Eyes-on with a whole lot of titles
Regrettably not all the best-looking titles at the Discover 3DS event were available to play, with many games only visible in rolling footage. We spent plenty of time touring the cinematic areas of the events in Europe and New York to see how some of the non-playable games were shaping up.
Or Puzzle Bobble, if you prefer
3DS is receiving its fair share of massive-selling, action-packed franchises – we've already played Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition, Resident Evil: The Mercenaries and Pro Evolution Soccer – but what about something a little more sedate and thoughtful? Square Enix is lining up just the thing with a new entry in its venerable bubble-popping series, with Bust-a-Move Universe heading to 3DS in Spring.
Get ready to shed some pounds
Ubisoft's set to bring a new fitness title to PlayStation Move, with Fit in Six heading to PS3 in March.
Get some new threads
Konami's "wildly popular" dance title DanceMasters (known as DanceEvolution in Europe) has just received a little extra content to download in the form of new costumes for your in-game character to wear, including two outfits that change according to the song playing. The outfits will cost 160 Microsoft Points.
Worried that the 3DS's Internet Browser and new Virtual Console and 3DSWare eShop wouldn't be available at launch? Fear not – Nintendo has spoken, and the service will be available on the same day as the console's arrival.
Cameo, Janet, Ne-Yo and Sean Paul
Harmonix and MTV Games are certainly keeping the music flowing with add-on content for Dance Central, but if you haven't yet picked up some of the downloadable tracks you may want to check out the Xbox Live Marketplace on January 24th.
Expect it in months, not weeks
So LittleBigPlanet 2's Move support is just a free install of PlayStation Network title Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves, but Media Molecule has confirmed it is working on other Move content for the title to be available later this year.
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