Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
The second Animal Crossing title to hit the 3DS, this one is focused on designing homes for the villagers. As you progress in the game, you can unlock new furniture that you can use in your projects or even decorate restaurants, schools, libraries, laboratories and more! Additionally, this game will be the first to support amiibo cards, with which you can directly insert any villager you desire and remodel their home. The game also features a hub world similar to Animal Crossing: City Folk for the Wii, and you can choose the season of the town. Unlike the mainline games, bells do not need to be spent on furniture or anything, so the only limit in the game is your imagination (and the floor space)! The game is set to launch in September/October in the west.
Hype: 8/10
Project X Zone 2
The second title in the series for 3DS, Project X Zone 2 is an RPG crossover between Sega, Capcom and Bandai Namco. New characters that will be playable in the game include Ryu and Ken from Street Fighter, Phoenix Wright and Maya from Ace Attorney and Axel Stone from Streets of Rage, with characters such as Mega Man and Chris Redfield returning from the previous game. This new entry will address criticisms of the original, such as the story, and will launch in early 2016 in the west.
Hype: 8/10
The Legend of Legacy
A new IP from developer Furyu, The Legend of Legacy is a spiritual successor to the Saga series, and plays like a JRPG. However, it will allow the player to freely progress through the game without anything directing them in a straight line. The player is able to choose from seven playable characters in the game, each with their own special abilities and personalities. Atlus will be publishing the game in the west later this year.
Hype: 9/10
Rhythm Heaven: The Best+
The first in the Rhythm Heaven series to be on the 3DS, The Best+ features over 100 levels. For the first time in the series, the game has an overarching plot, in which the player helps the main character return home after falling from the sky by completing minigames across a map. Additional modes include Challenge Land, Perfect Campaign, Challenge Train and more! Although the game hasn't been confirmed for the west just yet, it's part of a franchise that has always localized since the entry on the DS and it's developed/published by Nintendo themselves, so the probablity of it going overseas is very high!
Hype: 9/10
The Great Ace Attorney
The newest entry in the Ace Attorney series, TGAA is a prequel featuring the characters Sherlock Holmes and Watson. The game features the classic courtroom style of previous games with new twists such as Joint Reasoning, which allows the player to view witnesses from different angles to deduce contradictions in their testimonies. Furthermore, trials in this game will feature a jury, not just one judge, so majority will rule as it did in one of the cases in the original game. Localization has not been announced by Capcom, but considering all but one of the Ace Attorney titles have made it over, it's likely this will also (even if it's just a digital release).
Hype: 10/10
Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon
Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon is the follow-up to Gates to Infinity, which also released on the 3DS. However, SMD looks to improve upon that game with changes such as more playable Pokemon, relationship building, more dungeons and a better story. The game launches this holiday in the west!
Hype: 8/10
Etrian Odyssey V
Details on EOV are few and far between, having only been announced by Atlus somewhat recently. The game will feature the same dungeon-crawling gameplay of previous titles, and Shigeo Komori, the director of II and III, will return to direct this game. As others in the series, this game will more than likely be localized. More information is on the horizon!
Hype: 8/10
Style Savvy 3
Style Savvy 3, known as Girls Mode 3 in Japan, is a fashion simulator which allows you to design outfits and manage your own clothing store. The game also features accessories and clothing from a variety of Nintendo franchises, including Kirby, Splatoon and Mario, and allows for amiibo support. Localization has not been announced, but like the previous installments and considering it's developed/published by Nintendo, an announcement is surely underway.
Hype: 10/10
Stella Glow
The last game to be developed by Imageepoch, Stella Glow is an SRPG in the same vein of Luminous Arc for the DS, and features chibi-styled characters. The theme of the game appears to be magic vs sword, with different classes falling according to that. It will be published by Atlus in the west later this year.
Hype: 9/10
