Best Portable Game 2011

December 21, 2011

Super Mario 3D Land

Platform: Nintendo 3DS

Publisher: Nintendo

Developer: Nintendo EAD Tokyo

Back in Spring, if you had said the 3DS was going to crush hardware sales by the end of the year and be well on track to outselling its enormously popular predecessor in its first 12 months, most people would have looked at you like you’d eaten one too many Super Mushrooms. But all it took was Nintendo’s trusty plumber extraordinaire to redefine 3D gaming with one of his best adventures ever to drum up those sales numbers. Mario’s conspicuous absence from the launch lineup is one of the biggest reasons for the handheld’s slow start (though I’m sure 250 other reasons would beg to differ).

Runners Up:

Upcoming Releases

Stellar Blade

Eve and her comrades land on the surface to reclaim the extinct Earth and cross paths with a survivor named Adam. Eve is then led by Adam to the last surviving city, Xion, where she meets the elder of the town Orcal and is told many stories. In order to serve her mission to save Earth, Eve develops close relationships…

Tomorrow

Homeworld 3

Tactical, beautiful, and wholly unique, the GOTY-winning sci-fi RTS returns with Homeworld 3. Assume control and battle through fleet combat in dazzling, fully 3D space while the award-winning story unfolds on a galactic scale.

May 13

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II

The sequel to the award winning Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Senua returns in a brutal journey of survival through the myth and torment of Viking Iceland. Intent on saving those who have fallen victim to the horrors of tyranny, Senua faces a battle of overcoming the darkness within and without.

May 21