Previews

As part of this week’s deluge of 3DS info, Nintendo revealed its plans to populate a new 3DS Virtual Console with classic Game Boy and Game Boy Color games. This makes sense – with the 3DS as Nintendo’s new handheld, why not offer older handheld games as digital downloads? But uh, Game Boy games are cruddy, black and white messes that looked like ass by the mid ‘90s, and Game Boy Color was little more than a stopgap before the Game Boy Advance took control in 2001. Are there enough games to keep this thing alive for years to come? We’re not quite sure… but Nintendo did pick two great games to kick off the service...

As the lights came up from Sony's pre-E3 presser in Santa Monica, you could sense how eager they were to thrust an NGP – or whatever the hell they're gonna call it – into as many people's hands as possible and spread the word. Connectivity options like 3G and wi-fi, possible carriers and price plans were not the focus. Rather, Sony made a wise move in focusing on how games will rule the ray. Case in point: Little Deviants, a collection of 30 minigames all designed to highlight different portions of the NGP's functionality...

We've got the goods from Sony's big Pre-E3 press blow-out. Follow the links below for the latest info on all the new stuff in store.

Earlier this week we got a chance to look at the 3DS eShop for the first time before it launches on Monday June 6. So far, the service looks similar to the DSi shop, with a handful of extra features. The main sections of the eShop are the Virtual Console, which is limited to original Game Boy games only at this time, and the DSiWare catalog, which replicates what’s already available on the original DSiWare shop. There's also a 3D Classics category, with Excitebike 3D the solo entry at launch, which will be available for free for the first month. Full details inside...

A brown-skinned Gandhi appears with our face, complete with glasses. He's trim and muscular, unlike us. He wears a yellow trucker hat, sports a Snidely Whiplash mustache and pink-printed jacket straight out of 1991. With golden, pointy shoes in tow and a gigantic hammer to wield, our fighter steps onto a coffee-table outfitted with LED lights and proceeds to destroy a zombie fighter, while avoiding my half-filled Coke...