NINTENDO DIRECT THIS THURSDAY!!!...... for 3DS...

[NateH]

JWeinCom said:

Mar1217 said:

- Ace Attorney 6 : Spirit of Justice

- Shin Megami Tensei IV : Apocalypse ( YEAH ! A real Megaten  game since 2013 )

- Ever Oasis (New IP)

Just between you and me, you should probably stop looking at the 3DS with only your Mario,Zelda,Pokémon in mind. You probably gonna miss the real sh*t right there ;)

As much as I love Phoenix Wright (I was actually replaying Justice for All right before posting this), it's a fairly niche title in the US whose sales apparently don't warrant a retail release in the US.  I liked Shin Megami Tensei IV (although I'm not sure I'll get the new one) but that's even more of a niche franchise.  As far as I know, Ever Oasis is not releasing until 2017.

Even if we ignore the fact that those are niche franchises, 3 major games for the rest of the year meets the criteria for "pretty weak" as far as I'm concerned.

This.

I like Ace Attorney, but let's be real, it's not that big in the West.  Ace Investigations II never got an official English-language release, while Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice are digital download only outside Japan.  If I recall correctly, Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations wasn't going to be released in North America at first because of the previous two title's poor sales, and there was some fan translation thing in progress that was abandoned after Trials and Tribulations was finally confirmed to be coming Westward.

The 3DS' Christmas 2016 lineup in the U.S. is pretty thin outside the big dog of Pokémon.