its pretty safe to say 3DS will have a good year in 2013 with DQ7(japan), fire emblem(west), luigis mansion, DKC returns, mario&luigi, monster hunter 4(japan), animal crossing(west), pokemon X/Y and a possible surprise or 2. How will it continue the momentum in 2014?

Price cut/redesign- i think next year we will see a $30-40 prixe cut and the OG 3DS will have a redesign to look more like the XL, better battery life, possibly 2nd analog stick

3D Land sequel- probably a holiday title and will be 3 years since the first one came out.

Metroid- hopefully a sequel to fusion and 2.5D in the style of Other M while fixing the many flaws

Zelda- Majoras Mask or original title

Kirby- im pretty sure we will see this, could be standard kirby or random kirby (canvas curse/mass attack/epic yarn)

Advance Wars- been a few years since the last one

Star Fox- id like to see Adventures 2 while Wii U gets a traditional star fox, maybe some sort of connectivity betwren them

F Zero- idk if its on 3DS or Wii U, this series needs to come back

Ice Climbers- would be interesting to see this return

Kid Icarus- a sequel to uprising would be nice

Pokemon- Z or 3rd gen remake

Resident Evil- revelations was amazing, would like to see the series continue on 3DS

Final Fantasy- remake/tactics/crystal chronicles

Dragon Quest- DQ7 (west), DQXI (japan)

Super Smash Bros- this is almost certaimly coming next year

Monster Hunter- 4G(japan), localization(west)

Metal Gear Solid- i hope an original title comes to 3DS although its not likely

Just gimme Advance Wars. It's all I want.

I think there will be a new Zelda for 3DS this Christmas. 

Also Smash Brothers 3DS for 2014. 

whoops!!! i meant to add smash bros and i think zelda is possible this year. i forgot to add MH4G/Ultimate and getting localized. also id love to see an original Metal Gear Solid game for 3DS, probably not gonna happen tho

It will be really interesting to see how Smash Bros affects the system. Will it ignite the 3DS like it does for the consoles versions? I'm very interested in seeing how it does.

Zelda will be this Christmas is my prediction, so count that out.

Also, I really want Advance Wars, just getting really into FE and would love a new Advance wars to get me into the series like Awakening got me into FE.

why would you want to waste a adventures 2 on 3ds, wii u needs software ad that would be perfect. They could add the traditional elements to the game also and suddenly you got a 20 hour game.

Just my guess, but I think Nintendo learned their lesson with NSMB2/NSMBU, the Wii U needs Smash Brothers a heckuva lot more than the 3DS does, so Smash Bros. U will probably come out first on Wii U, then 3DS later in 2014.

I'm thinking SSBU for Wii U in April 2014 and then SSB3D for 3DS in November/December 2014.

I think Square-Enix is going to start to roll out more Final Fantasy remakes on 3DS this fall in Japan too.

I think Next Level Games doing Luigi's Mansion for Wii U and Punch-Out! for 3DS makes a lot of sense now too. 

Nintendo could do quite a bit, but I'm going to mention what I think is likely.

Let's see... a $20 to $30 price cut and/or a redesign is likely IMO. By the end of 2014, it will have been over 2 years since the XL, and close to four years since the 3DS launch. Thus, a 3DSi might be released with updated features and functionality. I'm guessing a better battery, superior build quality, better wireless capabilities, etc.

As for games, it depends on what's coming out in 2013. I suspect we'll have Kirby and Zelda games later this year, which will make up Nintendo's holiday lineup along with Pokemon X/Y. If those games don't come out in 2013 for some reason, they will almost certainly come out sometime in 2014.

Super Mario 3D Land 2 or another 3D platformer is a possibility. It helps that the original 3D Land left so much room for expansion and development. Maybe EAD Tokyo will make a proper hub world ala 64, or a map to explore like in Super Mario World, or maybe even a multiplayer mode.

Besides that though, I'm predicting 2014 will be relatively quiet on the Mario front. The 3DS already has a 2D Mario and a Mario Kart, will have two different Mario RPG's, and a couple of other sports games by the end of 2013. That's all the basic Mario bases, and a lot of Mario games don't repeat within a system's life. The only major non-3D Land 2 Mario game I can see coming in 2014 is maybe a Mario Party, if only because the DS version sold very well (over 8 million!)

Let's see what else Nintendo has up their sleeves... the 3DS is overdue for a WarioWare game from SPD. 1-Up Studio might have a game done by late 2014, possibly an RPG, though the Mario-related name suggests otherwise. Intelligent Systems has no known upcoming 3DS game, so they're probably working on a new game for the system. I'm guessing either another Fire Emblem, Advance Wars 5, or that WarioWare title I mentioned earlier.

Pokemon remakes/Z are possible, but unlikely IMO; we'll see Z in early 2015 at earliest and Gen 3 remakes sometime in 2016.

So, in short, 2014 will likely be a letdown compared to 2013 in terms of 1st party support. But what about 3rd party games?

A Resident Evil game is not unlikely. Revelations might get a sequel, RE4 could be ported over, or Capcom could simply do something new. Sega is pretty likely to release a Sonic game for the 3DS in 2013 IMO, but it could come in 2014. Square Enix is overdue for a Final Fantasy game on the 3DS, either a remake or 5/6, a part of an existing series, or another new spinoff.

And then, of course, a lot of games released in Japan in 2013, like Monster Hunter 4, might take a year to come west, so there'll be those to play too.

Still, I once again expect 2014 to be an off year for the 3DS, if only because 2013 looks so strong.




tl;dr
Super Mario 3D Land 2
Mario Party 3D
WarioWare
Advance Wars
Resident Evil
Final Fantasy
Japanese imports

P.S. Forgot about Smash Bros! Yeah, that is another likely title. Maybe the star of Holiday 2014?

Monolith Soft 3DS title.

Maybe Pokemon Z.

I want new Art Style games...
I'm obsessed with that series right now...
A bunch of the original GBA titles never got remade for the DS or the Wii...
If nothing else, it would be cool to get to experience those installments...
Aside from that, I wouldn't be surprised if SM3DL2 happened...

I'd like a new Advance Wars as well. Intelligent Systems certainly steep up their game with Fire Emblem for 3DS, and I usually prefer the gameplay style Advance Wars. That's not the case anymore since Awakening may be my new favorite handheld game, but a new Advance Wars has a shot at claiming the throne.