Japanese 3DS owners are never short of options with 3DS HOME menus, and this week's new arrivals are typically diverse and large in number. A few of the fresh options certainly caught our eye, either because of the brand involved or simply because they look neat.
First of all we have Nikki's ongoing survival as a mascot, of sorts. Nintendo Letter Box / Swapnote may be largely ignored now since it became a StreetPass-only tool, and following the arrival of Miiverse on the 3DS, but its host is still popular with some. Nintendo Japan picked out a theme featuring the app and Nikki for its weekly video, below.
There are plenty of other new themes listed for this week in Japan, though we've picked out a few favourites. Two new themes for shoot 'em up remaster Steel Empire are among them, in addition to Doraemon and Sesame Street(!) themes.
We'll see how many of these make it to the West in the coming weeks and months - which do you want to pick up?
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Nikki! I want Nikki! Best 3DS mascot is best!
Nikki for Smash, woop! But seriously, Sesame Street? Weird!
Definitely will pick up Nikki if they bring that over here.
Keep fighting for life girl!
Nikki is also still around in the Nintendo Extra newsletter.
Yay, Nikki! We need that one over here!
Sesame Street tho... wat?
No thanks, don't need to remember something Nintendo took away from us.
I need that Nikki theme!
I hope they release the theme to the west since I really like Nikki.
Are Muppets popular in Japan? I've always been curious.
as a big fan of themes, i like the steel empire ones, i could stand to have those
I'm not really interested in any of these (if I had to pick one: Sesame Street because nostalgia).
I don't use themes, but I could see the use of the Sesame Street theme for the 2DS anyway if you have little kids playing. Or if you've upgraded to a better 3DS and gave your kid your old one and have the 3D switched off permanently.
That "Doraemon" theme is really cool. Shame he's not very popular in the west, so the chance of that theme getting a west release is slim.
The Nikki one is cute!
I wish Nikki would get her own series of games. I'd hate for her to be swept past by the tides of time, limited to the enclave of nostalgia
Just like that careless idiot who shows up in every Wii game as a guide of what not to do.
Oh god! The Sesame Street theme is sooooooo cute!!
Now, if they brought back the spotpass function in Swapnote the Nikki theme would make more sense.
@TheWPCTraveler Them appearing in Smash would work perfectly well too. This is something @Gridatttack found:
@Moon Or you could just make a Mii.
the nikki one (the good one) isnt being released in america, right? that good dreamcast one was not released.
@Moon Made this a long time ago, but:
@Grumblevolcano I was looking for that, thanks~
@allav866 @Moon
You know that Nikki is already in Smash, right? She is a Mii, after all.
@Spoony_Tech Exactly. Even if it still works with streetpass, us in small cities don't get any.
@grumblevolcano "reckless safety notice man" wow that's awesome, haha XD
Uhh... Sesame Street? Okay.......
@Grumblevolcano
I would play as that character.
The Steel Empire themes look really cool. That game is a lot of fun.
@Rasgar Like I said, I made that Miiverse post a long time ago. I do wish there was a pencil sword for the Mii fighters, though.
@Moon nikki is a mii, just remake it and use it in super smash bros.
The Japanese eShop really is glorious, and I can't believe the number of homepage themes available. Holding in side-by-side with my North American version, and it's night and day.
NIkki announced for smash, limited to single player sub modes only.
Can nintendo please just bring back swap note, I never sent dongs to anyone who didn't send me one first.
Weird seeing Sesame Street. It did appear in Japan for about 3 years and was kinda popular but I still don't get it. Anyway, give me that Doraemon theme Reggie or I will murder you.
It would be cool if the Sesame Street theme was released over here - but only if the accompanying song was "Rebel L" or "Letter B" (yes I am serious, have a listen to them). Those songs are by far some of the best song parodies that Sesame Street ever did (well in my opinion anyway). Probably hard to do though, there would be way too many hoops to jump through.
Need Nikki. Need more Nikki. Kinda bummed I all-out transferred her to Mii Maker and out of Mii Plaza, but then, how else could I put her in Tomodachi and Smash Bros.
Speaking of...>heads to Smash Ballot page<
In my opinion, Japan gets to much exclusive stuff and stuff before it's released in the U.S. C'mon, Nintendo, show some respect towards us Americans!
coughcough*racists*coughcough
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