Rollercoaster Tycoon announced for 3DS

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Breaking story directly from the latest issue of Nintendo Power. Atari and n-Space have decided to bring the Rollercoaster Tycoon series to the Nintendo 3DS. It's a very popular theme park creation sim previously released for PC's. This is an original entry in the series, not a port. The game will be in full 3D and you can apparently ride the rides in first person (in 3D of course). The details we know are as follows-

- published by Atari
- developed by n-Space
- 3D view for coasters
- uses touchscreen controls
- original game built from the ground up for 3DS using new assets
- several coaster design options including suspended, hydraulic, wooden, steel and inverted
- monorails, prebuilt kiddie rides, carousels and county fair-style attractions
- you can visually theme your parks (like give it a haunted house style)
- handle ride construction and park maintenance
- hire and manage staff (janitors, mechanics and more)
- multiple modes such as Coaster Creator and Sandbox
- built-in tutorials
- Coaster Story mode teaches you how to do everything through a series of scenarios and tutorials
- in-game adviser will hep identify in-part objectives and show players their progress
- March 2012 release

http://gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=160032