Nintendo UK marketing manager James Honeywell says the 3DS’ in built software and its applications are the real “killer apps.” While speaking with CVG last week, before the system’s launch, he said, “I actually think that the killer app is the software that is built into the console. With the AR games, the Mii maker, the quests and the ability to swap Miis, those are the killer apps and people should take the time to have a go on those. I’m sure they’ll be surprised at the level of depth and ingenuity that is already there.”

The 3DS does have a tonne of features that can keep 3DS owners distracted for a long time, even without games.

However, games do matter to us, and especially when they’re as big as Ocarina of Time and Mario Kart. When asked when the two will be released, Honeywell said that Nintendo were planning a 2011 launch for Mario Kart 3DS.

When asked about The Ocarina of Time 3DS’ release date, he said: “I know from personal experience of being on the sampling tours that the game everyone ran to was Zelda, to get their first experience of it in 3D, so we know it’s hotly anticipated, and hopefully we’ll be making an announcement fairly soon so people will be able to find out when they’ll be able to go and get it.”

Stay tuned for more info.

We recently sat down with Rob Saunders, Head of Communications for Nintendo UK and we talked about if the 3DS Ocarina of Time remake will be more of a re-imagining of the original OOT, or a conventional remake.

When we asked what kind of a remake Ocarina of Time 3DS will be, Saunders said, “I think it really depends on what that game looked like first time round.

“Take, for example, Super Mario Bros on the NES. If you were to bring that straight out again today I think a lot of people would scratch their heads. However, with the New Super Mario Bros: You can tweak it, you can update it, you can sharpen it and you can change the character models, the environment. But the core mechanic of that 2D side-scrolling game play remains the same.”

He carried on: “So with some games, like Ocarina, you’ll see a much more ‘faithful’ reproduction but I think with some other games you need to tweak them and bring them into the modern era, so to speak, so it depends on the title.”

In this very interview, Rob told us that Nintendo is already working on a new home console which may include 3D technology.

Here’s the full interview.

The upcoming 3DS remake of Zelda: Ocarina of Time won’t be making the 3DS launch line-up and we’ve been told it won’t see a release until after E3 this year. Yet, despite this, the game is almost completed says Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime. He had this to say:

“We’ve shown off Ocarina Of Time and we’re going to release it when it makes most sense. Kid Icarus is not in the launch window. These games are nearly done and development is largely complete. Fans are not going to have to wait very long for these games to come out. We wanted third parties to really have a dramatic presence in the launch window and we’ve achieved that.”

Whilst a third party presence is certainly a nice ideal for Nintendo to aim for, I think we’re all a little gutted we won’t be seeing any first party titles on the 3DS anytime soon. Patience is a virtue it seems.

Thanks to CVG for the info.

Soon, these images were pulled off, and later, Nintendo themselves confirmed that Ocarina of Time will be releasing on the 3DS. It won’t just be a tech demo, Nintendo says its a real deal. You can check out the tweet with which they announced OoT for the 3DS here.

Here are the screenshots for the 3DS version of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

Not much info has been revealed, but we’ll keep you posted. Watch this space for more on this matter as it develops.