Nintendo's Game Lineup in 2016 for the 3DS and Wii U

Ok, after months of data gathering, I am finally ready to show off one of my most prized works of the year. Today, I give you: Nintendo's Game Lineup in 2016 for 3DS and Wii U! This list is a list of pretty much every new game coming out for the Wii U and 3DS this year. It includes big games, small games, indie games, games that have and have not came out yet, and other stuff as well.

Please Enjoy.

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####Key

#### = Key

### = the type of console (miscellaneous is an exception)

## = the timeframe of games released

*A dash (-) is a game or event that happens in a specific timeframe

√ = check mark, meaning that specific game has already been released

% = Quick Notes

@ = The release date of the game

TBD = To Be Dated

TBA = To Be Announced

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Nintendo’s 3DS/WiiU games for 2016

### Nintendo 3DS Lineup for 2016

##January and February:

• √ @ January 22, 2016: Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam

• √ @ January 26, 2016: Final Fantasy Explorers (3rd Party/Square Enix)

• √ @ February 16, 2016: Project X Zone 2 (3rd Party/Bandai Namco)

• √ @ February 19, 2016: Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest/Birthright

##March, April, and May:

• √ @ March 10, 2016: Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation

• √ @ March 11, 2016: Nintendo Selects Wave 1

• √ @ March 18, 2016: Mario and Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games

• √ @ March 25, 2016: Hyrule Warriors Legends

• √ @ April 15, 2016: Bravely Second: End Layer

• √ @ April 28, 2016: Mini Mario and Friends Amiibo Challenge

• √ @ April 29, 2016: Pokemon Rumble World (retail version)

• √ @ May 5, 2016: Code name: Caviar F; aka Pocket Card Jocky

• √ @ May 13, 2016: Disney Art Academy

##June, July, and August 2016:

• √ @ June 10, 2016: Codename: Torte City; aka Kirby Planet Robobot

• √ @ June 15, 2016: Codename: Cadillac; aka Rhythm Heaven Megamix

• @ June 28, 2016: Lego Star Wars the Force Awakens (3rd Party/Lego)

• @ June 28, 2016: Zero Time Dilemma (3rd party/Spike Chunsoft)

• @ June 30, 2016: BoxBoxBoy!

• @ July 12, 2016: 7th Dragon III Code: VFD (3rd Party/Sega)

• @ July 15, 2016: Monster Hunter Generations (3rd Party/Capcom)

• @ August 19, 2016: Style Savvy: Fashion Forward

• @ August 19, 2016: Metroid Prime: Federation Force/Blast Ball

• @ August 20, 2016 (Japan): Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 (3rd Party/ Inti Creates) (This will change when the NA release date is announced)

• @ August 30, 2016: Corpse Party BloodCovered: ….Repeated Fear (Indie/XSEED)

##September, October, November, and December 2016:

• @ September 2016: (Un-related announcement): A price cut for the 3DS (Prediction: $169.99 to $119.99 and New 3DS from $199.99 to $149.99)

• @ September 2016: Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice (3rd party/Capcom)

• @ September 16, 2016: Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past

• @ September 27, 2016: Sonic Boom: Fire and Ice (3rd party/Sega)

• @ September 30, 2016: Yo-kai Watch 2: Bony Spirits/Fleshy Souls

• @ October 14, 2016: Disney Magical World 2 (3rd party/Bandai Namco)

• @ November 4, 2016: Codename: N-Stars aka Mario Party: Star Rush

• @ November 18, 2016: Pokemon Sun and Moon

##TBD/TBA 3DS:

• @ TBD Q2 2016: Mighty No. 9 (Indie/ Keiji Inafune and Deep Silver)

• @ TBD Q3 2016: Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse (3rd party/Atlus)

• @ TBA Late 2016: Nintendo Selects Wave 2

• @ TBD 2016: Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

• @ TBD Fall 2016: Runbow Pocket (Indie/13AM Games) *New Nintendo 3DS units only

###Wii U Lineup 2016

##March, April, and May

• √ @ March 4, 2016: Twilight Princess HD

• √ @ March 18, 2016: Pokken Tournament

• √ @ April 18, 2016: Paranautical Activity (Indie/Digerati)

• √ @ April 22, 2016: Star Fox Zero and Star Fox Guard

• √ @ April 28, 2016: Lost Reavers (3rd Party/Bandai Namco)

• √ @ April 28, 2016: Mini Mario and Friends: Amiibo Challenge

##June, July, and August:

• √ @ June 17, 2016: Minecraft Wii U Edition (Retail Release)

• √ @ June 21, 2016: Mighty No. 9 (Indie/Keiji Inafune and Deep Silver)

• √ @ June 24, 2016: Mario and Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic games

• √ @ June 24, 2016: Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE

• @ June 28, 2016: Terraria (3rd Party/505 Games)

• @ June 28, 2016: Lego Star Wars the Force Awakens (3rd Party/Lego)

• @ June 2016: Kerbal Space Program (Indie/Squad)

## September, October, November, December:

• @ September 27, 2016: Shantae Half-Genie Hero (Indie/XSEED)

• @ September 2016: Rive (Indie/Two Tribes)

• @ October 7, 2016: Paper Mario: Color Splash

##TBD/TBA Wii U:

• @ TBD in Summer 2016: Jotun (Indie/Thunder Lotus Games)

• @ TBD 2016: Hive Jump (Indie/Graphite Lab)

• @ TBD 2016: Forma.8 (Indie/MixedBag Srl)

• @ TBD 2016: Action Henk (Indie/Curve Digital)

• @ TBA I hope in 2016: Project Giant Robot

%Quick Notes

• A lot of Indie Wii U games are TBD so I don’t know for sure when they will come out.

• I tried not to include super small games, so I didn’t include every single Wii U or 3DS game on this list.

• A lot of the 3DS lineup was from SuperMetalDave’s rumored lineup on NeoGaf, so I added on to that list, and I added a Wii U list as well. Here is his list

• I might have gotten some 3rd Party and Indie Companies mixed up, so please let me know if I did anything wrong or missing anything super important.

• The January and February list is a bit low, but that’s because: 1. Nintendo 3DS didn’t have any HUGE games during that time period except Fire Emblem, and 2. My memory is a bit fuzzy.

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So, there you go. I know the Wii U list is smaller than the 3DS list and there are more Indies than AAA big budget games on the Wii U, but that is just how things are.

Sorry if a few things in this list is a little inaccurate, that is my fault. Let me know if you notice anything wrong.

I hope this list has given you some knowledge about games that you might not have even heard about that are coming out on the Wii U or 3DS.

Also, let me know what you think about the games so far this year. Has Nintendo had a good year so far with the games they have put out, or is it just like last year? Please discuss, and I hope you enjoyed it!

Edit 1: Codename N-Stars turns out to be Mario Party: Star Rush, and is releasing on November 4, 2016; Paper Mario Color Trash, I mean Splash is coming out October 7, 2016. These dates were added and are now official. If there is anything new that needs to be updated let me know.

Edit 2: WHOA! How about Zelda? Well, that next day, we got a ton of news and release dates. So let me explain what happened. Rhythm Heaven MegaMix was surprisingly released yesterday, out of all times, so I added that in. Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past now has a release date of September 16, 2016, still no news for DQ8 yet. Shantae is coming out 9/27/2016. Corpse Party is coming out August 30, 2016. BoxBoxBoy got announced for a release date of June 30, 2016. However, that is pretty much all I have. Please let me know if anything new happens, so I can update it again.

Edit 3: A few tweaks have been made, and some new Wii U games have released.

Thank you for making the list. Good Job!

this is a great list.

Updated, Please read Edit 1.

Updated once again, Please read Edit 2.

Ever Oasis isn't on there.

https://youtu.be/lta4tQA9jA4

https://mynintendonews.com/2016/06/15/ever-oasis-pictures-and-fact-sheet/

I know, that's a 2017 game. This list is about 2016 games.

Great list! I'll have to check back on this.

Great List....

I don't get why Nintendo halt's everything with their existing system, prior to the release of a new console. You'd think they'd want some momentum... like what PS3 had with games like Last of Us/GTA 5/Tomb Raider/BioShock. Not like a 12 month drought of a couple releases for the whole year.

So many unanswered questions with the new console. I've halted my Wii U purchases until we get some more info. Are all my eshop purchases going into a black hole next year? How long will nintendo repair gamepads? Will Wii U Software work with NX? Too risky at this point to invest any more money into the Wii U library.

@The-Butcher248: I respect your caution with buying more Wii U stuff, and it would be appreciated if Nintendo explicitly told us that Wii and Wii U digital purchases will be supported in the future on the NX. However, I am going in the opposite direction of you and getting things to add to my collection. I just purchased The Legend of Zelda: a Link to the Past in the Nintendo eShop on the 40% off sale + 10% off "Just for You" bonus discount. It was the first Zelda game I played on the SNES. I only have about 8mb of storage left on the Wii U, so I am making plans to get an external HDD for larger games like Oddworld: New n Tasty. Since the Wii Nintendo seems to be expanding their digital store and not shrinking it, so I get a feeling that Wii/Wii U/3DS games are going to be there for the NX. I still need to get physical copies of Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and a few other 3rd party titles. But yeah, this time of uncertainty and the unknown is both exciting and a little stressful. I would say backwards compatibility is a feature that everyone cares about.

Backwards compatibility is the only strength Nintendo has over the competition so it can not afford to lose such a feature.

Updated once again. Read Edit 3.