Nintendo News: Nintendo Reveals Comic-Con 2012 Lineup, Including Nintendo 3DS XL

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At this year’s Comic-Con International 2012 event taking place July 12-15 at the San Diego Convention Center, members of the general public will enjoy an early chance to get their hands on Nintendo 3DS XL, a new version of the Nintendo 3DS system with 90 percent larger screens that launches Aug. 19.

In addition to Nintendo’s booth at the show (#5135), multiple activities will take place at a special Nintendo Gaming Lounge in the San Diego Ballroom at the Marriott Marquis & Marina at 333 W. Harbor Drive, adjacent to the San Diego Convention Center. A Comic-Con badge is not required to gain entry to the Nintendo Gaming Lounge.

Games that are scheduled to be playable at the Nintendo Gaming Lounge include:

Nintendo 3DS / Nintendo 3DS XL

• New Super Mario Bros. 2
• Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
• Kid Icarus: Uprising
• Mario Kart 7
• Super Mario 3D Land
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate (Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.)
• HEROES OF RUIN (Square Enix)
• KINGDOM HEARTS 3D [Dream Drop Distance] (Square Enix)
• LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)

Nintendo DS family

• Pokémon Conquest

Wii

• Kirby’s Dream Collection: Special Edition
• Just Dance 4 (Ubisoft)

Additional information about Comic-Con can be found at http://www.comic-con.org.

For more information about Nintendo, visit http://www.nintendo.com.

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