Talk:List of Nintendo 3DS games

Donkey Kong for 3DS
Wikipedia is the only place I've ever heard of this game's existence. I know it seems likely, considering they would try to push it along with DKC Returns, but has this really been confirmed, or is this just fans speculating? Sergecross73  msg me   14:19, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

"Bokujyoumonogatari"
It should be noted that "Bokujyoumonogatari" is actually Harvest Moon's Japanese title. How should this be noted on the page? Xero Xenith (talk) 13:31, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Just realised HM3D had its own entry. "Bokujyoumonogatari 3D" removed as it is a dupe.Xero Xenith (talk) 13:36, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Dragon Ball release date
Is this a reliable source? It says that it releases on 19/11/2010 link: http://www.play.com/Games/DS/4-/15573453/Dragon-Ball/Product.html 71.115.207.60 (talk) 23:00, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
 * No, in such a case, you really need an announcement from the company who makes the game. (Namco or whoever publishes such games.) Sergecross73   msg me   03:33, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Luigi's Mansion 3DS
It has been mentioned a few times by Nintendo that they may remake this game for Nintendo 3DS is there any source confirming they have greater intentions into doing this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.140.130.69 (talk) 20:54, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
 * No, there isn't as of right now. If there were, it would surely be all over the internet... Sergecross73  msg me   21:13, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
 * And it would be a port; the original game was already made for 3D. ▫  Johnny Mr Nin ja  06:01, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Nintendo I think has confirmed a remake and or a possible sequel to the game on the Nintendo 3DS and or Nintendo Wii. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.87.1.225 (talk) 17:42, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
 * No, they haven't, or it'd be all over the internet, like I said before. The original Luigi's Mansion for the Gamecube had a 3D version prototype when Nintendo was testing out 3D over the years, but that was just an internal developers thing, it wasn't released. People have heard that, and jumped to their own conclusions that, with a 3D system like the 3DS, that a sequel is possible. But it's definitely not confirmed or announced. Sergecross73   msg me   20:57, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

NOW can we add it? It has been officially confirmed at the E3. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.213.14.206 (talk) 00:08, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, now it's been officially announced. Sergecross73   msg me   00:56, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

are they all 3D, some say 3D in the title.
...You don't ask questions in the title. And all of them should be in 3D.  TheStickMan [✆Talk] 15:29, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Nintendo mentioned that games don't necessarily need to be in 3D, much like DS games didn't have to use the touch screen, and Wii games don't have to use motion controls. However, with 3D being so big and it's biggest draw, most probably will be. I think they're naming things kind of like in the Nintendo 64, where so many of the games had "64" at the end, but at the same time, not all games had it on the title, and they were still N64 games... Sergecross73   msg me   15:52, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Why would someone spend money to release a 3DS game without 3D, instead of just releasing a DSi game? Maybe further down the line, but around launch it'd be pointless for a company to alienate customers like that. ▫  Johnny Mr Nin ja  05:59, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

'cause the 3DS has better graphics, motion control, spotpass, streetpass, e.t.c. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.248.167.220 (talk) 22:26, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

"Super Mario Bros. 3DS"
Source? - The Beninator (talk) 22:48, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I didn't add it to the list, but whoever did was refering to this: http://www.siliconera.com/2011/02/01/super-mario-bros-in-development-for-nintendo-3ds/    Sergecross73   msg me   03:31, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

There's also a "New Super Mario Bros 3DS". Are they two separate games? Not that it's a big deal. --207.164.14.20 (talk) 12:42, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
 * It doesn't seem to have an official title yet, so, something so similar would have to refer to the same thing. Sergecross73   msg me   13:38, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Yu-Gi-Oh 3DS
Is there any source saying there will be a yugioh game for the 3DS? I have a link here that originally posted saying it was going to be released, but then retracted their statement saying it was just a rumour with no source.

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/10/13/flying_get/

Other than that I don't see any announcement for this game, even if gamespot has a placeholder page, there is no source on it either. 207.112.90.175 (talk) 17:20, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

This list is flawed
Many entries have valid sources, but using Gamespot placeholder pages is akin to posting rumors. Check out their up-to-the-minute coverage of Sammy vs Capcom. If the game doesn't have a valid source, it should be moved to the talk page until it does. ▫  Johnny Mr Nin ja  06:05, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Agreed, feel free to go at it. Sergecross73   msg me   13:39, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Deleting unsourced games
Pretty soon I'm going to start doing this. A key part of wikipedia is to verify information with reliable sources. Please help me find them if you want these games to stay on the list. Otherwise they will be deleted, and the burden will be on any one who wants to re-add them, to provide the sources. Sergecross73  msg me   15:40, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Should we set a date in which we delete all unsourced game entries? This sunday? Next week? Sergecross73   msg me   01:10, 2 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Agree. I think we should delete “Bigfoot”, “Boku wa Kokuu Kanseikan: Narita”, “Dragon Ball (working title)”, “EST”, ”Martha Stewart”, “The Conduit 3DS” (It's a tech demo). Also we should only keep Japanese titles with sources that includes screenshots, video, scans, website or a Famitsu/Jump related article. --En-bit (talk) 09:27, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Pokemon 3DS game removed
For some reason it was removed even after nintendo confirmed it. Not much is known about it now but a reason should have been given for it's removal since many sites have mentioned it and googleing pokemon 3ds it becomes on of the first links. Anyways here are afew sites confirming it so it can be readded.

http://gamerant.com/pokemon-new-games-wii-3ds-riley-63347/ http://www.destructoid.com/captain-obvious-new-pokemon-games-coming-to-3ds-wii-192703.phtml http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/8513/nintendo-confirms-pokemon-3ds-game http://www.computerandvideogames.com/286031/news/nintendo-confirms-pokmon-3ds-products/ bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/.../3DS,_Wii_Pokémon_games_in_development I know Bulba news cannot be used but it shows how easy it is to find that it has been confirmed.

http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/games/854123-nintendo-talks-3ds-pokemon-mario-kart-and-eshop

If you need any more confirmation please let me know.--Marchbaby 16:34, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I think it was removed the information is so vague about it. All that is known is that a game involving pokemon to some degree will be made. It doesn't say if it'll be like a main game, a spin-off, something completely different. It doesn't even have a working title. (Or if it does, it's nothing beyond the word "Pokemon". Sergecross73   msg me   16:39, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Agree. If all we know is that it is a 3DS game with the word "Pokemon" in the title, then we need to wait for more information. Blake (Talk·Edits) 16:56, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Now that there is a reason for it's deletion for now I am fine with it but before it was deleted for no reason. Thank you for clearing that up.--Marchbaby 15:07, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

list is a mess
several games on this list like Donald Duck 3D, Green Lantern, etc. are fake and we don't have sources for a lot of other games.

also, angry Birds needs to be added to the list. http://tech2.in.com/india/news/mobiletablet-apps-software/angry-birds-3d-to-hit-lg-optimus-3d-and-nintendo-3ds/194622/0

should we also protect this list so people don't randomly add titles to it?

and add launch Titles for Japan, North America and EU we also need to confirm titles and release dates on several of the games. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.92.121.71 (talk) 15:56, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi, we realize that some of the titles may be fakes, and they will be removed shortly. Blake (Talk·Edits) 17:50, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, this has been acknowledged a number of times on this page alone. By all means, if there's any you know for sure are fakes, take them off. I've been working on verifying titles, but it's a massive list, and not the most interesting things to do, so by all means help. Sergecross73   msg me   23:20, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

I am removing Super Mario Sunshine 3D. There's absolutely no evidence to show that this is a working title. The cited link is about Super Mario 3D Land and has no reference to Super Mario Sunshine 3D at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.14.242.252 (talk) 18:13, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Altering the table for usability
I've come to this page to find out what 3DS games are launching soon in the EU, but it's not very easy to get that information. How would people feel about the table being tweaked a little? Maybe split the regions into three columns, so it's easy to pull all of a region to the top? Putting the release dates into the region columns could work too. Any objections or further suggestions? Tobias Lobster (talk) 15:03, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, it is quite hard to figure out what games are coming out next, mainly because this table doesn't use dts, which sorts by "2011-02-24", but displays as "February 24, 2011" for easy reading. The thing is though, lists like these aren't meant to list by days and months. See List of Nintendo DS games (A–I), List of Nintendo 64 games, List of Wii games, etc. They display ONLY the year. This is because games come out in various dates in various countries, and it would be difficult to have all this information in the lists, and still be current and accurate. Eventually, this list will show only the year of release. Right now though, half the list would be "2011", while the other half would be "TBA", so we have the months/seasons/quarters listed. Blake (Talk·Edits) 15:18, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the comments Blake, that would suggest there's no improvement to be made on the dates. Any thoughts on splitting the regions into three columns? Tobias Lobster (talk) 09:41, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
 * The release date column is messy the way it is right now. I agree that it should be split for each region. Then the regions released column could be removed since it would be redundant. The Xbox 360 games page could be used as a model: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360_games 1silver11 (talk) 15:52, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree too, I like how the 360 one looks. I think we just need someone to actually do it now, seems like it would be quite the undertaking... Sergecross73   msg me   14:03, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I think we should hold off on that until more of them have solid dates. The dates on this table are going to end up being half wrong, because we did it too soon. I don't want to bring WP:NOTGUIDE into this, but do we really need to show when the games come out on this table? Most tables use just the release year. The Xbox360 table was the first I saw that uses full dates. Blake (Talk·Edits) 15:32, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't mind holding off as well, since there are so many games announced w/o a release date, and Anon IPs keep on adding fake/unconfirmed dates, but I don't see why we wouldn't want to include the full date, if someone actually takes the time to do it. As long as it's not overly cluttered, and I wouldn't think it would be, something like 2011 to 10/5/11 isn't that much of an increase as far as cluttering goes... Sergecross73   msg me   16:58, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
 * This is such a mess, I definitely think that unreleased titles be moved to a separate table. Nova Prime (talk) 05:43, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Frogger 3DS Release
Frogger 3DS will be released December 31 of 2020. It says on amazon.com. 70.44.153.248 (talk) 10:56, 11 April 2011 (UTC)Ethan
 * Do you want to check that year again? >_> (Also, Amazon is not a reliable source for release dates anyways. They use placeholder dates all the time, much like Gamestop.) Sergecross73   msg me   11:51, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I didn't believe it would be 2020 either. Maybe it should just say December 31 20XX 173.86.41.63 (talk) 12:02, 11 April 2011 (UTC)Ethan
 * No, it should say TBA, because there's no announced date yet. Sergecross73   msg me   12:30, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
 * December 31 and 2020 are both indicators that there is no date yet. December 31 and January 1 are often used as placeholder dates, and 2020 is a very obvious placeholder year. Reach Out to the Truth 13:24, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Websites like Amazon and GameStop that sell video games often make random placeholder dates. If something says "April 2011" or "Spring 2011", it may round it to "April 1, 2011" just to put a solid date on it. These should never be used as a source. Blake (Talk·Edits) 22:21, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Release Dates.
The image from http://nintendo3ds.davidturnbull.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/GameStop-Listing.jpg, shows a list of 3DS games and their release dates, courtesy of GameStop LTC. K-O Capt (talk) 04:12, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Gamestop is not a reliable source when it comes to release dates. In general, they use a lot of "placeholder" dates when a real date isn't known. Sergecross73   msg me   20:28, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

The Rolling Western
Please note that The Rolling Western is a eShop game not a game card game. — Preceding unsigned comment added by En-bit (talk • contribs) 13:22, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Alphabetical order
Please note that I have arranged all the titles names by alphabetical order, I would appreciate if you would be more careful about this. En-bit (talk) 16:46, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I am sorry, but I had to revert to a revision from a week ago because of possible vandalism. If you could redo your edits, that would be great. Blake (Talk·Edits) 17:34, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
 * What possible vandalism? I'm confused by your massive revert... Sergecross73   msg me
 * Nevermind, I fixed it. Blake (Talk·Edits) 19:15, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
 * So, it looks like we attempted to fix it, and it took both our edits. Sorry if I messed up your "fixing", I only meant to change your first attempt, not the later attempts. Honestly, I can't tell anymore if things are right or not... Sergecross73   msg me   19:18, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

About Dragon Quest
Should we remove “Dragon Quest” from the list? Square-Enix already announced “Slime Mori Mori Dragon Quest Daikaizoku to Shippodan” and it’s a Dragon Quest spin-off game. — Preceding unsigned comment added by En-bit (talk • contribs) 11:49, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Super Meat Boy 3DS
add Super Meat Boy 3DS to the list of cancelled 3DS games. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.92.121.71 (talk) 14:55, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Do you have a source saying it was ever officially confirmed? I feel like they just said something along the lines of "we could make it in the future" or something... Sergecross73   msg me   15:10, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Star Fox 64 3D JP release date
July 14 can't be right. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.248.167.220 (talk) 22:25, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

Puss in Boots for 3DS
Source did not list Puss in Boots for the 3DS, just the DS and Wii. Removed from list. --128.227.15.54 (talk) 15:14, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
 * http://www.pussinbootsvideogame.com/#/home is the official site. Note the lack of a 3DS release. --128.227.15.54 (talk) 15:14, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Mameshiba
http://dogatch.jp/anime_kids/mameshiba/game/?red=mameshiba.jp — Preceding unsigned comment added by Einstein95 (talk • contribs) 21:58, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Deffernt 3DS Relese Dates?(On Pages Paper Mario LM2 And AC3DS
Some Of Games On Here Have Defferent Relese Date Like Paper Mario Has November 2012 Relese While On It's Wiki Page It Has Summer 2012 LM2 Has Q1 Or Q2 Relese On It's Wiki Page While On Here It Said Q1 Relese Date

Order Up!! addition in this game list.
I just realized after my recent change, Order Up!! is at retail in other regions as well (particularly in EU), and only on Nintendo eShop for North America. How should the game be listed when this is the case? DivineAlpha (talk) 03:42, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I could ask the same for Unchained Blades as well... DivineAlpha (talk) 04:27, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

Shifting World
This game isn't listed, and the demo is already available. 201.186.245.146 (talk) 03:24, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Proposed regional changes
Both Nintendo and Nintendo 3DS have gained a considered amount of game support and user base in territories such as South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. As such, I think it's important that we include software release dates from said territories in this list. Here is a sample of what I propose:

What are your thoughts? Should we change the current structure to include these new markets?
 * Im not sure. I think current consensus at WP:VG is to keep it to the main regions, or it gets too cluttered with all sorts of minor regions...

Separate list in two different pages: one for retail and one for download
I think this is inevitable, by the end of its lifetime the 3DS will amass a very big library of games. Keeping them all here will be a nightmare to navigate in a couple of years. I suggest splitting the current page in two, one dedicated for retail games and the other for downloadable games. Jotamide (talk) 04:26, 17 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Agreed - i think moving and separate will be better for viewers that do want see them i think we should do same for Wii U as will Aozz101x (talk


 * Agreed - I think it's a good idea as well Videogamer2000 (talk) 13:03, 25 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Agreed, but - I think that the article is getting too cluttered with the amount of games it already has, but before splitting it we first need to figure out how we'll name the split articles and how are we going to design them so that they have a coherent structure (that includes both the lead and the body). Splitting them into retail and  downloadable won't do because there are countless retail games available for download too, so that would create too much confusion. On thing that's missing from both sections of the article (that has nothing to with the current discussion but I think it's quite an important matter) is a Genre row. It's quite an important piece of information that is missing and should be considered when splitting the article. Maybe delete the Australia row, which is fairly anemic and not that notable, and the Nintendo eShop row, which is very poorly source, in order to create space.-- Arkhandar ( Talk • Contribs ) 14:33, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I think adding a genre row could be a potential source of edit wars: people arguing that a game that belongs to one genre or the other. For now I agree that some cleanup has to be done but adding genre classifications could be problematic. Jotamide (talk) 02:00, 28 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Symbol_conditional_support.svg Agreed (conditionally) - I also agree with Arkhandar. Even though the page is becoming more cluttered, splitting the games into retail and download isn't very sensible, since many games are available for both and that would cause confusion, plus there's no point in repeating the games under two separate lists. Perhaps it would make more sense if the pages were separated in alphabetic order, just like the DS games are. Azuxingmi talk 16:53, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Agreed, but disambaging it by "3DS games(Retail)" and "3DS games(downloadable)" does not seem appropriate. I would rather it be List of Nintendo 3DS games(current name) and List of Nintendo 3DS software, or something similar. Also as stated, games which are both available as a cartridge AND downloadable should not be duplicated. Blake (Talk·Edits) 01:36, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I like the page names, but do we also include applications under software? Like Netflix, Petit Computer, and others? Jotamide (talk) 02:00, 28 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Agreed, on the condition that the retail games list features notations as to whether they are available on the eShop. - New Age Retro Hippie (talk) (contributions) 21:47, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
 * The main problem with that will be the lack of sources. Until Nintendo makes their eShop platform available on the web, it'll be nearly impossible to source every entry. And even then, they would still be considered primary sources, so I doubt the list would ever be able to achieve a Featured List status.-- Arkhandar ( Talk • Contribs ) 22:52, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I dunno about that. We cite video games; why not shops, which are undeniably more accessible to the average reader? - New Age Retro Hippie (talk) (contributions) 23:03, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
 * It's an option. I think we should take this matter to the WikiProject Video games talk page, just to get some outside input. Either way, this is what I propose:-- Arkhandar ( Talk • Contribs ) 19:36, 27 November 2013 (UTC)


 * I like this structure; however, it must be noted that there are cases where some releases are digital-exclusives for some regions and retail+digital for others. For these cases, I think we should have repeated entries showing the digital-only entry in the software page and the retail+digital in this article. Jotamide (talk) 02:00, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Looks great! I like how the eShop column is on this chart, but not how it is on the page as of now. I think the size needs to be minimal due to "yes/no", and put the NA,EU instead of the whole words it is now. Blake (Talk·Edits) 17:54, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Support: Seperating out eShop exclusives puts this inline with how we separate out XBLA games on Xbox 360. ViperSnake151   Talk  22:44, 8 December 2013 (UTC)


 * I think we should also consider merging both retail and downloadable, similarly to List of PlayStation 4 games and List of Xbox One games, since there's not much of a point differentiating them anymore, and then separate them alphabetically, similarly to List of Nintendo DS games. Some games are available digitally, others digital and retail, and others only at retail, but in the end they're all Nintendo 3DS games, and we shouldn't separate the list solely based on its availability. Besides, there's already an eShop column for that purpose. One good example of how these distinctions are ending is for example Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies, which is a digital only game priced at what should be a retail game, and the fact that digital games are not under a brand anymore, such as WiiWare, DSiWare or like you pointed out, XBLA.-- Arkhandar ( Talk • Contribs ) 18:56, 9 December 2013 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure how long this is going to be up for debate, but I'm okay with what happens. If we are going to be having retail and eShop games in separate articles, or combine the eShop and retail games all in one... not sure when it's OK to take on these changes? DivineAlpha (talk) 03:47, 6 March 2014 (UTC)


 * I'll start working on it as soon as I finish up with List of Wii U software. All help is welcome of course :) -- Arkhandar ( Talk • Contribs ) 11:51, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

What's the plan for this? It looks like some sort of merge/split was started in March, and nothing has happened since then. I think it's best to revert back to the old format with two tables for retail and download software, and then split the article into two articles for retail and downloadable. It's the least amount of work (compared to moving all the games into one merged table), and it seems to have more support in this section than merging them and then splitting the list alphabetically. As it is, it looks like users have largely abandoned adding new games to this article, particularly downloadable games, since this change was made. Adamical (talk) 17:05, 25 September 2014 (UTC)


 * The plan was to have all the fun of designing a new list, then to hope that other people would come along to do the boring time-consuming bit. Rubiscous (talk) 23:50, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

"This list is missing several existing titles"
I've noticed the hidden paragraph within the code of the lead paragraph about existing titles in places such as South Korea that are not in the list.

This list is missing several existing titles that are available on the Nintendo 3DS in one form or another, which includes many of the more obscure titles by smaller publishers, and many Japanese releases. Additionally, due to the nature of the Nintendo 3DS being more open for international markets, there may be officially licensed Nintendo 3DS titles that were released exclusively in non-key regions, which includes, for example, titles like MapleStory: Girl of Destiny, which publisher Nexon made it exclusively available in South Korea. (http://nintendo.co.kr/3DS/software/maplestory_destiny_girl/index.php)

Why not just add MapleStory: Girl of Destiny (exclusively in South Korea only) to the table with a reference, but without any release date in NA/EU/JP? If people choose not to include an "other" column in the table, then that would be another option. Excluding it from the table altogether simply because it's not available in 3 regions doesn't really make sense to me at all. As for the niche Japanese titles, the entire set should be grabbed from ja:ニンテンドー3DSのゲームタイトル一覧 and placed in the table. -- benlisquare T•C•E 01:16, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 June 2014
pleas change
 * Cave Story 3D
 * Nicalis
 * NIS America
 * 2012-07-26
 * 2011-11-11
 * 2011-11-24
 * 2011-11-8
 * No

to because the creator of the game said on the miiverse that the game will be on the eshop, but do not said when
 * Cave Story 3D
 * Nicalis
 * NIS America
 * 2012-07-26
 * 2011-11-11
 * 2011-11-24
 * 2011-11-8
 * Unknown

Matheus eiji tsuboi (talk) 22:11, 28 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Sam Sailor Sing 07:39, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

Suggestion
As the "new list" is still short, should we consider adding another column for "other regions". I believe someone suggested this earlier. Just a thought. The reason why I suggest it now, is that it would be awkward to do this later on. On another note, I approve of the split, the console's not that old, and it's already massive.  George.Edward.C –  Talk  –  Contributions  14:15, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Xenoblade Chronicles 3D?
This is missing from the list... Joe8609 16:08, 30 April 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joe8609 (talk • contribs)

Yes It's been missing from the list forever! I even tried to add it to the list once and it got automatically deleted! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.201.162.138 (talk) 10:45, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

New Nintendo 3DS Titles
I was wondering if we could add some of the New Nintendo 3DS titles to the list. If that could be possible, could we add Xenoblade Chronicles 3D and The Binding of Issac: Rebirth? Or could a section be added for the New Nintendo 3DS Games?

Zacharyalejandro (talk) 20:15, 28 July 2015 (UTC)Zacharyalejandro


 * I have no objection. Unless anyone has an issue, I hope to plan on posting New Nintendo 3DS titles here soon and keep posting them here until there is a sufficient library of titles to warrant a split-off Shawn Is Here : Now in colors 14:35, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

Updated game count, with a bunch of games missing.
According to Nintendo.com on the game release tab, the Nintendo 3DS games list is shown as having 927 games, both retail and downloadable, all together. So that would have to contain a lot more games then what is shown now. Like the List of Wii U Software page, can it contain more titles like that on this list? Zacharyalejandro (talk) 06:50, 12 October 2015 (UTC)Zacharyalejandro

Nintendo 3DS Game Count
Okay. Nobody has updated this list but me. So what's the point in not adding a ton of games regularly? Take a look at the Nintendo 3DS games section at Nintendo.com

There is obviously an expansive list of Nintendo 3DS Software that need to be added here. If the Wii U software page has 700-800 games, the Nintendo 3DS games page needs an updated list. Could somebody at least update the list regularly? Zacharyalejandro (talk) 01:45, 23 December 2015 (UTC)Zacharyalejandro

South Korea?
Since when has South Korea been a territory that English Wikipedia documents release dates for? I was under the impression that we (WP:VG) only cover dates in the home country (Japan) and major English-speaking regions (i.e. UK/Europe, NA, AUS). Axem Titanium (talk) 08:35, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, that would be correct. I imagine someone not in the know snuck it in? I personally hadn't noticed, I mostly just keep it on my watchlist to keep hoax entries off the list... Sergecross73   msg me  15:33, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I did not realise that English Wikipedia documents were only meant to cover home country and major English-speaking regions, as I based the South Korean addition on the List of Nintendo 3DS colors and styles page, which includes not only South Korea, but Hong Kong & Taiwan, both of which are not major English-speaking regions (Hong Kong is arguable, but from Nintendo's perspective, they're usually lumped together with Taiwan), with the aim of having consistency across the Nintendo 3DS documents. Additionally, the release of the Nintendo 3DS in South Korea is documented on the Nintendo 3DS page itself, while Nintendo of Korea releases their first-party titles in Korean, and also has separate Nintendo Directs, the latter of which is listed on the Nintendo Directs page. Yes, I'm a relatively sparse Wikipedia user so I am not really in the know (I've mostly been keeping to updating Australasian release dates for Nintendo 3DS games as quite often, it takes awhile for them to be updated; a similar occurrence to GameFAQs), but in this instance, but perhaps some clarification could be made on South Korean submissions? Should the other pages also have their South Korean content removed? The status quo is a little confusing. WikiVent (talk) 03:00, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, the problem is, as I've been trying to express to the Video Game WikiProject as of lately, is that they're often standardizing so many aspects of articles, that outside of the core 10-15 people who edit all the time, its hard for most to keep track of all the do's and dont's. This is a good example - the consensus is currently to just include the major English regions - North America, Europe, and Australia, and the Japan dates generally too, with so many games having connections to Japan. So technically, no South Korea wouldn't belong in as something to be listed. But because so few people know that, few people are there to enforce it, and as such, it isn't ever removed. I personally don't bother to remove it if its sourced and correct, and no one seems to care about it, but in cases like this, where Axem points it out and asks for removal, he's in the right, and you couldn't really win an argument about it, unless you started a new discussion to change the current guideline. Sergecross73   msg me  13:44, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I just saw that there were responses on this talk page. I contend that it's a matter of reasonable scope and responsibility. This is based on two personal axioms: 1) It's unreasonable to attempt to document everything forever (i.e. if you add South Korea, why not add the release dates for Saudi Arabia and Russia and South Africa and and and), and 2) the English Wikipedia has a responsibility to be useful to English-speaking readers (defined here as majority English-speaking regions). In the case of 3DS colors and styles, I'd most likely remove SK, Taiwan, and HK because I think the release of different colors of 3DS in each region is not in itself notable. The Nintendo Direct thing is a little harder to decide on because the event of a Nintendo Direct is notable (hence the list), regardless of region. Does that perspective make more sense to you? Axem Titanium (talk) 06:44, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
 * But there are a couple of releases for South Korea. The game MapleStory:Girl of Destiny is said to be a South Korean exclusive to the 3DS. If it's not release to any other countries other than South Korea, then I would probably delete it from the list. As for the other video game releases, it would serve to be included on the list, if not, then I would see to it that I would delete the number of release dates that point towards South Korea on numerous video game pages. Zacharyalejandro (talk) 20:47, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I believe MapleStory: Girl of Destiny released in Japan as well under the name MapleStory: Unmei no Shoujo (GameFAQs has the Japanese boxart for proof). As for the 3DS colours & styles, there are some SK, Taiwan & HK colours/styles that were only ever released there. While colours/styles releasing in other regions is not notable, colours/styles that only released in one region outside of the main covered regions (Western regions + Japan) I would argue is notable. As for the argument that it's unreasonable to attempt to document everything forever, you have a point, however, as I stated in my earlier post, Nintendo does dub their games in Korean, which is the only other language they dub their games in outside of the European languages & Japanese (Hong Kong & Taiwan do not receive Chinese dubbed/translated games). While we're on the subject of South Korean releases, there are also Wikipedia pages for Virtual Console releases in South Korea. WikiVent (talk) 10:31, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't really understand why MapleStory needs to be deleted from this list, simply because it's only released in South Korea and not under any of the existing table columns. After all, this article is a "list of Nintendo 3DS games", and the MapleStory game falls within this categorisation. Why not just have the game shown as unreleased in the various release date columns, and put in a footnote explaining the situation? Or better yet, use colspan=3 and put the explanation in there? -- benlisquare T•C•E 10:44, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

I know this is months old, but I state, that while South Korea has some games listed, such as Mega Man Legacy Collection, among others which I can't remember exactly. Should we start adding games that are in the region, and if so, I don't know how we can rename the page to something else, maybe instead of 'games' we should add in 'software' since the page lists some applications for the system as well. And I would agree that GameFAQs has user generated content, so it would make sense to comply to using GameFAQs with releases of games and such, as I would think Wikipedia is totally user generated, but correct me if I'm wrong with that. Zacharyalejandro (talk) 20:38, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Moving the eShop exclusive games to the Downloadable Software section
Digital exclusive games seem to be fragmented, some appearing in the main section, while others appearing in the downloadable software section. Should they not all be in the one section? WikiVent (talk) 05:14, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't want to move the Nintendo eShop titles to the Downloadable software section of the page, as that is supposed to be for DSi software that were released in the eShop. I would like the eShop titles to stay where they are because it is stated on the page that the list of games has the 'list of retail and downloadable software' written on it. So I would leave it so that it wouldn't be a mess. Zacharyalejandro (talk) 17:36, 11 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I disagree with Zacharyalejandro. I think digital exclusive games should be moved to the bottom section, which is not for DSiWare games.  All DSiWare titles (with the omission of a very select few) are available in the 3DS eshop, but they certainly shouldn't be listed here when they have their own article.  Personally, I think leaving the retail and downloadable titles in one list makes the list much messier, and I think it would be a lot easier to maintain and eventually split the games into multiple articles if we have retail titles in one list and downloadable titles in another. Adamical (talk) 00:05, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Splitting them apart would be opposite from what you've said, "a lot easier to maintain". Those that are only available at eShop may be available in retail at later time and it will require migrating lines between two articles and this will actually be hard to keep both articles up to date. Rukario -sama   ^ㅈ^ -(...)  00:36, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I disagree. Out of the 700+ titles listed, how many were originally downloadable only and later had a retail release?  A very, very small minority.  I doubt you could name a dozen; it's certainly less than 1%, and not a large enough amount to increase the difficulty of maintaining two articles.  Look at how much cleaner the 3DS Virtual Console lists are; it would certainly be possible to list those games in this list as well, but it would certainly make them more difficult to use and maintain.Adamical (talk) 03:05, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
 * What about those games that have yet to be announced whether they'll be available in retail or only through eShop? I don't understand why do you think it's "more difficult to use and maintain" the list if there are eShop exclusive games in it. Besides, your "virtual console" argument isn't quite valid here because it's emulator and we also have yet to see a game that's available on 3DS AND has virtual console version of it for that same system. Rukario -sama   ^ㅈ^ -(...)  04:50, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
 * What games have been announced that haven't been announced whether they'll be retail or only through eShop? Are there any?  As for the virtual console, just this week the 6 NES Mega Man games available on 3DS Virtual Console were just rereleased as part of the Mega Man Legacy Collection.  But that's all beside the point.  I think it's more difficult to use and maintain for the same reason that Jotamide did 2 years ago when he posted the topic "Separate list in two different pages: one for retail and one for download" with the justification "I think this is inevitable, by the end of its lifetime the 3DS will amass a very big library of games. Keeping them all here will be a nightmare to navigate in a couple of years. I suggest splitting the current page in two, one dedicated for retail games and the other for downloadable games."  There seemed to be broad consensus with his suggestion, as no one disagreed, so my understanding was that would be how we proceeded.  I think the page currently has close to all of the retail titles released, but there are a huge number of downloadable-only titles missing, and I want to start adding them. Adamical (talk) 19:10, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Well splitting them will come with a price, like find duplicate games that editors may not aware of them. If you think you can maintain both then I guess you can try. It's gonna be way more confusing and the sorting system will be less powerful. For example, if you want to find Boulder Dash-XL 3D and you remember it's eShop exclusive because you live in Japan, and you ended up looking into the list of download exclusive software but turns out that game has physical copy in other regions. As the game library expands it's a problem either way, because then the user will also having to navigate both to find a game they were looking for. Rukario -sama   ^ㅈ^ -(...)  06:23, 22 April 2016 (UTC)
 * In response to the Downloadable software selection being supposed to be for DSi software, DSi software has not been added to the console's eShop for quite some years now. In addition, the list already incorporates quite a number of 3DS digital exclusive games (examples such as Dragon Quest X and Attack on Titan/Shingeki no Kyojin). WikiVent (talk) 00:43, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Rukario-sama, could you switch the eShop back to where the checkmark used to be? Because I don't think that the list does not need to be like that. Zacharyalejandro (talk) 21:35, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I've shortened "Nintendo eShop" to simply "eShop" and moved them into another table cell to conserve the table height. I don't see the good reason that this shouldn't be done. Rukario -sama   ^ㅈ^ -(...)  21:45, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Making the list go back to way it was
If it's possible, for the Nintendo eShop titles that are only on the eShop, why don't we just list a footnote saying that those games "are only available via the eShop". Why isn't it a big deal with the list of games to just "keep it simple"? Zacharyalejandro (talk) 22:26, 23 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Sorry to tell you, but going back to what it was actually would make it messier and harder for both readers and editors to read/edit the table. I'm against using footnotes also. Didn't the eShop and Regions released columns already got that covered well enough? Even if footnotes are to replace the eShop found in the Regions released column, it's going backward from "keeping it simple". I'm sure you find yourself having to add variety footnotes than just slap "eShop" in the Regions released cell, yeah? Rukario -sama   ^ㅈ^ -(...)  01:28, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Downloadable software section
Would it be alright if the eShop only titles be moved the Download software section? I thought about not doing it beforehand, but I decided that it would possibly be a good idea if we list them there. Zacharyalejandro (talk) 01:12, 11 March 2016 (UTC)Zacharyalejandro
 * I think that's ideal. It's where I've been adding eShop-only games. Adamical (talk) 21:38, 16 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Also, seeing your edit notes, I think you're confused about what is and isn't DSiWare. Wikipedia already has a list of DSiWare games (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_DSiWare_games_%28North_America%29).  No DSiWare games should be on this list.  The bottom section is for 3DS downloadable software, which include a lot of the games you've been moving to the top list. Adamical (talk) 21:46, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

OPPOSE - Please do not attempt to split into two table! It makes navigation harder and will not end well for the readers and editors. Do you need an example so bad? Let's say if the reader is thinking of a game named "1001 Spikes", most would guess that it's in the main table, not the eShop exclusive table. The opposite is also true for readers that expect eShop exclusive game to be in the eShop exclusive table but turns out that the game they're looking for has physical copy in another region, and they're in the main table. I doubt we even need a duplication. Why does it even exist? Rukario -sama  ^ㅈ^ -(...)  00:49, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Have you missed the discussion section titled "Separate list in two different pages: one for retail and one for download"? Adamical (talk) 16:41, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I think I have skimmed through there in other time to find strong point but is cluttering up the table all we have? The look at old table example above tells me fhat discussion was started before "eShop" in Regions Released and eShop column came around. Rukario -sama   ^ㅈ^ -(...)  17:28, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Concerns include size of the article, performance of the article on user devices, and ease of navigation. I'm for it, the same way I think think it's optimal that the Wii has separate articles for Wii games, WiiWare games, and Virtual Console games, or the DS has separate articles for DS games and DSiWare, or the PS3 has separate articles for Disc games, Download-only games, PSOne classics.  I don't think there's a large concern about readers not being able to find a particular game, because Wikipedia has a search function, and that's a better method of finding a particular game.  But the concern you're describing is for the edge case; there are a very small proportion of games that are eShop exclusive in one region and have a retail release in another; shouldn't we structure the article around the 90%+ of games that don't have any problems, rather than the edge cases?  Nintendo themselves separates retail games and download games in the eShop when you search. Adamical (talk) 17:36, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
 * List of 3DS games is currently on ~1.2MB and it's on long way to reach to Wikipedia's 2MB article limit and Wikipedia don't care about performance. I don't see a problem here when it comes to performance and size limit. We'll also have to take editors' perspective into consideration as well when finding or adding a game. I'm aware that DSiWare has its own article and that worked out fine because it's extremely rare if not none of game that's also in DS cartridge. Duplicating that game across DS and DSiWare articles is perfectly appropriate for that special case. But in case of 3DS games and eShop? That's like asking for more duplication and that will make eShop column look dumber. Rukario -sama   ^ㅈ^ -(...)  18:15, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
 * My point is it's also extremely rare for there to be a game that's released on cartridge in one region and not in another. You're talking a handful of games out of hundreds.  And does it not work for PS3 as well?  They have separate lists for games released on disc, games released both on disc and as downloads, and games released only as downloads.  There's also the fact that the last time this was discussed, all the editors agreed with the original proposal for splitting the list into two articles.Adamical (talk) 21:02, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Also, Wikipedia does care about performance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size#Technical_issues Adamical (talk) 21:23, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
 * So are we just going to be listing the eShop games in the main list, since ^ㅈ^ -(...)  is opposed to the idea? And could it be easier if we could just add the "Partial" table (just like the List of PlayStation Vita games (M–Z) and List of PlayStation Vita games (A-L))?
 * We need a new consensus here, not the old one that was established before when the eShop column existed. The recommended article size does not apply to list as noted in Article size. Another reason is that it would require breaking up the sorting table where the eShop column came into place. For Wikipedia regarding to the performance issue, I'm talking about Don't worry about performance. Actually, I'm not taking users' devices into account... Rukario -sama   ^ㅈ^ -(...)  22:20, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Exclusive note
Since some of the games are released only on the eShop, could we do the same EshopRegionExclusive that have the game's released only on the Nintendo eShop, like the Notes section of the List of Wii U software? I think having the cells named eShop, is much messier than what it was before. Zacharyalejandro (talk) 02:35, 22 April 2016 (UTC)Zacharyalejandro
 * Before eshop cells came around there were "Nintendo eShop" along with yellow box in the release column. It was much harder to maintain. Now back to subject, but isn't "EshopRegionExclusive" the same as "Exclusive" with region in superior letters? There are some uses with "eShop" cells, like specify which region is eShop exclusive despite there is "Yes" in the eShop column. It also gives users the ability to sort the eShop exclusive by region. It would be stupid to remove them.  Rukario -sama   ^ㅈ^ -(...)  05:15, 22 April 2016 (UTC)
 * So is adding a note to the eShop in one region not good enough for that specific region? For the eShop exclusive to all regions, we can keep that, just add a note to say that it's exclusive to all regions, I'm just thinking all the notes at the bottom of the page is just a bit too much. Zacharyalejandro (talk) 15:40, 22 April 2016 (UTC)Zacharyalejandro
 * The eShop in Regions release column and the eShop column pretty much got all of them already done. I cannot think of a flaw in them. Rukario -sama   ^ㅈ^ -(...)  17:11, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

DSiWare games and applications
If we could move all the games that are available on the Nintendo eShop, I really don't want the eShop games (such as Adventure Bar Story, Van Helsing sniper Zx100, Weapon de Omasse, Gunman Clive, Gunman Clive 2) on the Downloadable software section. The Downloadable software section of the page states that only downloadable DSiware and Applications are the only games that are SUPPOSED to be on the Downloadable software section. That DOES NOT mean that the games I mentioned above need to be on the Downloadable software section. If it's on the eShop, then it would belong in the main section. Does this make sense, if not, take a look at the Nintendo 3DS eShop. Why is Wikipedia supposed to make false edits for anyone who wants to read this, and know what is a 3DS Download game and what is DSiware? I would like the main list to be expanded with more games as well, cause it's still looking a bit bare. Zacharyalejandro (talk) 05:09, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Why am I the only one??!!
Okay, this is getting ridiculous! Why is it only me that's editing the page with games and whatnot???? It not like I'm the only one that has time to update this page when I have things in my personal life that need to get done. If the admins see this, please take a look at the change log and look how much one person has done, as well as on the List of Wii U software. I am doing everything (and I mean everything) I can to keep both of those pages up to date with that page (including this one), and except for the references for the Wii U software page. Show at least a little respect for me (as well as other Wikipedians especially me) and help me out. I'm trying so hard to be nice and you guys seem to ignore Wikipedia altogether. I know everybody else has jobs and stuff in their daily lives, but really?? A lot or few of you have not even responded to my two (or three) posts earlier in the year. I'm doing you guys a HUGE favor in updates regarding these pages. Thanks for your time and good day. Zacharyalejandro (talk) 03:49, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
 * You have to remember we're all volunteers here. I appreciate your hard work on this, but you need to keep in mind that no one's obligated to do anything around here. We all have our own interests and priorities. I personally enjoy maintaining these game lists early on, but usually lose interest when they get large. To me, its fun to track things like List of Nintendo Switch games when the very first games are revealed, but it gets boring when minor 3DS game #987 "Zero Chan's Budget Pinball Fun is released to bargain bins in Japan. And that's fine - we are free to chose our own projects to work on.
 * Anyways, good work on maintaining the article in general though. Its rather impressive just how much you've contributed to the article. I've been maintaining it since 2010 and yet you've got four times as many edits as me. Nice work. Sergecross73   msg me  18:03, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Okay, I have to apologize for the harsh comments earlier last year, I basically have a done a majority of edits as what you pointed out on this list. As far as these edits here, here, and more recently this, and finally, here, along with plenty edits to come, I basically have this list under control, but things like refs maybe I would have to leave  to it. Zacharyalejandro (talk) 16:14, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

Why changing how should eShop cell be formatted?
It's not working well for the sorting table and the game counting script. I've liked the older style where it's using Exclusive/Yes/No with region in superscript... why fix what isn't broken Rukario -sama   ^ㅈ^ -(...)  19:55, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
 * What's even more confusing to me is I'm trying to find what is and isn't eShop exclusive title for said region, and yet some regions have eShop just stabbed beside the regions release date. I believe just going by with Yes with the region JP, NA, EU, AUS beside the eShop cell. I'm trying to count by what's Download Only meaning Exclusive, and Retail Only meaning No. What are your thoughts on putting said region initials in the eShop cell for which game is and isn't eShop exclusive? The Nintendo 3DS still has a long life ahead of it, and I'm wondering if it's going to be more troublesome to count games every now and then. Zacharyalejandro (talk) 18:11, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
 * If there's a region that has both physical and eShop, then yeah, template:yes is the template to use in eShop cell no matter what of others, then append with region in superscript if those else don't have eShop version. "Exclusive" with region in superscript would suggest that those mentioned are eShop only while else are physical only, it's more strict than template:yes with region in superscript. There's comment hidden in table (after eShop row heading) for some time that can help you find what template to use. Rukario -sama   ^ㅈ^ -(...)  07:22, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I tried fixing the list of games with perfect counting, but I think I'm missing some games because it somehow doesn't list the number of games on the actual list. Could you help? Zacharyalejandro (talk) 00:55, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

How to count eShop exclusive games
Update: eShop column removed. Rukario -sama  ^ㅈ^ -(...)  07:52, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

How to count eShop exclusive games 1. Load article editing source into Notepad++ 2. Hit Ctrl+H then enable Search Mode: Regular Expression 3. Replace (all) "\|-" with "newline" 4. Replace (all) "\r\n\|" with "singleline" 5. Replace (all) "newline\r\n\r\nsingleline" with "newlinesingleline" 6. Delete anything outside of game list 7. Save as gamelist.txt 8. Paste the following into Notepad (copy everything between two SINGLE empty lines, "type" doesn't mean you type)

setlocal set LF=^

for /f %%a in ('copy /Z "%~dpf0" nul') do set "CR=%%a" setlocal enableDelayedExpansion type gamelist.txt | findstr /v Yes | findstr /v No | findstr /v !CR!*!LF! | findstr /v Exclusive}}^ | findstr /v !CR!*!LF! | findstr /v Exclusive}}^ | findstr /v {{Partial>retail.txt type gamelist.txt | findstr /v singleline{{dtba}} | findstr /v Yes | findstr /v No | findstr /v ^<sup^> | findstr /v {{Partial>download.txt type gamelist.txt | findstr /v singleline{{dtba}} | findstr ^<small^>eShop^<^/small^> | findstr /v {{No}} | findstr /v {{No^| | findstr /v Exclusive}}!CR!*!LF! | findstr /v {{Partial>region.txt type gamelist.txt | findstr /v singleline{{dtba}} | findstr /v {{Yes}} | findstr /v {{No}} | findstr /v {{No^| | findstr /v Exclusive}}!CR!*!LF! | findstr /v Exclusive}}^<sup^>>demo.txt

9. Save as exclusive.bat along with gamelist.txt 10. Start exclusive.bat 11. Open newly created text files in Notepad++, and number of lines will be shown for each types of exclusive.

Moving references to their own tab.
Could we add another tab for putting references, much like the List of Wii U software, and List of Nintendo Switch games pages? Zacharyalejandro (talk) 01:27, 8 April 2017 (UTC)

Citing the same sources multiple times.
How does one cite sources of the same information with a reference name? I see on some of the entries that they have linked the same source multiple times with footnote a, b, c, and so on. How does one do that? If this makes any sense, I want to keep the references as little as possible, meaning the games that are a part of the Nintendo Download updates. If any of this makes sense, I appreciate your help. Zacharyalejandro (talk) 20:43, 14 April 2017 (UTC)
 * When adding name="" in, I.E. it becomes the reference ID. The lonely tag ending with "/>" is self-closing tag, the self-closing reference with reference ID will look to join with others with same ID, one of them must have full reference. When a self-closing reference tag is calling a non-existent reference ID (or none of the others have full reference) it will freak out in big red text. Rukario -sama   ^ㅈ^ -(...)  01:14, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I kinda get the way how it works, but I somehow can't picture how to do it myself, because I have never done it, tbh. Could you show me an example of how to do it, or is there already one somewhere where I can get the picture of how to do it, if you don't mind showing me how? Zacharyalejandro (talk) 02:29, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

Okay, I took some time out and had some more concrete help from Dissident93 and I finally know how to do it now. Of course, with what you said it will freak out in big red text, but I ignored that and finally did it. Here's my difference, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Nintendo_3DS_games&diff=prev&oldid=796065475 Just to note that it was just a practice run for me, will play around with that and do more when I have time. Zacharyalejandro (talk) 07:40, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

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New 3DS Games
I think a new section for NEW 3DS games should be added like hows theres one for canceled games like separate the new 3ds games Xenoblade Chronicles, Binding Of Issac Rebirth Minecraft NEW 3DS EDITION and stuff like that — Preceding unsigned comment added by Topkekin (talk • contribs) 19:44, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * We just merge most of the New Nintendo 3DS titles in one big list, although the list never seems to slow down and get larger and larger with games being added over time,, should we split these pages like how we've done that with the Nintendo Switch? Zacharyalejandro (talk) 20:10, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Not sure why I'm the only one being asked, but I'd have to say yes anyway. The list is far too large in its full state. ~ <b style="color: #660000;">Dissident93</b> (<b style="color: #D18719;">talk</b>) 21:16, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

Requesting redirects for such titles.
I was wondering if we could provide redirects for titles as listed below:

100% Pascal Sensei: Kanpeki Paint Bombers

LBX: Little Battlers eXperience

Sega 3D Classics

7th Dragon III Code: VFD

A-Train 3D: City Simulator

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy +

Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo

Art of Balance Touch!

Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale

Attack on Titan 2: Future Coordinates

Balloon Pop Remix

Boulder Dash-XL 3D

Carnival Games: Wild West 3D

Cursed Castilla

Dementium: Remastered

Daigasso! Band Brothers P

The Denpa Men 3: The Rise of the Digitoll

Derby Stallion Gold

...And other titles which either needs a redirect or a created page toward the title. We do not need titles overlapping. I want a consensus on this. Zacharyalejandro (talk) 02:25, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

Drancia Saga redirects to Gunman Clive
Title says it all. I would fix it myself, but I'm not very good at this kind of technical stuff. Some of the characters from Gunman Clive guest starred in Drancia Saga I believe, but they're certainly not the same game. Source: https://www.perfectly-nintendo.com/n-direct-drancia-saga-3ds-details-trailer-western-release/ 2601:600:9580:14D:300A:1C2C:7488:D531 (talk) 20:56, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Redirects.
Hey and, I wanted to let you know and ask, are redirects okay? I know we've discussed this similar topic in the past, but a recent edit claims that redirects are not okay for use. I disagree. I would think that this same thing would've happened on all the other lists, which I strongly recommend for page protection across all game lists that there are, regardless. I just think that its redundant that some pages get paid attention to on a regular, sometimes daily, basis. And I sick and tired of it. It's ridiculous. I seem to make great progress on all of these pages by keeping them updated, and recently removed and continue to remove remaining references from linked articles on this list. I just think I'm doing everything in my power to keep these lists up to date with the latest information throughout my time on the internet. If there would possibly be page protection in the future, I'd gladly appreciate it. Thank you! Zacharyalejandro (talk) 06:18, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
 * That IP editor is mistaken, there no reason to avoid redirects. Sergecross73   msg me  11:26, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
 * The page was recently moved to WayForward, so it should be linked as simply that anyway. There's no reason to move a page and then create a piped link to the older name... ~ <b style="color: #660000;">Dissident93</b> (<b style="color: #D18719;">talk</b>) 21:52, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

Wrong Cinemax!
I'm referencing this list, and saw the link to Cinemax (for Rytmik Ultimate). I have that title, and it's not the same company. Here's their website: http://cinemax.cz/ It's CINEMAX s.r.o., not Cinemax by Home Box Office, Inc. Unfortunately, no Wikipedia page exists for CINEMAX s.r.o., so that's probably why the mistake was made. I will remove this error. NinLEGWho (talk) 22:11, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

This list is a mess
it's not really easy to read, there are too many games under 1 banner that you have to keep scrolling up to see what country they were released in. It needs to be broken up into 3-4 categories. Those being 1. Physical release only 2. Eshop release only 3. Physical and Eshop release 4. Virtual Console and possibly 5. DsiWare though i'd call DsiWare DS software that shouldn't be listed here but instead listed in the DSi games wikipedia page with maybe a minor footnote linking that to here. Idontknowanythingok (talk) 20:50, 3 April 2023 (UTC)


 * There's a long standing community consensus to not track digital vs physical releases in these sorts of lists. Partially because it's seen to violate WP:NOTCATALOGUE, and partially because we have to follow WP:V, and it's not logistically possible to provide reliable sources to verify it for entire libraries of games. Sergecross73   msg me  22:04, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Doing what I suggested doesn't violate any Catalogue rule, y'all are just flaunting around power to keep things the way they are which isn't really helpful to anyone. Also sure it's easy to provide reliable sources for each game. All one need do is to look for it. Idontknowanythingok (talk) 22:44, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Feel free to start a discussion at WT:VG and see for yourself if you don't believe me. I just wanted to say something before you or someone acted on your suggestion, as it would be a lot of effort to make a bunch of edits that would just be undone. Sergecross73   msg me  23:29, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Maybe it's time for the community to stop being so rigid and think of the people that come here looking for information instead. Wikipedia would be nothing without them. Idontknowanythingok (talk) 14:35, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Am I reading that right? Wikipedia is literally written by a community of volunteer writers, and you're saying the website would nothing without its readers? I've seen a lot of nonsense in my 15 years here, but that's definitely up there in the most poorly conceived arguments I've ever seen.
 * Feel free to start up a new proposal at WT:VG. But for the love of God, don't take that angle. They'll laugh you out so fast your head will spin. Sergecross73   msg me  16:39, 8 June 2023 (UTC)