Nintendo has certainly bolstered its 3DS Theme Shop offerings since the store’s initial launch early last month. Each week, owners of Nintendo’s beloved handheld see an array of new offerings released on the shop, and this week is no different.
Coming off the attractive designs celebrating the recently released Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and the adorable system launch title, Nintendogs + Cats, Nintendo UK has revealed images of this week's themes for Europe which include a series of Super Mario designs, as well as themes to mark the release of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. In addition to this, a free Sonic Boom theme, previously released in North America, will also be available.
For those of you located within PAL regions, let us know in the comments if you’ll be downloading any of these themes later this week.
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Free ones are always the best.
Sonic is the best free one so far
How about some Star Fox and Metroid menus Nintendo? Or even maybe Kid Icarus menus? How many times I have to ask for these?
I'm happy with my Princess Peach theme but would love a Star Fox one.
I keep waiting for a theme that isn't so... loud. There's just so much going on in all these pictures. You can barely even see the icons on the menu because the background themes are so overbearing.
For the same reason, I just keep going back to the simple gradient background with the ribbon on my PS3. Every theme I've tried, it just drowns out the text and icons and is a headache to look at.
Oh NICE! Gotta have that Groudon theme! Though I do wish Nintendo would stop making quite so many Mario themes in a row. Maybe Metroid, Kirby, DK or Wario would be nice? Heck I'd even take a PAPER Mario theme just to shake things up if they're gonna continue making Mario themes.
The NA theme shop is suffering...
Why a flipping sleeping Pikachu, what gud is that in a battle? I want a Kyogre one! Meh!
These images are too small
Just want to point out that Canada is part of North America. So it should read US and Canada or just North America lol.
I hope we get those Pokemon themes too.
Super Mario?!?! When I first saw the article title I saw Super Metroid for some reason, and got all excited...
@SpookyMeths If you are an Animal Crossing fan, the Bulletin Board theme is great. Very attractive and understated and the music is calm and not overbearing at all.
A Pikachu theme would go nicely with my Pikachu 3DS XL, but once I inevitably upgrade to a limited edition New 3DS XL and transfer all my data to that system, I have no option of keeping the Pikachu theme on the Pikachu 3DS XL. =/
Fire Emblem theme for my Fire Emblem special edition XL please Nintendo!
The price is right for that Sonic theme.
Hoping for a Persona Q one.
FINALLY!! I wanted some pokemon now just make a pokemon y background and I'm good!
Favourite theme so far is probably the Shovel Knight one. Mainly because the music is pretty quiet. I didn't like the Halloween Black Cat one at first, but it grew on me. The ones I've paid for so far, (Zelda: ALBW and Luigi) are pretty naff. I will without a doubt be getting that Sonic one.
More NA themes please.
I REALLY REALLY wish they would let me hear a clip of the music before I commit.
Sonic Boom & maybe that green & black Mario one, it looks pretty cool
they should give u free theme if u buy the game
@Pokefanmum82 and Mexico too.
Really, just saying "North America" is far more convenient than naming the three countries it involves.
@Artwark ask as many times as you want, this is a nintendo forum. These people aren't directly linked to the actual company
@KillerGBH you know what'd be awesome? if they put these up for club nintendo for an extremely low amount of coins/stars (similar to those screen savers they once had for the NOA Club Nintendo)
@Rect_Pola you got no choice but to hope someone on youtube purchased it and put it up, that's how I decided I didn't want the LOZ one
A Zelda theme is what I would like. Preferably a Majora's Mask theme!
My favorite so far is the Legend of Zelda Halloween one in North America. I wish it didn't say "trick or treat" on it so that I wouldn't feel weird using it after Halloween. Oh well. I'm rocking the spinning Bowser one right now, and I really like the icons and folders in that one, even if the top screen image is a little lackluster.
Still, the North American theme shop has been a little desolate lately.
Why are people moaning about a lack of American ones? I thought America got the same ones as us...
Mario, Mario and more Mario themes. Ugh. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad we got Pokemon ones, but did we really need MORE Mario ones?
X&Y menus would be awesome to match the Limited Edition X&Y 3DS (I have the blue one).
I bet the white AC menu looks outstanding on the AC 3DS.
@SpookyMeths I'm really digging the Wooden Mario Characters one, which isn't very loud at all (something I also prefer).
https://cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/images/06_screenshots/systems_4/nintendo_3ds_10/nintendo_3ds_themes/CI7_Nintendo3DS_Themes_MarioCharactersBrandedWood_CMM_big.png
I'll buy them if I like the background music, that's the most important feature for me. I always look at them on YouTube first
@chucknorrmis I know that! But it would really be nice for other themes like Metroid to show up right?
I keep forgetting to look at the themes when i'm home and on my wifi, honestly havent even looked at them since the first batch.
I'll download the Sonic Boom one since it is free but I will be sticky with my Shovel Knight one.
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