I'd been hoping that we'd see Zelda 3DS along side Pokemon this year. The facts from Iwata are that Nintendo have ten key titles (including five already hitting the West in the first half of the year, though oddly Animal Crossing, a first half release, is not counted in the ten title figure) to drive sales in the West on 3DS. Now we can count Pokemon X/Y as one or two of those titles. I'm assuming a Professor Layton of some sort is still due for localisation and release this year in the West, so we have two or three Nintendo published titles to go.
Hopefully one or two of these will be Nintendo developed, with the others being third party projects with Nintendo's blessing, like LEGO City Stories in this half of the year. If Nintendo really are serious about turning 3DS into more than a Mario-machine this year, a portable Zelda in time for Christmas would be an excellent title in addition to Pokemon at year's end. Fingers crossed for a reveal before E3!
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