Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D is headed to the Nintendo eShop in North America this week at a reduced price.

“Details to follow when we’re closer to release,” says Capcom’s Christian Svensson.

More third-party retail games are headed to the Nintendo eShop in Japan.

Capcom are hoping for Monster Hunter 3G to sell at least 1.2 million copies in Japan.

Los Illuminados and Majini in the same game? What’s the story here? Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D doesn’t have one. The first Resident Evil game for 3DS brings the Mercenaries mini-game from the Resident Evil series to a Nintendo handheld.

“Since we were making Resident Evil for a handheld, we were careful about adding elements specific to handheld gaming,” Kawata revealed.

5pb’s all-gals fighter, Phantom Breaker, also made its debut during the week.

Each of the eight playable characters has an alternate costume that you can unlock during the course of the game.

Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D packs a short – let me emphasize that – taste of Resident Evil: Revelations. It’s unlocked right from the get go and can be accessed by selecting “special” on the main menu.

A new CG trailer shows the eight characters in The Mercenaries 3D doing their stuff.

A week before its Japanese release, Capcom have published a very large helping of The Mercenaries 3D screenshots, with all announced characters included. There’s a B.O.W. in there, too.

Capcom have started to air TV commercials for Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D in Japan.

What? What is this? It’s Barry Burton, the latest character to join Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D.

The U.S. gets Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D in June, too.

Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D has a Skill Slot customization feature.

Capcom released a Jill and Wesker trailer for Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D.