo's own Nintendogs + cats and Pilotwings Resort, plus a hearty helping of third-party support; with notable newcomers, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked (previously unannounced outside of Japan) and Crush 3D, a possible port of the 2007 PSP platforming puzzler from Sega.

Don't look at the date ambiguity in dismay -- see it as an opportunity! Beginning in late March, you can walk to and from GameStop in anticipation of a new batch of games each Tuesday for ten whole weeks, and the 3DS will count your steps -- each and every one of them! And just imagine how many Street Passes you're going to rack up?

First-Party Launch Window Titles

• Nintendogs + cats

• Pilotwings Resort

• Steel Diver

Third-Party Titles "Coming Soon" (Partial List)

• Asphal 3D (Ubisoft)

• Bust-a-Move Universe (Square Enix)

• Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D (Ubisoft)

• Crush 3D (Sega)

• Dead or Alive Dimensions (Tecmo Koei)

• Dual Pen Sport (Namco Bandai)

• Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars (LucasArts)

• Madden NFL Football (EA Sports)

• Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 3D (Konami)

• Rabbids Travel in Time (Ubisoft)

• Rayman 3D (Ubisoft)

• Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D (Capcom)

• Ridge Racer 3D (Namco Bandai)

• Samurai Warriors Chronicles (Tecmo Koei)

• Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked (Atlus)

• The Sims 3 (EA)

• Super Monkey Ball 3D (Sega)

• Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition (Capcom)

• Thor: God of Thunder (Sega)

• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Shadow Wars (Ubisoft)

• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 3D (Ubisoft)

First-Party Titles "In the Works"

• Animal Crossing game

• Kid Icarus: Uprising

• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D

• Mario Kart game

• Paper Mario game

• Star Fox 64 3D