December 14th, 2011

The full list of Game Boy Advance games coming to the 3DS for the Ambassador Program

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Nintendo of Japan has revealed that the games mentioned below will be the free Game Boy Advance games given to members of the Ambassador Program. The people in this program purchased the 3DS before the price drop went into effect. They’ll be available on December 16th in Japan.

  • F-Zero: Maximum Velocity
  • Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi’s Island
  • Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap
  • Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
  • Kirby & The Amazing Mirror
  • Mario Kart: Super Circuit
  • Mario vs. Donkey Kong
  • Metroid Fusion
  • Wario Land 4
  • WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames

What do you think of the selection?

Update: These games have also been confirmed for Europe, and they will also be coming out on December 16th. This appears to be a consistent, worldwide launch. (Thanks to Kyle for letting me know.)

  • Kev

    Amazing list. Wow I would prolly pay $10 for most of those. Come to NA on Thursday pls!

    • LunchBox

      Great list. I only kept Golden Sun 1&2 and Fire Emblem 1&2 from my GBA gaming days. Oh and Megaman Zero awesome spin-off/continuation/sequel.

    • Plazma

      Golden sun would’ve been great. Maybe they’ll come later.
      I was hoping for one of the pokemon games as well.

      On topc: I think instead of two Wario and two Mario Games a Pokemon or something else nice. Also Kinda wanted Kirbys nightmare in dreamland instead of the other. but hey, those games are probable gunna be released to a wider audience.

    • Mike S

      FUCK YES!!!!!!!!! I GET TO PLAY MINISH CAP AND MY FIRST KIRBY GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is the F-Zero game on the list good? also, how’s Fire Emblem?

    • DanteZX

      Now these are much better than the nes games. I hope to god they come out on thursday.

    • Mark95

      I also wanted nightmares in dreamland. i still have the amazing mirror, but well, im ok with them :D

    • Mike S

      Since Nightmare in Dreamland is a remake of Kirby’s Adventure, which is a 3D Classic on the eShop, i’m not surprised that it’s not in this list. Would they really give us the game for free, or make it so the only version we can get is the 3D Classic we have to pay for?

    • Carlinhos

      Amazing list! Much better than i was expecting, bcuz i don’t really liked the nes games, except for the first zelda.

    • Belinni

      Kinda hoped for Golden Sun as I’ve never had the chance to play ANY of them despite being a fan of the series.

      I don’t understand Mario Kart as MK7 has just come out. Is it so people who haven’t bought the new one could play the old one and WANT to buy the new one? Either way I think MK: Super Circuit was actually the worst Mario Kart, the controls were terrible and it looked pretty bad too.

    • TheEclipse

      Mario Kart Super Circuit’s controls weren’t terrible, they were just different. It’s one of my personal favourites as I know how to play. It’s the only MK where I can constantly come 1st every time on 150cc and constantly outrunning blue shells.

    • Guy

      @plazma
      They wouldn’t release Nightmare in Dreamland because that is a remake of Kirby’s Adventure, which is currently a 3D Classic on the eShop. If they did that, no-one would buy the 3D Classic. Durrrrrrrrrrrrrr

    • Guy A. Person

      @Belinni
      Super Circuit is also my least favorite Mario Kart, but I still do like the game. I like all of the Mario Kart games, but Super Circuit just happens to be my least favorite.

      (Although I’ve never played 7 yet, so maybe that will be my least favorite. (I doubt it though.))

  • _error_

    YUS! FINALLY

  • DharmaBum

    Hell Yeah!

  • imrblankie

    Oh. My. God. This is glorious.

  • Perry (MON on MK7)

    YES. Awesome list!

  • Travis

    Kirby & The Amazing Mirror!
    I love that game! brings back memories

    • 3DS Freak

      I know! I’m so excited to finally play it again!!

  • Raif

    THis is fucking awesome…IM TOTALLY DOWN!

  • Zyph

    F-Zero and Fire Emblem?! dayumn!
    Now I’m really regretting I didn’t buy my 3DS at launch :(
    guess i’ll squeeze out a few bucks xD

    • Binh Vu

      Too bad, GBA games are for ambassadors only, they have no plans to release them to other 3DS owners. If you’d like, I’ll sell you my 3DS for $250 XD

    • Binh Vu

      Oh wait, I forgot I bought other games, guess I’ll have to sell it for $300 now XD

    • The Only Pokemon Champion

      you forgot to include the price of the nes games as well
      and you also probably got excitebike
      so lets assume you have 21 free games
      and there about 5 bucks each
      5×21=110
      250+110=$360
      but since the GBA games will NEVER be given to the public they will have like a higher value

    • Naner

      The GBA games WILL be released to the public, just not very soon. They already made the whole emulation engine, it would be a waste not to profit from it.

      And there are still many other great GBA games to be released on VC (the first Fire Emblem, Pokémon, Metroid: Zero Mission, Golden Sun, Advance Wars…).

    • YAB

      Or he could just buy a used one of Amazon and transfer the data, if you need to.

    • Symbol de Au

      @The Only Pokemon Champion: They may be there’s just no plan to do so at this time.

    • bob

      Don’t forget Four Swords Anniversary Edition

    • Binh Vu

      Haha, yup, I got all of those XD

  • black-leg jex

    Am i the only one who was expecting a mario tennis. I’m a little dissapointed now that we didn’t get it XD

    • Binh Vu

      Did they have a gba mario tennis? I thought that was a GBC game, or am I wrong?

    • my name is of no importance

      im pretty sure it was gba, but i had forgotten it existed :’(

    • AnonX

      Yes, there was a Mario Tennis for the GBA, I’ve got it sitting in my room right now; it’s called Mario Tennis: Power Tour. It’s the sequel to the GBC version of Mario Tennis.

    • TuxedoMask

      Mario Tennis: Power Tour is AWESOME!
      It’s basically then only reason I ever use my DS (original), to have a few quick matches when I need to fill 5 – 30 minutes.

      And I was reeaally hoping it would be in the list :’(

    • MegabusterLegends3

      I LOVE POWER TOUR! It’s like a Tennis RPG, and battles are replaced by Tennis Matches. It was a really cool experiment, (it ran off the Golden Sun engine), and it even had some 3D polygons (>O.O)>.

    • Guy A. Person

      I’m hoping the 3DS Mario Tennis has the RPG mode just like the GBC and GBA ones. I’ll still get it if it doesn’t, but it would be about 10 times better if it did. Mario Tennis: Power Tour is one of my favorite games for the GBA, maybe even my favorite.

    • http://bit.ly/coolernow123 coolernow123

      power tour kicked ass

  • Brent Lee

    A bit dispointing because i was expecting them to release Pokemon Emerald :( :( :( :(

    • dubYA

      Such an epic list of FREE GAMES, and you’re not satisfied?! What is this??? A center for ANTS?!

    • Natto1995

      I WANT A POKEMON GAME!!!!!!!

    • Shaunicorn

      They’re probs going to release a Ruby and Sapphire remake and that’s why they don’t want to release Emerald

    • http://passid.ca/raze DeRaza360

      ZOOLANDER!

    • Not you

      If they can’t gives us Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald, why not give us FireRed/LeafGreen?
      They aren’t going to re-remake that game, are they?

    • Han Solo

      Therewouldnt be a way to trade, so it would be dumb…

    • Carlinhos

      Ya, c’mon… Black & white were released not long ago to satisfy ur pokemon needs XD

      And new games/remakes are on their way for sure.

    • Natto1995

      There is another pokemon game to be comfired soon.

      wonder what it could be?
      (Please be a 3DS game)

      http://www.serebii.net/index2.shtml

    • Ben

      Hahaha that’s my favorite scene from zoolander! :D

    • MMGM

      They will probably but it won’t happen probably until sometime next year with the release of 5th internationally and stuff. Plus they will probably start with the 1st Gen then finish at 3rd Gen. Or they might do something like rerelease all the original pairs first then rerelease their sister enhanced games.

      Also you never know about reremaking FireRed and LeafGreen again, I mean every 2 Gen’s and maybe some people want the original Kanto Adventures to be on a DS/3DS game.

  • KaitsuCH3

    HELL EFFING YES~!!!!

    • KaitsuCH3

      *HECK

    • Free of Birth

      What’s the difference?

    • Total911

      @Free
      ROFL

  • Amanda

    I am very, very happy with this list.
    I never had a GBA so all games would be new to me, but these are some nice games.

    • kiryu

      The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap….?!

      Yes… Yes…!

    • mrgrimrjs

      i feel the same way and i am excited to be getting these games

    • Zack

      Yeah I never had a GBA either. The first game system I ever bought was a DS lite, but since the DS plays GBA games of course, I borrowed and played a few on there. I also played some GBA games on an emulator, but it got boring plus emulators are never the way to go. They take a lot of fun out of the game. Anyways I’ve never played most of these games on the list, so I can’t really judge them for myself. But they all look like popular games, and if everyone else is happy with them then I am too.

    • http://passid.ca/Darin Wildman

      Yep. Same here. Never had a GBA. These games are special to me.

    • Babuska

      I started with Gameboy Colour, and I’m 14. I have only bought one version of each system (eg. I have the original DS, but no DSi or Lite. I have the GBA SP but not the original GBA or GBA micro. I have the 3DS but won’t be getting the next version, if there is.) I personally think GBA was the best handheld system. You are missing out on a lot of games. You should definitely either buy a GBA SP or use a DS or DS Lite to pick up the games that aren’t here. For example, Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga. Arguably the best handheld title of all time. Also, Donkey Kong Country (the remake.) I’m assuming you didn’t play the original version, and having it on the go is amazing.

    • ulrich5000

      Emulators are amazing things aren’t they :) lol XD
      but in all seriousness, I have a GBA, and most of these games I never played, so I’m super excited to have them too :3

    • Belinni

      Wow Babuska, we have exactly the same console life cycle! GBC, GBA SP, first version of the DS and now the 3DS!

      My sister had the first GBA and the DS lite as well though, I had to borrow her DSlite since mine’s touchscreen didn’t work too well (kept thinking I was touching the bottom screen even when I wasn’t). Plus the first DS’ back light sucked.

    • Zack

      Yeah, Mario & Luigi Super Start Ultra was great xD It was probably the only GBA game that I actually played all the way through. Like I said in my other post somewhere down there, that’s the one game I was really hoping for for the ambassador program. But these games all look good too, especially with the way everyone else seems so satisfied with the list

  • Noah

    Oh wow, what a great list of games! Minish Cap, Fire Emblem, Yoshi’s Island, Kirby TAM, etc. very jealous. Hopefully now ambassadors will stop their crying and appreciate the great games they’re getting.

  • Tails the Foxhound

    FUCK YES! I am super pleased with all of these (except Super Circuit and WarioWare, and even then they’re still decent) GBA games. No duds like NES Open Tournament Golf either. My body is ready.

    • Tails the Foxhound

      Also if K:AM doesn’t have it’s multiplayer intact, I will rage, ferociously. You might even hear it from wherever you live.

    • The Only Pokemon Champion

      FUCK THIS MAN!!!!
      I WAS SO LOOKING FORWARD TO POKEMON!!!!! :’(

    • Natto1995

      BRING ON THE MOTHERFOOKING POKEMON GAMES PLEASE!

  • kiryu

    The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap….?!

    Yes… Yes…!

    • Carlinhos

      Its more like this:

      The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap….?!

      YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS,
      YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!
      MUAHAHAHAHA
      *Go jumping around the house crazily*

  • The Only Pokemon Champion

    NOOOOO POKEMON
    WAAAAAHH!!!!! :’(

    • my name is of no importance

      relax only (yeah right) pokemon champion, theres a pokemon announcement at jump festa soon, got it memorized? :P

    • The Only Pokemon Champion

      yah i guess……but still!
      i bought the 3ds early and paid 80 freaking extra bucks
      i thought nintendo wouldve made up for it with one pokemon game

    • my name is of no importance

      i dont know if this will show up in the right spot, phone is acting avatarded, but pokemon champ, i shelled out an extra $80 too, but i do have to agree with you, we do need a core pokemon, not a spin off, any one with me on ruby and sapphire remakes ?

    • waste

      Game Freak is VERY protective of their franchise. I suspect that main series Pokemon titles will never become downloadable. Whoever expected Pokemon Emerald to be an Ambassador title doesn’t really know anything about the franchise tbh.

    • http://www.gamesradar.com GameManiac

      I already have Pokémon Emerald, and not any of these games.

    • The Only Pokemon Champion

      i always suspected we might not get it from the beggining
      game freak doesnt even allow nintendo to do the announcements
      there like NYAAH!! WE DO IT!
      and @waste
      nintendo released a 3d pokedex so there is still hope for vc
      but probably not for gba ones
      oh well its hard but ill survive ;p

    • Naner

      Well, if they’re planning on releasing Ruby/Sapphire remakes (and they probably are), don’t expect Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald to show up on VC, because that would create self-competition. Gold and Silver would also compete with HeartGold and SoulSilver, which are still made and easy to find new. However, there is hope for Red/Blue and/or FireRed/LeafGreen.

    • Palkiasv

      “yah i guess……but still!
      i bought the 3ds early and paid 80 freaking extra bucks
      i thought nintendo wouldve made up for it with one pokemon game”

      Does Pokedex 3D ring a bell? :3

    • bill

      The 80 dollars weren’t extra.

  • my name is of no importance

    I agree with brent, i really was looking forward to emerald version. but there might be remakes soon. i was kinda hoping for golden sun though….

    • my name is of no importance

      but entire list is frickin awesome as it is now, i just hope n. america gets it soon :D

  • Matt Eriks

    heh sorry the ware no post when i wrote that. This is a really grat list. If only the two first Golden Sun comes to eShop later i have all the gba games i want

    • Raxhas

      Oh man, that would be great, I LOVE the Golden Sun games!

    • Raxhas

      Same! :3

      Well, and the original GBA Fire Emblem would be nice too…

  • Money Bee

    Wario Land 4… I’m gonna cry IM SO HAPPY :D

  • thisguy

    kirby better have multiplayer(thru wifi and/or local)

    • my name is of no importance

      i heard the multiplayer isnt happening, besides who would you play with, the gba games are only for ambassadors, so good luck finding an ambassador near you, even if there is multiplayer

    • Naner

      I know about 10 other 3DS ambassadors, two of which I meet almost daily.

    • Zeem

      Touche’.

    • my name is of no importance

      yes, touche…

    • Bowser1027

      i know 1 person whos an ambassador, but shes not into games as much as me and rarely uses her 3ds

  • Zack

    Aw i was hoping for Mario & Luigi Super Star Saga, but these games look great! Although there’s a few I’ve never heard of/played. Oh well, I guess it doesn’t hurt to try something new. :P

    • MegabusterLegends3

      Oooooh, good point, that is the only game I’m missing….. I’m suddenly sad now…..

    • Evan

      I have Superstar Saga for my original GBA. It does suck for other ambassadors, though.
      :(

  • Ali

    I already own F-Zero and Zelda but meh…

  • Letat

    Im going to have a busy January, playing all these- but man i guess it really was too much to ask for a main pokemon game. sigh- one can dream though…

  • Ninjastoned

    YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

  • Holy

    Holy crap, they’re actually giving us minish cap!

    • i agree with u

      yes,yes they will

      YYYYTYEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHGBBVVBBBBBBAAABBBBYYYYYYY

  • mario219

    WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

  • Zelgerath

    Are these exclusives? Because if they are, including Minish Cap might be Nintendo shooting itself in the foot.

    • my name is of no importance

      i think they are exclusives, huge zelda fan, never played minish…..

    • ulrich5000

      thank god you didn’t say an arrow in the knee >.< that joke is really getting old, lol, but why are they shooting them in the foot? I like Minish Cap :o

    • Binh Vu

      They’re shooting themselves in the foot, because if they sold it in the eshop they’d make lots and lots of money. These are supposed to be exclusives, only available to ambassadors.

  • Ninjastoned

    If US comes out 17th the day after fucking awesome~
    PS: Thats by Birthday I’ll be 20 with 20 Ambassador Games.

    • http://gravatar.com/wcailum Cailum

      Last time around we got them a day early so we would all get them at the same time. (Note the Time Zones) So this might end up being an early Birthday Prezzy.

      Happy Early Birthday anyways! :)

  • Brian (1246 8880 1183)

    I saw a list when the ambassador program had just been announced and I think this list is slighty different…. And WAY BETTER!!!! :) i’m so excited. Can’t wait to play fusion, FE and kirby, never played those titles. Minish cap rocks! And I bet yoshis island is fun, never played it though. Stoked :)

  • Littlebigmelody

    I’m kinda sad that I’m not an Ambassador. Although, I own a good amount of these games on my GBA already (Kirby and the amazing Mirror and Minish Cap are great!), the convenience of having them all on one system seems pretty cool.

  • liamhetherington

    i havnt even played most of these! but i know that they’r gonna be awesome because there nintendo! i played wario land 4 at my friends house when i was like 6. it was so much fun! can’t WAAAIT

  • Mr ECHO

    Fuck yes been waiting for this and the list is great

  • Mohammad Fikree

    December 16th? My birthday? Best present gift from Nintendo ever…kinda.

    • LunchBox

      I’m the 18th. :3 that’s when I get Mario Kart 7. :)

  • animejony

    Geez won’t have enough time to enjoy all those games for winter break! Nintendo good job! :)

  • AuraFlareRiolu

    Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team would have been great on it. Maybe at a later time when they actually decide to release more GBA games on the 3DS Shop, it could be put on there. Who knows.

    • Mucrush

      … what? Why would they do that? There is already Blue Rescue Team out for DS which can be played on 3DS… I see NO reason for it to come XD

    • Sonic260

      Mucrush has a point. The only difference in Red rescue team was that it was darker. :/

    • Natto1995

      Yeah but your not online at the time :/

  • http://iDaNLSoftware.co.de IDaNL

    F-zero!!!
    My first game ever!!!
    I miss Aero of Acrobat though

  • iPoopPoopPoopOnTheFloor!

    No Golden Sun = :(

    • my name is of no importance

      yaaaaaay, someone else who likes golden sun XD

    • Brian (1246 8880 1183)

      Those games were incredible, though I never played the latest. I sold my ds before it came out cuz I knew I was gonna get a 3ds.

    • Carlinhos

      Is golden sun a nintendo franchise??
      Because if it isn’t, i think there was no chace for it to show on the list.

    • Glass Moe

      There was a good chance of Golden Sun, actually. It had a representative in Smash Bros Brawl, was one of the GBA’s system sellers, and Camelot has developed exclusively Nintendo games since Mario Tennis.

      I wasn’t expecting Minish Cap, as Capcom developed it.

    • Brian (1246 8880 1183)

      There wasn’t a golden sun character in brawl, I think your thinking of the dude with the big gold sword from fire emblem: paths of radiance on cube. Great game if you like strategy rpg.

    • Brian (1246 8880 1183)

      Ike! Lol, just remembered his name

  • Epak

    Looks good!

  • hanko

    booooooooooooooo. no pokemon

    • Natto1995

      Exactly what i wrote… :(
      POKEMON PLEASE!

    • TImmy the Worm

      You guys are just sad…

  • flash

    epic

  • Pontus

    My god!<3
    Thank you Nintendo, you rock! :D
    I like most of the games we get, except Mario Vs. Donkey Kong, all the others are great games!! :D

    • Total911

      I love Mario vs. Donkey Kong. It has almost no replay value, though, which is sad.

  • Jonathan

    I really wanted Golden Sun and Super Mario and Luigi Super star saga. At least were getting Fire Emblem i wish mario vs donkey kong was replace with the mario and luigi super star saga :( other then that all the games. are pretty nice

  • FlashBoom

    Fire emblem? Could it be a good sign for FE 3DS to be released oversea?

    • Carlinhos

      I think it will be localized. At least i can’t remember any major nintendo game that wasn’t released in the west these past years.

  • Jwong

    HOE LEE SHIT
    THIS IS THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER

    • Alex

      amazing list
      3ds has come around real nice this last few months
      ^_^
      good job nintendo

    • 3DSNINJA!!

      I feel it is going to be a very Nintendo-y Christmas this year. I’m asking for Super Mario 3D Land and Starfox 64, and now we have these? AWESOME!!!

  • AnonX

    Yes. Yes. Yes.

    Nintendo, you officially win the “Greatest Free Stuff Ever…of All Time” award, hands-down.

    Best…Christmas gift…EVER!

    • CrimsonalCore

      AGREE<3 OwO

  • :3XDS !

    AWWWWWWWWWW YEAHHHHHHH!!!!!

  • CrimsonalCore

    Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap
    Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

    OMG OMG OH MAH FREAKING GAWD!!<3333

  • http://gravatar.com/wcailum Cailum

    MINISH CAP?
    FANGASM!@!!!!!@

  • bouncer0304

    Hmm, while it’s a good list (never played fire emblem or f-zero before), don’t forget this is the japanese list. Remember last time how a few of them changed? I have a feeling fire emblem may not make it over here to the UK or the US. There’s still a chance superstar saga and golden sun will still make it over here. Nintendo will probably look at what’s popular in these regions and adapt the line up to suit. I’m not celebrating or being disappointed just yet. I do hope, however, that zelda makes it over here, or i shall be upset!!!!

    • alpha3ds

      got a message from nintendo right now on my 3DS with this list (Portugal, Europe)…

    • alpha3ds

      Golden Sun is Camelot’s property, wont happen mate.

    • http://gravatar.com/wcailum Cailum

      They didn’t change, they just have different names in Japan.

    • Kyle

      Confirmed for EU also

      http://i.imgur.com/rZZxS.jpg

    • Ty

      Actually, Golden Sun is a Nintendo IP. Camelot developed it (and they are a seperate company) but they don’t own the game. It’s the norm for the publisher to own games they published (regardless of whether they developed it externally). If Golden Sun wasn’t put on the list due to it being developed externally, then Minish Cap shouldn’t be on the list. Minish Cap was developed by Capcom.

  • Marcus Hunt

    love it

  • Angelo

    WARIO LAND 4
    JESUS CHRIST I hoped so hard, and there it is!

  • alpha3ds

    Amazing!
    Would’nt pick a better list myself!

    One more thing, Pokemon is’nt a Nintendo franshise, so it would never happen guys…

    Gamefreak is the real intelectual owner.

    • Ty

      Uh, no. Nintendo is actually the owner of Pokemon- they just don’t have complete control over it. Gamefreak (an independent company that only works with Nintendo) and The Pokemon Company (affiliated and owned by Nintendo) have very few restrictions placed upon them by Nintendo. They can do almost anything they want with the franchise- that’s why a Pokemon mini game was made for smartphones.

  • Natto1995

    Can somebody Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease put a Pokemon game on the list Please!

  • NABlaze

    I got the spotpas about this, this morning, I can’t believe the selection is so amazing, I can finally play minish cap (money stopped me from getting it back then.) Can’t believe it’s so close I tought it they would be out by xmas or the 31st

  • Dana

    Wow, this is actually a good list of games! I figured theyd be crap games like the NES ones. Way to go Nintendo!

  • dubYA

    This list pleases me greatly. They could have gotten away with giving me Minish Cap and Yoshi’s Island, and I would have been completely satisfied. This is AWESOME!

    Thank you, Nintendo!

    • dubYA

      Also, these will be available the day after my birthday! Ha ha! Great timing! And here I thought I wouldn’t see much in the way of birthday gifts… guess I was wrong! :D

  • N

    Hell yeah Wario Land 4 \o/

  • http://www.wix.com/all4gaven/SimpleLogic Simple Logic

    What can I say? Great collection of games! But here is the problem, The gyroscope won’t work on WarioWare right? Right?

    • FacestabMan

      The Warioware game included is the first one. That one didn’t have a gyroscope. What you’re talking about is Warioware twisted, which isn’t included here.

    • Shaunicorn

      It’s a different WarioWare to Twisted (The one with the gyro), so it will work fine

  • Buci

    My only complain: I don’t think i have enough space on my sd cart left… I wasn’t expecting F-Zero at all or Fire Emblem. And yes, I live in Europe, I want those games as well (except maybe metroid Fusion, but then i could at least try it)

  • Kayriss

    Fire Emblem!

  • FacestabMan

    Would like Fusion instead of Zero Mission, but Minish Cap pretty much makes my day. I loved that game.

    • FacestabMan

      Damn, meant to say Zero Mission instead of Fusion.

    • Kayriss

      I agree, I actually finised Fusion last week and I haven’t played Zero Mission since 2005…

    • Ty

      Zero Mission would’ve been cool to get- but they would basically be giving out 2 different versions of (essentially) the same game. Zero Mission is a remake of the original Metroid, which was already given to us as part of the NES games.

    • Brian (1246 8880 1183)

      Zero mission was sooooo well done. I played the shit out of that game! I’m excited to play fusion, I looove metroid. I hope they make a 3ds one. is fusion awesome though? I’ve heard good things…

    • Ty

      Fusion is pretty good. Some people didn’t like it because they thought it was too linear, but I didnt really notice (not nearly as linear as Other M). It is a bit more story heavy than other Metroid games (but the story is good- unlike Other M).

      Btw- it isn’t that I hate Other M, I just had a lot of issues with the game (and the story wasn’t my biggest issue). I could go on a rant, but nah.

    • Brian (1246 8880 1183)

      Most people who hate on linear don’t know what they’re talking about, I repeat, most, not all. I met this guy at gamestop who said twilight princess was too linear yet he never got to where he could control being a wolf because he stopped playing cuz he couldn’t get past a part. Also, it’s metroid, of course it’s linear! But its a great series and super fun. Review shit before yu buy shit, it’s called smart shopping lol. Don’t hate on something just because it’s not your particular flavor, just sayin. Anyways, thanks for the info :) based on what you said I know i’ll like it.

  • Oh..

    I won’t be getting these games.. because I waited too long to get my 3DS, oh well. I beat Yoshi’s Island, Kirby, Mario vs DK, Mario Kart and WarioWare. . They were great GBA games. I don’t know about F-Zero, LoZ, Fire Emblem, Metroid or Wario Land but they are top Nintendo series so they’re probably kick ass too. I have no doubt that the guys and girls that get these games will be more than pleased. Hope ya’ll have fun with them.

    • Mike S

      Wario Land is AWESOME, I played it when i was younger, you won’t be disappointed :)

  • Peter

    Well.. no Golden Sun..
    BUT I get to play my first ever Fire Emblem game. Two racing games is a bit excessive if you ask me. With Mario Kart 7 out now, gonna contend play more.
    Mostly decent list. Can’t wait for my Fusion!!

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/ClassicGamer616?feature=mhum lachster

    Woot :D

  • Ty

    Games are pretty good… Only issue I have with the list is TOO MANY MARIO (related) GAMES!!! 5/10 are Mario games or spinoffs… I wish they had Golden Sun on the list- been aching to play that again for a while. So many other good games they could’ve given out in place of at least 2 of the Mario games…

    • The Shadow

      I think they can only give out nintendo licensed games to be fair on other publishers

    • Ty

      Golden Sun is a Nintendo IP. Releasing it wouldn’t be unfair to the developers at all. Nintendo has more franchises than just Mario…

  • Epiclight

    NA needs fire emblem! But considering it originated in Japan, and that it’s not even in the Japan list. . .there’s not hope, really :P

    • Epiclight

      Whoops. Apparently I’m too tired even to read a list that is blaring with awesomeness. Sorry everyone

  • …

    HELL YEAH
    AUSUM!!

  • Outlaw

    FUCK YOU NINTENDO!!!!!!

    WHERE’S MY MARIO & LUIGI GAME!!!

    SHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHITSHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • http://This_is_not_a_real_website Username

      ^this

  • Trulaw

    Nice.

  • Scizor

    Holy crap, I can’t believe Nintendo actually included Fire Emblem and Minish Cap! YES!!!!

  • TechTris

    Yes! Yes! YEEEEESSSSSS! Wahooo! Yeah! Awesome! Haha! XD

  • Mucrush

    David you have to tell that these games are only for Japan at the moment! Its not safe to say if they will be the same other places!

  • tab

    MY DICK IS READY

    SO MANY GOOD GAMES

  • Naner

    F-Zero, Minish Cap, Fire Emblem, Kirby and Wario Land?

    OH YEAH.

    But why the second Fire Emblem instead of the first?

  • Jerky

    MINISH CAP WOOOOOOO

  • Sept

    Awesome! I had lost faith in the GBA games after the so-so NES games. Yeah, there was Zelda and Mario, but Golf? Yoshi? Really?

    • My name is NOT Earl

      I totally agree to you, that golf game i can’t play cause I suck badly at it, even though yoshi I got used to, but even if they were like that, free games are free games!

  • Calztchi

    YEEEEEEEEEAAAAA MINISH CAP

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/blackheart0478?feature=mhee kevin

    NOW THATS WHAT I CALL NEWS!!!! i am very satisfied witth he list

  • Gameboi834

    WARIO LAND 4
    YEEEEES.

  • Pete41608

    this is definitely worth it for Zelda, Mario Kart and Yoshi’s Island alone. I realize we just need Majora’s Mask 3D, Windwaker, Twilight Princess and the GBC Oracle games and we’ll be able to play every Zelda game (sans CD-i) on the 3DS. that would be way better then the GC Zelda ‘Collection’ disc. LOL

    • Pete41608

      oops, forgot LttP

    • Soeroah

      You also forgot Skyward Sword and Four Swords Adventure :p

      (Not the free one that came with ALTTP on the GBA, the one on the Gamecube)

    • Pete41608

      Thanks. lol. I’m Slippin’

    • Tara

      Majora’s Mask 3D and the Oracle games have a really good chance of eventually being on the 3DS.

    • Naner

      We’ll likely never be able to play all Zelda games only on 3DS, but we can play all of them owning both a 3DS and Wii.

      Wii can play Zelda, Zelda II, A Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask, The Wind Waker, Four Swords Adventures, Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword.

      3DS can play Zelda, Zelda II, Link’s Awakening, Ocarina of Time, Four Swords, The Minish Cap, Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks. And it will definitely have Oracle of Ages/Seasons on VC sooner or later.

  • ricarleite

    I pretty much preferred Wario Ware TWISTED over the original one. But it’s cool.

  • Galexiathechao

    Does anyone know when they’ll be availiable in America?

  • Turt_Shadow

    Nintendo’s Christmas gift you could say

  • bayou billy

    these games are no big deal to me… i can play them on my netbook using emulator, which is more convenient: a bigger sceen, an a comfortable joypad connected

    • Smart

      Yeah – you can play them on an emulator – but its NOT LEGAL! You tard ;) Emulators are legal – right. But you need iso/roms. And they are NOT LEGAL! Cause you download them on torrents or other illegal sites/software. I hope Nintendo gets you – and then you get your present, that you deserve… Or maybe they will just sue you. and THEN you got a problem, boy…

    • TImmy the Worm

      Cool for you…

    • IMAHURSE

      Traslation: HUURR LOOK AT MEH I GOAT A CONPUTER AND DUR EHMULATERS HURRPA DURRRP.

      :rolls eyes:

  • aron

    HEY EVERYONE! CLUB NINTENDO OF AMERICA RELEASED THE NEW PRIZES!!!

  • Colin

    It’s not as good as I had hoped, but it’s better than I expected. Oh well, it’ll be nice.

  • Mr Guy

    Nice list.
    But still, I wish they would give me Golden Sun instead of Wario Land 4.

  • Glitchmastermario

    Lets see what I can do with these games…

    F.Zero: Maximum Velocity: Barely played F.Zero, so this should be fun

    Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi’s Island: I have all the advance games, but I remember losing 3 a lot, now I can’t lose it :)

    Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap: Another LoZ game I never played, that’s a lot of gameplay time

    Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones: I remember not liking games like Fire Emblem, well (mostly) everything free has something bad to it (not saying it’s bad, just saying I don’t like the gameplay) :(

    Kirby & The Amazing Mirror: Still have it and beat it 100%, now it’s time to do it again :D

    Mario Kart: Super Circut: I remember not playing this much, put now I can bring 2 Mario Kart games with me on the go :D

    Mario vs Donkey Kong: Never played the series much, but I remember that this one is more like Donkey Kong then the others

    Metroid Fusion: I remember seeing one of my friends playing this, but I never really got to try it, so that’s another game I could waste time with

    Wario Land 4: Have Super Mario Land 1, 2, and 3, now onto the next chapter!

    WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames: would of rather have the other one on the gba that would be controlled by the gyro sensors, but this should still be good

    What does everybody else think about the games?

    • b2j135@gmail.com

      I feel similar to you about these games, some I’ve never played (kirby, wario 4, FE,mvsdk) ohter I CANNOT WAIT TO BEAT AGAIN! (loz, yoshi, mk:ss)

    • Oh..

      Bro, the next “chapter” would be Wario Land II because Mario Land 3 was the first Wario Land but the series spunoff from Mario into Wario… There’s a Wario Land 2 and a Wario Land 3 and then 4. Then after that is “Shake It!” for the Wii.

    • bmcj199

      Wario Land 4 is the 3 sequel to SML3

    • Ice

      You do realize that there are 2 other Wario Land games between SML3 and Wario Land 4.

    • Glitchmastermario

      I thought it was the next chapter because it was super mario land 3, wario land, and since that was the 3rd “land” game, I thought it continued from there with 4, sorry

    • Naner

      Don’t forget Wario World for the GameCube.

  • Soeroah

    Eh, others would probably be happier. I have three things on that list and I was kiiinda hoping for ALTTP as well as Minish Cap, as that would turn my 3DS into a Zelda-filled monstrosity of gaming.

    Was also hoping for Megaman Battle Network games, but those aren’t Nintendo made. Ah well, at least Super Mario Advance 3 should be new to me!

    (Zero Mission was also a hope)

    • Royalninja

      I WANT MEGAMAN BATTLE NET WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • MegabusterLegends3

      As do I, Royal Ninja, but unfortunately I’m pretty sure if Pokemon couldn’t make the cut as a 2nd-ish party title, a niche 3rd party spinoff of a character that Capcom seems intent on killing off probably was never in the cards anyway. BUT, I agree, it would have been nice.

    • Ty

      I don’t think Pokemon was cut due to it being a “2nd-ish party title” (Nintendo owns it). I think it had something to do with the lack of multiplayer, and the GBA Pokemon games are very likely to be remade in the near future. Minish Cap is a 2nd party game, and it’s on the list (it was developed by Capcom). There was really no chance of any 3rd party games showing up on the list though, unless Nintendo paid the publishers of those games.

  • naturetauren

    Wario Land 4, Wario ware: I am Sub Zero

    No pokemon: WHAT?!

  • b2j135@gmail.com

    OMG MINISH CAP! YES!!!!!! YEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!!!!!!!!!
    AND KIRBY!?!?1 YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH!

    • Luke

      I love those and fire emblem!!!!!!!!

  • mike

    man why couldn’t they have merald that would’ve been perfect!

  • Buci

    so in two days already? what a surprise announcement. looking forward to wasting my times with those games.

  • Lip Smacker

    Fuck yes.

  • Nesyaj0

    This has just made my day…

  • Luke

    YES!!!!!!!!

  • Joshawott

    No Pokémon?

    Tut tut.

  • canthia

    Why give us Mario cart: super circuit about all 3Ds owers have mario cart 7 for nintendo 3ds. I rather have mario golf from gameboy advance list.

    • TImmy the Worm

      Mario…Golf…?

      MARIO GOOOLFFFF!?!?!?!

      GOOOOOOLLLLLLFFFFF!?!!?!??!

  • WeegeeWarrior

    I’m very happy with this list. I’ll be leaving for vacation later in the day on Friday, so I’ll be sure to download all the GBA games and spend a majority of my time on the plane playing Yoshi’s Island and Kirby and the Amazing Mirror.

  • djnforce9

    I agree that it’s a nice list. Not only were these quality titles for the GBA, but there is a nice variety in the selection. I hope Nintendo continues to release their top GBA games in the eShop. I would love to see things like Metroid – Zero Mission or Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.

  • http://youtube.com/user/superpaIkiagalaxy SPG

    theses games (well some are far better than most of the nes ones

  • SuperSaiyanTriforce

    I can’t get Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Sonic Generations, Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Kirby’s Return to Dreamland, or Pokémon Rumble Blast until either Saturday
    or Christmas…… this’ll keep me occupied!! SO HAPPY :D

  • TheGrapeTyphlosion

    Great list! I’ll definitely be playing Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones and Mario Kart: Super Circuit the most.

  • BD

    NOO POKEMON OHHHHHH MY GAMMIT. well this sucks well maybe red and blue will be in vc in like twenty years

  • Gamerbro

    I think the list is pretty good the only 2 other games I was hoping for is M&L Superstar Sega and Pokemon Fire red/Leaf green. But the list is pretty awesome and they are free too! :D

  • Raxhas

    Nintendo <3
    You had me at "Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones"
    And Minish Cap…
    *drools*

  • Ed

    Why no Mario Tennis? T-T

    But Fire Emblem sure seems nice. Never played it, though xD
    I just hope that the 3rd party GBA and SNES games come to the eShop soon. It would be freaking nice, indeed!

  • Zeldahero11

    Dang, I already have minish cap!
    I’m Excited for all the other games though.

  • AM

    The list is great I only wish there was a pokemon, but nevertheless it is still good.

  • SDDMN

    Wow hilariously enough, half of these games I never played. F-zero, Kirby, Fire emblem, and the two Wario games I never played on my GBA. Thanks for letting me have the chance, Nintendo!

  • Wasee Khalil

    Its also on that day for Australia.

  • adus1991

    I think that Nintendo is giving us the best from GBA games (i wish there was GS, GS2)

  • Twix

    Yust one word: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY :DDDDDDDDDDD

  • DsHacker14

    Great lineup in my opinion! Can’t wait to get these :D

  • Davidude

    Why that F-Zero game?? That one sucked!! We should get GP Legend instead, the one that the “FALCON PAWNCH”-anime is based on!

  • Christian Zuniga

    I wanted Mother 3, pokemon, Megaman zero. :(

    • Knuckles

      dude there’s NO WAY mother 3 is ever gonna be released in America in any shape or form

    • MegabusterLegends3

      Well, Knuckles, it has been,…. unofficially……
      Though honestly I would buy it twice on the eShop were it to come out.

  • Somebody

    Wow, this list is so much better than the NES list.

    • Joshles

      I kno right?!
      I dont even play the NES games!
      They were fun and all but they got boring easily.
      I still have a select few in my menu screen cu i love having them there :3
      Theyr like my children xD
      But theese…. The gba games are my lovers….
      Lol

  • Biz

    YES! FIRE EMBLEM ON THE 3DS!

  • knightboy

    amazing list! no pokemon which i was hoping for but still a great list. i wish it was kirby nightmare in dreamland i used to have it and then i moved it during the move the game just disappeared O.O… ive never played a fire emblem game before and i heard good news about them so it might be fun…but zelda…(jumping up in the air waving hands like a madman) yeeesssssss ive never played minish cap so…im really excited about that…crap im excited about every single title! i find it a little weird that its coming on a friday instead of a thursday…oh well just one more day!

    • Royalninja

      Yeah when I moved my megaman battle network game (my favorite game)got lost:(I hate it when that hapens.

  • Knuckles

    C’mon guys I would have loved pokemon but I new it wasn’t gonna happen because of game freak but we got 10 awesome games FOR FREE so calm down.

  • J Rye

    I gotta say, I am SO much more excited for these than the NES games. Pretty much the only three titles on the NES list that I actually spent more than 30 seconds on were Mario Bros, Metroid, and Zelda, and that’s because they were actually, you know, GAMES. Donkey Kong, Ice Climbers, are classics, but with no multiplayer support they just didn’t see much use on my system.

    Now, pretty much every game on the GBA list looks phenomenal. Kirby, Fire Emblem, AND Minish Cap? Can you say THANK YOU NINTENDO?! Personally, I’m glad Emerald isn’t on the list, but I know some people are disappointed. Actually excited for these games for the first time!

  • Joshles

    Amaaaazing :3
    Although the only ones that REALLY make me happy are:
    Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi’s Island
    Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap
    Kirby & The Amazing Mirror
    Mario Kart: Super Circuit
    Mario vs. Donkey Kong
    Metroid Fusion
    Wario Land 4
    I have only played yoshis island out of these.
    But the rest i mentioned are amazing games!!!

    David!
    Will these be out in the US by the 16th too?
    Cuz uh… Im leaving on sunday to visit family for 3 weeks and they got no wifi so i might die if these arent released here too before i go x3

    • J Rye

      You could always just roam the neighborhood they’re in and try to steal someone else’s wifi. I’m sure you could find some way to find a Barnes & Noble, Starbucks, or somewhere else with wifi just to download them. :)

    • http://Yahoo.com dayton

      mariocart super circut is the best!!!

  • Han Solo

    Sooner than expected… better than expected…

    • TImmy the Worm

      These are the games we’re looking for

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/Swedishbloxguy?feature=mhee Swedishbloxguy

    Yeah the most of the things is nice but i wanted pokemon games like emerald, leafgreen and the other games…. XD

  • KingKrusha

    Any news on when Europe is gonna get their hands on these?

  • Pontus

    PEOPLE! STOP BITCHING ABOUT POKEMON!!

    Nintendo announced that there will be no multiplayer function in the GBA games, therefore, it would be stupid to put Pokemon in the list because you cant link up with others.

    • http://n4m4w45.tumblr.com n4m4w45

      Yes! I know! Some of my friends said Emerald should’ve been one of the games, but I kept telling ‘em it’d only be half the game!
      I’m so glad someone agrees with me!

    • TImmy the Worm

      Finally!!! Someone who understands….

    • b2j135

      b-b-b-b-but Minish Cap has connectivity with the kinstones!

    • xenoleingod

      how is the multiplayer half the game when it only really affects trading and the ability to battle with a friend you can still do that in the game neway so no mp isnt that big of a loss theres still a pokemon to capture things to do ppl to fight and so on

  • keyyho

    YES!!!!!! fire emblem The Sacred Stones
    and Legend of Zelda Minish Cap

  • http://hybrilynx.net/ Hybrilynx

    if F-Zero: Maximum Velocity cannot play on 2 players, then screw this.

    see how awesome Metroid Fusion is? SkimWords chose it instead of the other 8 games. need more metroid.

  • Royalninja

    YES!!! MINISH CAP!!!!!!!!!!!!XD THIS IS SO GOOD!I beated this game like 11 times and its still going to be fun!…….but I still miss my GBA:(

  • Caldwell Thomas III

    say what you want, but when Nintendo gets it right, they get it right. Can’t wait!

  • Zed

    I can’t wait to get my hands on these!

  • AkatsukiLIlith

    Where in hell are Pokemon games?!!!

    • TImmy the Worm

      Umad?

  • nintendope

    kriby the amazing mirror better have multiplayer 3ds download play :D

  • FalconPuncher

    Let’s see…F-Zero, Fire Emblem, Zelda, some Kirby, some Mario…yes…sounds…pretty decent, I guess…*bursting with joy but doesn’t show it*

  • http://n4m4w45.tumblr.com n4m4w45

    I love all the choices, and am really surprised but excited for Fire Emblem’s inclusion.
    I was positive Minish Cap would be included, but am very sad that Super Mario World didn’t make the cut. If it were up to me, I would swap Wario Land 4 for Mario World, but I own Mario World for SNES, and have never played Wario Land 4, so I guess its all good.

  • Zeuzio

    Wow, It’s actually a great selection! I haven’t played about half of the games, either.

    I was surprised that Minish Cap was selected, so that’s awesome. :D

  • Meesho

    I’ve played and loved just about every one of these, only a couple I’ve never looked at, but I’m really happy with this list. Wario Land 4′s going to be one hell of a nostalgia trip.

  • Unbeknownst

    YES minish cap all the waayyyy

  • TImmy the Worm

    The only ones crying are al the hardcore Pokemon fans… lol

  • Reshiram52

    YESS!!! KIRBY! ZELDA! FIRE EMBLEM! I cant wait!!

  • http://Yahoo.com dayton

    ugh! when in North America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Shockwave527

    So no Pokemon or Mario 3. Twas to be expected.

    Anyway, I have most of the new ones or I don’t care for them anyway. Oh well

  • http://Yahoo.com dayton

    I love mariocart super circut but will it still be able to download to people that don’t have the game!

  • Adam

    now thats one hell of a list. thumbs way up.

  • KKK

    What no pokemon you screwed us again nintendo

    • Angelo

      Pokémon was simply impossible: you can’t put only one Pokémon game, and they couldn’t put two. Also, no excanges.

    • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/16a07c1e06c4010a42f31cc4d1a0702d.png ABEzilla116

      pokemon was really something stupid to hope for. The reasons are obvious. no online and no multiplayer would have made the game useless.

  • The Video Gamer

    Awesome list really happy with this. Makes being an early adopter and paying more worth it.

  • Angelo

    I’m so happy for Wario Land 4, I had already lost all hope.

  • Justin (0817-3746-0488)

    Out of all of these, the only ones I really like are SMA3:YI (It is one of my favorite video games), K&TAM, and WarioWare… :(
    I own 2 of these games (SMA3 & MKSC), and have played 6 of them (SMA3, MKSC, MvDK, LoZtMC, K&TAM, and WL4). I also am not really interested in the other 3, plus I’m disappointed about Nintendo not having a Pokemon game or MOTHER 3 on this list (though I know there was no chance for M3). But at least the games are free…

    • Justin (0817-3746-0488)

      I actually have 2 copies of MKSC.

  • S.T.K.

    To every one who keeps going on about GBA downloads nintendo has said that they are not planning to release GBA games on the E-Shop ever the GBA games so far have only been made for available for ambassadors and no future GBA games have been consider for the general public… I do hope that they will though but don’t get hopes to high untill nin’t say there gonna ;)

    • DrunkEnShadow

      i think they ment they wont make the specific game list available on eshop for purchace and the only one who can get them are the ambassadors…so prolly we will see gba games on the eshop because until now all the games selling on eshop sucks!

  • Majora’s Incarnation

    MINISH CAP!!!!!!!

  • Sponge

    Really looking forward to Fire Emblem, Metroid Fusion and Wario Land 4. Didn’t really expect Fire Emblem so that’s a nice surprise.

    Already played Minish Cap and Super Circuit. (although I’m not sure if I finished minish cap so I’ll play it again anyway)
    Still, 8/10 is great.

    I see people saying that these gba games will never be available to non ambassadors. You know “never” is a REALLY long time. I could have sworn the statement nintendo made was that they had no plans to give them to non ambassadors. Plans can be made.

  • pokemonfaan

    Already own 6 games, but I don´t have F-Zero or Fusion. Man, this is coooooool! :D

  • kumquat8

    I have an ambassador 3ds with Street Fighter, Ocarina of Time, and Mario 3d land that I am looking to sell as I have fallen on hard financial times. If anyone is interested reply to this comment.

  • Chris

    Wow! We got Zelda, Kirby, Fire Emblem, Warioware, F-Zero, AND Metroid? The only one that I could possibly also have wanted to be on there is Advance Wars, but maybe I’m just being picky.

  • Thomas Jones

    its like their hinting us about ssb4
    Mario
    Kirby
    Wario
    Samus
    (fire emblem in general)
    Cptn Falcon

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/16a07c1e06c4010a42f31cc4d1a0702d.png ABEzilla116

    Wow what an awesome list! Metroid fusion makes the entire wait worthwile for me but I already knew that was coming. Now I can finally play some fire emblem!

  • Sam

    WHAT? NO POKÉMON?

    • Tom :)

      I know:/ Oh well… Great games still:)

  • Jay

    WTF!!? Where the hell are my fire red and emerald!?

    • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/16a07c1e06c4010a42f31cc4d1a0702d.png ABEzilla116

      In a GBA cartridge. Honestly I like many others would be pissed if they released those as free games. There is nothing to do with them. no online, no multiplayer.

  • Ice

    I am in shock. I sold my Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones and miss it dearly, can’t believe I’m getting it back for free. Yoshi’s Island was my first console game on SNES. I’m a huge Zelda fan but I’ve never played Minish Cap. I heard Metroid Fusion is awesome. This is better than Christmas.

  • Jake

    OMGOMGOMG!!! Metroid Fusion, Minish Cap, F-Zero, Fire Emblem AND Super Circuit! *Faints*

  • Tom :)

    DAYUM! Good list:) Only thing, I saw a rumored WarioWare Twisted. (With updated 3DS motion controls) That would have been good to have, but yeh:) Still… great list:)

    Rock on

  • 1-up Dude

    awrite! thats epic! ^3^

  • Symbol de Au

    Yes! Minish Cap I was hoping for that one since I never got to play it on gameboy.

  • will4zoo

    I like most of these games, but I wish we got more then 10 GBA games because lets face it; the nes games sucked :T

  • KWIK

    Games look really fine, but there’s one title which is not strictly made for GBA – it’s Yoshi’s Island which was a port of SNES game without remaking it, soooo it would be better for them to give us a real GBA game instead- pokemon, golden sun or advance wars

  • colin

    awesome, I want them now.

  • Mike R

    No Mario and luigi superstar saga but otherwise much better list compared to the nes games.hopefully they come tomorrow

  • rokumanxes

    FUCKIN’ A, NINTENDO.

    MINISH CAP.
    Fuckin’ Zelda central on my 3DS, and I appreciate that a lot.

    • Link_95

      Hell yes! Same here. xD

  • will4zoo

    hey guys! the downloadable games are up at club nintendo!

  • http://www.mykobito.com Red

    Awesome! I’m really glad both Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap and Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones made the list!

  • MasterJacoba

    Wait, is this for ambassadors only? I reeealy want these games.

  • Andrew

    Very happy with this, but AWWW at no pokemon.

    Regardless this is really, really awesome.

  • Brett

    METROID FUSIONNNNNNNNNNNNN
    WARIO WAARRRRRREEEEEEE
    sick.

  • bill

    Is Swapnote coming out next week?

  • neil

    i was looking forward to super mario bros 3 super mario advance 4 waaaa i already own these and beat them all waaa

  • abs

    i was looking forward tosuper mario bros 3 super mario advance 4 waaaa i already own these and beat them all waaa

    aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

  • RoflWaffle

    Rofl….I love the games and I laugh at the pokemon lovers. Toooooo Baaaad fooooor you.

  • Serious Gamer

    Wtf? Didn’t they say a month or two that Pokemon Emerald was going to be for the Ambassador program?

    • TImmy the Worm

      That was a rumor…

  • Icex9s

    Will they release these games in the future cause I want to buy them for my 3ds since im not an ambassator

    • TImmy the Worm

      Nope.

  • http://Youtube/MLink96 Thomas

    OMG!! I’M SOOO HAPPY FOR MINISH CAP! Still, I have it on the GBA XD

  • Josh

    What??!!? No Pokemon

  • Battlefrog

    I think this is an awesome list of games. I’ve played about half of them, but am looking forward to playing all of them. For those who are disappointed that a certain game wasn’t released, just go to Amazon or Ebay and buy it. I’m guessing most 3ds owners have a ds that plays gba games. If not you can buy a referbished GBA SP at Gamestop for $35.

    • TImmy the Worm

      ^This

  • SleepyGuyy

    Looks like an awesome selection… too bad i dont have a 3ds, and too bad that even if i did have one i have no place to get points cards at (eshop cards arent everywhere yet… here’s hoping)

  • http://gravatar.com/elffcc Big E

    Who wants to bet this page will be unviewable within the next couple hours?

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0e973e7024f159df73dae373fbe6c6a7.png luis64

    well…….this just made my day
    :), and also the fact that it going to be in my hands in two days, hopefully for NA…..:o either way theyre all great games , kinda hoped for nightmare in dreamland but amazing mirror is amazing as well………………..is it bad that i have never played but one of these games:)????????????????????????

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0e973e7024f159df73dae373fbe6c6a7.png luis64

    i was wondering about this, are they ever gonna release GBC games fo the virtual console on the 3ds????????????????/ i whould love to play some games fom that system on my 3ds

  • Iron_Catastrofe

    Metroid, Zelda, and Fire Emblem? Fucking awesome! Golden Sun, All the Megaman Battle Network games, breathe of fire 2, and all the Megaman zeros were some of the best gba games ever

  • crazycraig

    I purchased the 3ds waay before the price drop.. but how do i know if i’m part of the ambassador scheme?? could someone please help? thanks :)

  • Brony

    YAY!! <3 you Nintendo.

    brohoof!!

  • Ty

    After skimming through most of the comments, it’s very clear that hardly anybody knows how ownership of IPs work. The publisher typically owns the IP- not the developer. Also, being a 2nd party game is obviously not a barrier to getting on the list, because Minish Cap is a 2nd party game (developed by Capcom). Kirby is also technically a 2nd party game as well.

  • Chris

    I missed out on LoZ: Minish Cap so I’m extremely excited to see that it’s on the list. :D I didn’t play Kirby & The Amazing Mirror either so I’ll definitely check that one out as well.

    Overall, a pretty solid list! Can’t wait to play them all!

  • Jack Lee

    … No Pokemon

  • Binh Vu

    @Timmy the Worm you forgot about the luigi superstar fans XD

  • Link_95

    no pokemon? D:

    Other than that amazing list. I can’t wait till friday! I got bored with the NES games quickly but these I can play for hours!

  • nintendo ftw!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    its about time the games come out. I think these might come out at late on the 14

  • TImmy the Worm

    Pokemon is cool an’ all, but if Nintendo put a Pokemon game on the list I would not be too pleased…

  • KingofIkana

    Mario Vs. Donkey Kong? Really? REALLY? Does anyone care about that game? It’s only a notch above Mario Party to me. Argh. Oh well…Kirby lolwut? Oh my, some joke Nintendo ahahahaha…wait….it’s not a joke? o.O I wanted to see Zero Mission and Super Mario Bros [NES classic ;), maybe Zero Mission, Mother 3 [hoped they could make a deal]…oh well, nice collectibles I guess, but I’ve already got all the ones I care for on my dstwo…Super Circuit is the best Mario Kart game for me. I haven’t played MK7 yet, might get it once I get paid at the end of the month. If it’s better than Super Circuit then it should be a hell of a game.

  • CBNS

    Looks better than list before so i’m happy with this. Still Wario Ware could be chanced to Pokemon Ruby or Sapphire to make this even better. ;)

  • Dylan

    :o
    Nintendo have just said on their Facebook page that Kid Icarus: Uprising will be released 23rd of March 2012 in US :)
    I live in the UK though.. hopefully that date will be released soon too :D

  • http://N00B N00B

    OMG 2 DAYS FROM NOW!!!

  • Ace

    What a great way to kick off a friday.

  • http://www.nintendo-city.com/ NintendoFreak

    I love how they put f-zero and fire emblem, pumped for yoshi’s island and zelda, but i wish they replaced mario kart with Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald. I already have mk:sc and it’s not great imo.

  • Ninjastoned

    Oh yeah guys the Club Nintendo games are up now!

  • PoisoNFacecamO

    Looks alright.. F-zero, Mario Kart, Mario Vs Donkey Kong and Warioware are kinda garbage imo..

    The rest are awesome though..

  • me

    i bet that the games will be available on the 15th for 2 reasons……for one, nintendo released the NES games a day early and for two….the 15th is a thursday, the day that the E-shop is updated (this would be a perfect time for them to add them to the shop)…

    • Binh Vu

      One problem with your theory, they won’t be added to the eshop, they’re ambassador exclusives. Instead, they will be added to your downloads list.

  • ValDiggity

    knew pokemon emerald was too goodto be true

    • Josh

      I know :((((((((

      Lets pray that Nintendo will put it on the VC to buy (Cause I will) :))

  • Velocidrome

    what’s the point in including Mario kart: super circuit when almost all of ambassadors will or will be getting Mario kart 7 anyway?

    • jASON

      cause it’s one of the best mario kart games…

  • jASON

    AWESOme… i remember i got warioland 4 instead of supermario kart when the GBA launched.

  • http://www.wix.com/soucie9/ruckey-squad jacob

    booya mc for 3ds

  • Lewnna

    Minish Cap! Yoshi’s Island! That’s awesome! (Especially since I gave them along with all my other GBA games when I gave away my DSs….)

  • http://www.wix.com/soucie9/ruckey-squad jacob

    i wished i qualified but my friend does the games are coming on my b-day booya

  • daniel

    i wanted super mario advanced 4 super mario bros.3 :(

  • Adam…

    MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP! MINISH CAP!

  • Joachim

    Minish Cap was absolutely astonishing, enchanting even, and I have never had the chance to play Wario Land 4 and Warioware Inc. before. I am definetely glad I bought my 3DS early!

  • Mega

    Cool! i wonder if these games are gonna get updates just like the NES games.

  • Matthew

    Amen.

  • andy

    Wow! I love this list. I can finally finish minish cap and fire emblem! and i loved yoshis island and metroid fusion. i cant Wait!!!

  • JOSHUA

    YES MINISH CAP!!!!! EVEN THO I HAVE IT ON THE GBA IM GOING TO PLAY IT ON THE 3DS!

  • Jp

    DUDE THIS WAS MY REACTION…

    So I was just getting home, and the first thing I did was turn on my computer…

    Jp: DAMN IT NINTENDO, YOU BETTER HAVE SOME GOOD NE-
    Jp: *sees article*
    Jp: *girl voice* AH…AHAHAHAHA…AHAHAHAHAHAHA… THIS IS MAGICAL… :’D

    And I’m so glad they added Kirby and the Amazing Mirror, AND Metroid Fusion, FUCK YEAH BITCHES!

  • 3DSfanatic

    Wario Ware INC. was my first GBA game! i still have it and play it on mah normal ds lite.

  • Areuto

    I was expecting pokemon emerald but kirby makes up for it I guess

  • Alex

    Nintendo!!!
    I love you.
    Even though I own most of these games on my gba.
    It so great.
    Can’t wait to replay Metroid Fusion :D

  • papermariodude101 of YouTube.com

    I thought Mario Advanced 4 SMB 3 was coming! :(

  • fonzo

    I wanted always to play wario land 4.
    I was searching it for like 3 years.
    My dream came true.

  • random guy

    when i didn’t see pokemon i was like :( then i saw minish cap and i was like :D

  • fnord

    I am a bit disappointed that they chose F-Zero: Maximum Velocity, an okay F-Zero gba game, over F-Zero: Climax, an amazing F-Zero gba game that was only released in Japan. Otherwise it is still a great list of games.

  • JediKutatcha

    I should be paying them for these games instead of getting them for free.

  • larry33

    1 word

    YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

  • Axel

    No super mario advance 2: super mario world ?fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

  • Josh

    I am an ambassador so HELL YES! The only 2 games I have on this list are Mario Vs Donkey Kong and Yoshi’s Island! :)

    Even though this is epic, I was hoping that Pokemon Emerald would be on the list (I lost my copy). I will pray that they will put it on the VC though :)

  • Evan

    YES! The GBA games are MUCH better than the NES games they chose. I mean, NES Open Tournament Golf?! Zelda II?! Balloon Fight?! And no Mario 3! Anyway, every game on this list is awesome, and I don’t have any of these games for my original GBA. So go Nintendo! But I’m still pissed at them a bit cause of the NES games.

  • Binh Vu

    I think it’s funny that people are sad they aren’t getting games they already played. For me, once I played it, I find it hard to play it again. After I beat OoT on normal mode, I had a hard time playing through the master quest mode because I did it already and the changes weren’t that significant. It’s a great game, but it’s not as fun after you’ve already played through it. I still feel the need to beat it though, so I’ll put it down for a while until I forget a bunch of it and then pick it up again and be completely lost. XD

  • SakuMo

    Wait, MINISH CAP?? Shut the front door, that is amazing. I was just thinking how I wanted to play Minish Cap and how my copy was lost. And Super Circuit is the one and only MK game I don’t own. I just picked up Nightmare in Dreamland recently, so getting Amazing Mirror is just icing, man. So excited for Friday!

  • My name is NOT Earl

    I have m&l:SSS and am a extreme fan to the game, but im not sad it’s not there. Now Pokemon would’ve been nice since I haven’t ever played it lol. But still this list is awesome I must admit.

  • Josh

    This is a little off topic but…

    AAHAHAHAA Look! Can’t believe they are making another one!

    http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/NmcKbzZnRefioDCbEp2_v6rwsLPpbEEw

  • redturtle

    Holy shit FE is like one of the best games of all time. Thief/Assassins FTW!!!

  • Superbacon69

    YEAH BABY!! Kirby and the Amazin Mirror was true! Now, alot of you will dissagree with me on this, but this is, in my opinion, the best kirby game ever. The classics were great too, but this was awesome.

  • indikid09

    the fact that wario and kirby were some of my first handheld experiances are beyond awsome and i now get to try fire emblem and f-zero. now all i wish is for nintendo to release mother 3 on vc or the eb remakes. if that happens then their is truly a santa!

  • http://yahoo mango

    any1 give me there fc 4 3ds mines 408156182157

  • Armageddon

    YEESSSS MINISH CAP!!!!

  • Bubba

    I grew up playing Yoshi’s Island. This is probably the best combination of games eva!!

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/justiceflares Justiceflares

    THERE ARE OUT NOW!!!!!!!

  • KingofIkana

    This officially ends my life. Too many games to play.

  • http://youtube.com alex

    when will it come in norht america

  • music monster

    queastion:
    i got the 3ds before the price drop but i have not applided for the Ambassador Program.
    would i get these game for free or what? (my internet was not working round that time :| )

  • iKikcars12

    i only care about zelda fire emblem kirby (specially kirby) and metroid.the other si couldnt really give less of a f**k :P