Nintendo have released a new Nintendo 3DS release schedule, including confirmed release dates for Mario Tennis Open, Rhythm Thief and more.
Rhythm Thief and the Emperor's Treasure is the new rhythm action game from Sega and you'll be able to get your hands on it from April 5th.
Before then you'll be able to play Metal Gear Solid 3D, Kid Icarus Uprising and plenty of 3DS eShop games.

Luigi's Mansion 2 and Professor Layton 5 are noth coming out in 2012 but the release dates for both have yet to be confirmed.
Nintendo 3DS release schedule
Nintendo 3DS Download Software - Dillon's Rolling Western (Nintendo) - 22nd February 2012
Nintendo 3DS Demo - Nintendogs + Cats (Nintendo) - 22nd February 2012
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console - Punch-Out!! (Nintendo) - 1st March 2012
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console - Super Mario Bros (Nintendo) - 1st March 2012
Carnival Games Wild West 3D (2K Play) - 2nd March 2012
50 Classic Games (Avanquest) - 2nd March 2012 (UK, Ireland)
Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D (Konami) - 8th March 2012
BEN 10 Galactic Racing (Namco Bandai Games Europe S.A.S.) - 16th March 2012
Rayman Origins (Ubisoft) - 16th March 2012
Kid Icarus Uprising (Nintendo) - 23rd March 2012
BIT.TRIP SAGA (Rising Star Games) - 23rd March 2012 (Pan-Europe)
Farming Simulator 2012 3D (astragon Software GmbH) - 29 March 2012
Hundle & Katzen 3D - Tierisch verspielt (dtp young entertainment GmbH) - 30th March
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console - Dr Mario (Nintendo) - March 2012
Nintendo 3DS Download Software - Fun! Fun!
Minigolf TOUCH! (Shin'en Multimedia) - March 2012
Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure (Nintendo) - 5th April 2012
Secrets of the Titanic (Avanquest) - 27th April
Nintendo 3DS Download Software - SpeedThru: Potzol's Puzzle (Nintendo) - April 2012
Battleship the videogame (Acitvision) - April 2012
The Hidden (Majesco Entertainment Europe - distributed by 505) - April 2012
Pet Zombies (Majesco Entertainment Europe - distributed by 505) - April 2012
Face Racers (Majesco Entertainment Europe - distributed by 505) - April 2012
Nano Assault (Majesco Entertainment Europe - distributed by 505) - April 2012
Nintendo 3DS Download Software - 3D Solitaire (Zen Studios) - April 2012
Mario Tennis Open (Nintendo) - 25th May 2012
Boulder Dash XL 3D (Reef Entertainment) - June 2012
Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir (Nintendo) - Q2 2012
Harvest Moon: The Tale Of Two Towns (Rising Star Games) - Q2 2012
Shifting World (Rising Star Games) - Q2 2012
Super Black Bass 3D (Rising Star Games) - Q2 2012
Jewel Master: Cradle of Rome 2 (Rising Star Games) - Q2 2012 (Pan-Europe except G.A.S)
Crash Time 3DS (PQube) - Q2 2012
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console - Toki Tori (Two Tribes) - Q2 2012
Nintendo 3DS Download Software - Art of Balance TOUCH! (Shin'en Multimedia) - Q2 2012
Nintendo 3DS Download Software - Colors! 3D (Collecting Smiles) - Q2 2012
Nintendo 3DS Download Software - Mutant Mudds (Renegade Kid) - Q2 2012
Nintendo 3DS Download Software - Picross e (Jupiter) - Q2 2012
Nintendo 3DS Download Software - Marvel Pinball 3D (Zen Studios) - Q2 2012
The Amazing Spider-Man (Activision) - Q2 2012
Luigi's Mansion 2 (Nintendo) - 2012
Professor Layton 5 (Nintendo) - 2012

Where is Inazuma Eleven?
Disappointing.
that is quite an impressive list! cannot wait for Kid Icarus!
Where is Sakura Samurai?
Where's Animal Crossing :'(
ANIMAL CROSSING? :'(
I wish Luigi's mansion would come forward! I am really looking forward to the new game.
But i also have a lot of saving up to do because i would like lots more of them games 
Dillon's Rolling Western - looks great! I'll save my money for now, but it won't be too long before I snap it up. Is it with proper 3D graphics?
Super Mario Bros - Again? Do we need it again? I don't think I'll be getting this >.>
Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D - Hmm... despite the lick of polish, feels dated. And players new to the series may find it quite hard. I just played the demo and I found myself getting caught over and over when I reached the main area =S
Rayman Origins - This isn't out yet? Ah well. I won't be buying it anyway.
Kid Icarus Uprising - Definitely going to be worth the money =3
Hundle & Katzen 3D - Tierisch verspielt - Pardon?
Fun! Fun! - Uh...? What's this?
Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure - Looks fun, in a goofy kind of way. The same way Elite Beat Agents was =3
The Hidden - What's this?
Mario Tennis Open - Looks like a game worthy of my time =D
Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir - Oh, this was the game they kicked off the European Nintendo Direct video for some odd reason. Looks cool.
Shifting World - I'd like to know what this is...
Toki Tori - Sounds interesting... what is it?
Colors! 3D - All the time I've spent doodling on the Game Notes will be made up with this =D And I'm glad it's coming out earlier than I thought XD
The Amazing Spider-Man - Another one? This better be a whole lot better...
Luigi's Mansion 2 - Definitely worth a go =D
Professor Layton 5 - Took long enough! Now where's my Gyakuten Syban 5, Gyakuten Kenji 2 (western releasing is a good year overdue) and Professor Layton Vs. Ace Attorney games!?
Where's Paper Mario? Where's Kingdom Hearts?
What's "Face racers"? And where's Men in Black 3DS,Paper Mario 3DS,Sonic and sega all stars racing 2 3DS and Lego Batman 2 3DS?
The release date for MGS Snake Eater 3D is surely Fri. 9th March, and not Thu. 8th March?! Where's Paper Mario and LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes?
As someone else previously commented, what's with the new Face Raiders? And I thought there was a demo for Mario/Sonic at the Olympic Games coming out soon??
Wait...I'm still waiting on VVVVVV!
That was supposed to be out in January and yet it still isn't out yet.
Where's animal crossing!?!?
Inazuma 2 is mid March, confirmed! It was in the press conf this afternoon.
Inazuma 2 is on DS
Sounds fun.
Also where are vvvvv and Heroes of Ruin?
I am really happy to see Rhythm Thief getting a release date of 5th April which is only 6 weeks away so can't wait
A little disapointed that Paper Mario 3DS is not listed as a 2012 release in Europe though but the more time Intelligent Systems have to work on it will only help improve the Paper Mario 3DS game that ends up been released.
Seems suprising that VVVVVV is not on there, is it coming out over here in Europe anyway? Also people complaining about Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright, there are no plans to release it outside Japan yet.
no Animal Crossing 3D very Disappointing and not cool Nintendo.
I've decided that VVVVVV has decided it's going to come out whenever it dang well pleases. So it could decide to come put next week, but could come out next year. Why have i decided this?
blah blah blah hope blah blah blah
Definitely looking forward to play most of these games
Hopefully they release Colors! 3D as Colours! 3D over here.
No Animal Crossing on the list is disappointing
but I guess it is still being worked on as it hasn't even got a Japanese release yet.
Super Mario Bros will finally released for those people that were too late be Ambassadors for 3DS.
A google search on Hundle & Katzen 3D - Tierisch verspielt lead me to an article on Amazon about the game and judging for the article there it is a Nintendogs+Cats clone. Google translated the name as being Cats & Dogs 3D - Animal playful in German.
I am looking forward to Professor Layton 5 the most out of all the games on this 3DS schedule.
Luigi's Mansion 2 just HAS to come out on Halloween, but I won't be complaining if we get it earlier!
Not a particularly impressive schedule, disappointing really.
Lacking any mention of animal crossing, or fire emblem Kakusei
At least metal gear and rythm thief will keep me entertained.
@ kevws77 - Dude. one game at a time yeah.
Don't be disappointed. Inazuma eleven IS coming out. The sequel of it is going to release TWO game versions on the Nintendo DS very soon (like in a couple of weeks from now) according to the Nintendo DS Release Schedule article I just read on the site here and THEN, the next versions of Inazuma Eleven games will be released on Nintendo 3DS. Be patient. We only just got the first one last year.
Besides, I won't be surprised if the 3DS games get released between around august-december since I think people that get both game versions of inazuma eleven 2 will have their hands full. I certainly will be when I get both games hehe
But where does that leave the UK and the rest of Europe with Inazuma Eleven 3? (After Inazuma Eleven 2 is released)
Because if the Inazuma Eleven Go (which is the sequel to Inazuma Eleven 3 despite 'go' meaning the number '5' in Japanese) games for the 3DS do get released in Europe by the end of this year before whenever Inazuma Eleven 3 gets released then it will leave us wondering about the status of Inazuma Eleven 3 (the final Inazuma Eleven game on the DS with its 3 versions) coming to the UK and Europe.
Really pleased we've got a Rythm Thief Release Date now! Yipee!
I probably won't get it on launch with it being so close to Kid Icarus, but I will definetly get it some time around summer. It looks great, but Kid Icarus and Mario Tennis are a slightly higher priority.
YES!!! Mario Tennis Open is releasing 2 days before my birthday

I am going to go mental if they do not release
Goldeneye 007 on the 3ds
Well you're going to go mental sa there is practically no chance of that happening.
It seems Harvest Moon Two Towns is definitely coming this year, so now all I have left to wait for is Paper Mario and Animal Crossing :3
Depending how long Animal Crossing takes to be released however, I might pick up Luigis Mansion too ;P
@ Combusken
you make some good points yeah. All I can say really is do not worry. just be excited that we will be getting more inazuma eleven games and nintendo will cross that briddge when it happens. i honestly don't know what will happen. just have to wait and see.
Where's inazuma eleven 2???
@ MarioKartVader
here it is. this is the link to see for yourself and for everybody else interested about Inazuma Eleven 2:
http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co. ... -schedule/