When Nintendo introduced 3DS HOME Themes earlier this year it was fairly reasonable to wonder whether it would be a rather limited initiative, with a small range of first-party themes that would gradually lose momentum. That's not the case so far, however, with new designs arriving most weeks and third-parties joining in with themes such as those for Shovel Knight and Sonic Boom, among others.

There's been a relatively pleasing trend, too, in a solid number of themes released in Japan making their way to the West. It's not always the case, of course, but the 3DS Theme Shop seems to be a busy outlet in Nintendo's homeland. With that in mind eight more themes have been released in Japan today and they're all third party — franchises and games covered include Puyo-Puyo, Cooking Mama and Tales of the Abyss, with the latter two's releases in the West making their respective themes a reasonable bet for the Theme Shops in Europe and North America.

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