Previous Nintendo system launches in Japan...

Famicom (1983)

• Donkey Kong (Nintendo)
• Donkey Kong Jr. (Nintendo)
• Popeye (Nintendo)

Famicom Disk System (1986)

• Baseball (Nintendo)
• Golf (Nintendo)
• Mahjong (Nintendo)
• Soccer (Nintendo / Intelligent Systems)
• Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
• Tennis (Nintendo / Intelligent Systems)
• The Legend of Zelda (Nintendo)

Game Boy (1989)

• Alleyway (Nintendo / Intelligent Systems)
• Baseball (Nintendo / Intelligent Systems)
• Super Mario Land (Nintendo)
• Yakuman (Nintendo / Intelligent Systems)

Super Famicom (1990)

• F-Zero (Nintendo)
• Super Mario World (Nintendo)

Virtual Boy (1995)

• Galactic Pinball (Nintendo / Intelligent Systems)
• Mario's Tennis (Nintendo)
• Teleroboxer (Nintendo)
• Panic Bomber (Hudson)
• Red Alarm (T&E Soft)

Nintendo 64 (1996)

• Pilotwings 64 (Nintendo / Paradigm Simulations)
• Super Mario 64 (Nintendo)
• Saikyou Habu Shogi (Seta)

Game Boy Color (1998)

• Tetris DX (Nintendo)
• Wario Land 2 (Nintendo)
• Dragon Warrior Monsters (Enix / Tose Software) * launched before GBC
• Hexcite: The Shapes of Victory (NEC Interchannel / Landwarf)
• Shanghai Pocket (Sunsoft) *launched before GBC

Nintendo 64DD (1999)

• Doshin the Giant (Nintendo / Param)
• Mario Artist: Paint Studio (Nintendo)

Game Boy Advance (2001)

• F-Zero: Maximum Velocity (Nintendo / NdCube)
• Kurukuru Kururin (Nintendo / 8ing)
• Napoleon (Nintendo / Genki)
• Super Mario Advance (Nintendo)
• Super Dodge Ball Advance (Atlus / Million)
• Mega Man Battle Network (Capcom)
• Momotaru Matsuri (Hudson)
• Pinobee: Wings of Adventure (Hudson / Artoon)
• Top Gear GT Championship (Kemco / Vision Works)
• Tweety & the Magic Gems (Kemco)
• Winning Post for Game Boy Advance (Koei)
• Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (Konami / KCE Kobe)
• ESPN Final Round Golf 2002 (Konami / KCE Nagoya)
• J-League Pocket (Konami / KCE Osaka)
• Konami Krazy Racers (Konami / KCE Kobe)
• Monster Guardians (Konami / Mobil21)
• Play Novel: Silent Hill (Konami / KCE Tokyo / will)
• Power Pro Kun Pocket 3 (Konami / KCE Osaka)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Dungeondice Monsters (Konami / KCE Japan East)
• GT Advance Championship Racing (MTO)
• Mr. Driller 2 (Namco)
• Chu-Chu Rocket! (Sega / Sonic Team)
• Fire Pro Wrestling (Spike / Vaill)
• Boku wa Koukuu Kanseikan (TAM / Graphic Research / Techno Brain)

GameCube (2001)

• Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo)
• Wave Race: Blue Storm (Nintendo / Nintendo Software Technology)
• Super Monkey Ball (Sega / Amusement Vision)

Pokemon Mini (2001)

• Pokemon Party Mini (Pokemon / Denyusha)
• Pokemon Pinball Mini (Pokemon / Jupiter)
• Pokemon Puzzle Collection (Pokemon / Jupiter)
• Pokemon Zany Cards (Pokemon / Denyusha)

Nintendo DS (2004)

• Daigasso! Band Bros. (Nintendo)
• Polarium (Nintendo / Mitchell)
• Super Mario 64 DS (Nintendo)
• Wario Ware Touched! (Nintendo / Intelligent Systems)
• Pokemon Dash (Pokemon / Ambrella)
• Zunou ni Asekaku Game Series! Vol. 1: Cool 104 Joker & Setline (Aruze)
• The Urbz: Sims in the City (Electronic Arts / Griptonite Games)
• Mahjong Takai (Koei)
• Mr. Driller: Drill Spirits (Namco)
• Feel the Magic XY-XX (Sega / Sonic Team)
• Kenshuui Tendo Dokuta (Spike)
• Zoo Keeper (Success / Buddiez)

Wii (2006)

• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo)
• Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (Nintendo / Intelligent Systems)
• Wii Play (Nintendo)
• Wii Sports (Nintendo)
• Trauma Center: Second Opinion (Atlus)
• SD Gundam: Scad Hammers (Bandai / BEC)
• Tamagotchi: Part On! (Bandai / h.a.n.d.)
• Crayon Shin-Chan: Saikyou Kazoku Kasukabe King Wii (Banpresto / Matrix Software)
• Wing Island (Hudson / CAProduction)
• Elebits (Konami)
• Ennichi no Tatsujin (Namco)
• Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (Sega)
• Escape from Bug Island (Spike)
• Super Swing Golf (Tecmo / Ntreev Soft)
• Red Steel (Ubisoft / Ubisoft Paris)

Nintendo 3DS (2011)

• Nintendogs plus Cats (Nintendo)
• Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition (Capcom)
• Samurai Warriors Chronicle (Koei Tecmo / Omega Force)
• Winning Eleven 3DSoccer (Konami / Winning Eleven Productions)
• Professor Layton and The Miracle Mask (Level 5)
• Ridge Racer 3D (Namco)
• Tobidasu! Puzzle Bobble 3D (Square Enix / Taito / Arika)
• Battle of Giants: Dinosaurs Strike (Ubisoft / Ubisoft Quebec)

...and digital formats...

Virtual Console (2006) Wii

• Baseball (Nintendo) NES
• Donkey Kong (Nintendo) NES
• Donkey Kong Jr. (Nintendo) NES
• F-Zero (Nintendo) SNES
• Gomoku Narabe Renju (Nintendo) NES
• Ice Hockey (Nintendo / Paxsoftnica) NES
• Pinball (Nintendo / HAL Laboratory) NES
• Soccer (Nintendo / Intelligent Systems) NES
• Super Mario 64 (Nintendo) N64
• Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) NES
• Super Mario World (Nintendo) SNES
• The Legend of Zelda (Nintendo) NES
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Nintendo) SNES
• Urban Champion (Nintendo) NES
• Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (Capcom) SNES
• Bomberman '94 (Hudson) TG16
• Bonk's Adventure (Hudson / RED / Atlus) TG16
• Dungeon Explorer (Hudson / Atlus) TG16
• Jasieken Necromancer (Hudson / Naxat Soft) TG16
• New Adventure Island (Hudson) TG16
• Super Star Soldier (Hudson / Kaneko) TG16
• Victory Run (Hudson) TG16
• Gradius (Konami) NES
• Super Castlevania IV (Konami) SNES
• Xevious (Namco) NES
• Altered Beast (Sega) MD
• Columns (Sega) MD
• Ecco the Dolphin (Sega / Novotrade International) MD
• Golden Axe (Sega) MD
• Gunstar Heroes (Sega / Treasure) MD
• Puyo Puyo (Sega / Compile) MD
• Risatr: The Shooting Star (Sega / Sonic Team) MD
• Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (Sega) MD
• Sonic The Hedgehog (Sega / Sonic Team) MD
• Space Harrier II (Sega)
• ToeJam & Earl (Sega / TJ&E Productions) MD
• Solomon's Key (Tecmo) NES

WiiWare (2008)

• Dr. Mario Online Rx (Nintendo / Arika)
• My Pokemon Ranch (Pokemon / Ambrella)
• Family Table Tennis (Arc System Works)
• Tenshi no Solitaire (G-mode)
• Lonpos (Genki / Braintelligent)
• Star Soldier R (Hudson)
• Critter Round-Up (Konami / Epicenter Studios)
• Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan Wii (Namco)
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King (Square Enix)

DSiWare (2008)

• Art Style: Aquia (Nintendo / skip)
• Art Style: Base 10 (Nintendo / skip)
• Bird & Beans (Nintendo / Intelligent Systems)
• Brain-Age Express: Arts & Letters (Nintendo)
• Brain-Age Express: Math (Nintendo)
• Clubhouse Games: Card Classics (Nintendo / Agenda)
• Dr. Mario Express (Nintendo / Arika)
• Flipnote Studio (Nintendo)
• Master of Illusion Express: Deep Psyche (Nintendo / 8ing)
• Master of Illusion Express: Funny Face (Nintendo / 8ing)
• Master of Illusion Express: Shuffle Games (Nintendo / 8ing)
• Nintendo DSi Browser (Nintendo / Opera)
• Paper Airplane Chase (Nintendo / Intelligent Systems)
• Wario Ware Snapped! (Nintendo / Intelligent Systems)

3DSWare (2011)

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Virtual Console (2011) 3DS

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all fo you are saying who cares but its a weak launch and im dissapointed non of those launch games appeal to me really sigh.

Out of the JP launch games, I'd probably get Layton, SSF4, RR and Puzzle Bobble.  I expect all those games but Layton to make US launch too, though I'm hoping some other titles can make it also (OOT, SteelDiver, Pilotwings, DOA, Monkey Ball, etc)

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/83428/nintendo-promises-no-pause-in-3ds-game-development/

Nintendo will keep a steady stream of games, which means they can put out too many at one time, or else it will dry up.

Are you kidding. In 2010 Nintendo released one system seller after another for the Wii some big, some small (Endless Ocean 2, Sin&Punishment, Mario Galaxy 2, Wii Party, Kirbys Epic Yarn, Donkey Kong Country Returns, etc.)

The PSP had not many good games at all. The DS got almost all.

Are you unware we are talking about launches, not releases after that?

You=everyone?

Well I myself am not interested to much in the line-up though I might buy Nintendogs Cats. Honestly I will buy my 3DS launch day and probubly play Black and White. I'm sure many 3DS purchasers will buy it so that they actually get one. A major selling point within the first year of sales is shortages.

Consumers will pick it up because they know what is coming. They also know that if they don't buy one early when they want one later on in the year they will be impossible to find. I am an early adopter and their are many people like me. So what if 20% don't buy their 3DS's day one their will still be more then enough sales.

As others have pointed out this also gives third parties a chance to strut their stuff though I am alittle dissapointed in the third party line-up. I thought at least one of the Resident Evil's would be present at launch as well as Metal Gear among others.

In the end I blame third parties for any lack in the launch line up. Nintendo is yet again giving them a chance to sell software and yet again third parties are falling short. Soon Nintendo will bring down the hammer (Releasing all those other annaunced games) and third parties will again complain they can't compete against Nintendo.

@z101  endless ocean 2, S&P2(flop) and kirby's epic yarn are NOT system sellers, not even close. Dont know where you got that info from. and PSP not having any games. Metal Gear PW, KH BBS, VC 2 Those were pretty damn good games to me at least.

@Joecool yeah I agree, Im not to enthusased about the launch lineup, a good chunk of those games I already have in some shape or form, but really could 3rd parties ever compete with Ninty on their own home turf??? Not with N64, GC, Wii, DS, hell i dont even think the SNES. NES maybe