Nintendo UK comments on 3DS killer apps being built-in content, still planning for Mario Kart/Ocarina this year

The following information comes from Nintendo UK marketing manager James Honeywell…

“I actually think that the killer app is the software that is built into the console. With the AR games, the Mii maker, the quests and the ability to swap Miis, those are the killer apps and people should take the time to have a go on those. I’m sure they’ll be surprised at the level of depth and ingenuity that is already there.”

On big-name titles like Mario Kart and Ocarina of Time in 2011…

“That’s certainly what we’re kind of planning on at the moment, but you know, things can always change, and until we actually make a firm announcement about the release dates, obviously it’s good to wait and see what those dates might be. I know from personal experience of being on the sampling tours that the game everyone ran to was Zelda, to get their first experience of it in 3D, so we know it’s hotly anticipated, and hopefully we’ll be making an announcement fairly soon so people will be able to find out when they’ll be able to go and get it.”

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