For detailed information about this series, see: AR Games at Nintendo Wiki
Augmented Reality Games, or AR Games for short, are built-in games on the Nintendo 3DS, and were therefore released by Nintendo on February 26, 2011, along with the console. they use the console's cameras and gyroscope to play and also need special cards that come with the console. The mascot of the games is a living yellow box called Mr AR, while a recurring boss in games is a multicolored dragon simply called "Dragon" in the Fishing game.
The main menu for AR Games, with Archery selected.
The featured games are:
Basic games:
- Archery
- Star Pics
- AR Shot
- Mii Pics
- Fishing
- Graffiti
Extra games:
- Clock
- Globe
- 3D Tools
- Fish Gallery
- Free Fishing
- Archery 2
- AR Shot 2
- Shop
Links to other series
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Mario | February 26, 2011 | The Fishing AR game features various Mario creatures; the Star Pics AR game uses a Mario card, while the ? card is likely based on the "?" Block from the Mario series; there also are Mario references in Graffiti. |
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Zelda | February 26, 2011 | The Star Pics AR game uses a Link card, and there also are Zelda refereneces in Graffiti. |
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Kirby | February 26, 2011 | The Star Pics AR game uses a Kibry card, and there also are Kirby refereneces in Graffiti. | 2 |
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Metroid | February 26, 2011 | The Star Pics AR game uses a Samus card, and there also are Metroid refereneces in Graffiti. | 2 |
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Pikmin | February 26, 2011 | The Star Pics AR game uses a Pikmin card, and there also are Pikmin refereneces in Graffiti. | 2 |
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Super Smash Bros. | November 21, 2014 | A music track from AR Games is featured in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. | 3 |