Nintendo 3DS Update: Super Mario 3D, Netflix, Free AT&T Wi-Fi, Zelda Screenshots

By Hector Cortez Mar 2, 2011, 21:54 GMT

Nintendo has released new screenshots for the 3DS remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

Nintendo today teased a new 3D Super Mario game for the Nintendo 3DS, announced two collaborations with AT&T and Netflix, and released brand-new screenshots for the upcoming 3DS remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

These announcements were made today at the Game Developers Conference during Nintendo President Satoru Iwata’s keynote address, titled “Video Games Turn 25: A Historical Perspective and Vision for the Future.”

The announced 3D Super Mario game will feature traditional Mario gameplay and is being developed by the same behind Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 for the Nintendo Wii.

What good is a wireless-enabled device without a way to connect on the go? Nintendo understands this, and has addressed the issue by announcing an AT&T partnership that will provide Nintendo 3DS owners with automatic and free access to more than 10,000 AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots nationwide (beginning May, 2011 via a downloadable system update). AT&T Hot Spots are available at restaurants, book stores, coffee shops and airports across the country.

Also arriving in May is full Netflix functionality. Netflix members who have an unlimited plan starting at $7.99 a month can instantly stream movies and TV shows directly to their Nintendo 3DS systems, similar to Netflix on the Wii console.

Lastly, the May update will bring with it the following additional features:

- A short-form video service will let people view trailers for Hollywood movies in 3D and access video game trailers, screen shots, background information and links to publishers’ websites. Content will include short video clips, such as comedy shorts or music videos, selected by Nintendo and delivered to Nintendo 3DS users who choose to receive them.

- Downloadable classic games via the portable Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console service will include Game Boy and Game Boy Color games, as well as those from the Game Gear and TurboGrafx-16 systems.

- “3D Classics” will introduce select classic video games remastered in 3D.

- Games currently offered as Nintendo DSiWare and an Internet browser will be available.

- The system update will provide a solution for Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DSi XL owners to transfer their Nintendo DSiWare games to their new Nintendo 3DS systems.

And finally, here are the new Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time screenshots: