3DS game recommendations

well if you are a fan of final fantasy, final fantasy music, or music games, then theatrhythm might be something you'd like! personally i like all of those things and had ridiculous amounts of fun playing it. the bit.trip saga is neat as well. seeing all of those awesome games in 3d is cool as heck. there's a game on the 3ds eshop called 'liberation maiden' and it looks amazing. i haven't bought it yet but i'm totally going to when i can. also castlevania mirror of fate is coming out very soon! (march 5th i think). too excited for that. :S good luck!

Super Mario 3D Land. It's amazing :D

I've heard good things about Code Of Princess (haven't played it myself though), and there's also a pretty decent Ace Combat game for the 3DS that nobody seems to mention.
Tales of the Abyss is worth a try imo, try and get it for cheap if you have doubts.
Finally there's Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars. I know, I know, you might be thinking "SHOVELWARE!". It's actually developed by Julian Gollop himself (you know, XCOM?), and it has some pretty satisfying turn-based strategy gameplay, and very long single-player campaign, with multiple difficulty levels. Since you're getting Fire Emblem, you might want to check this out too.

You might want to buy a Circle Pad Pro for Metal Gear and Monster Hunter (if you're used to the claw grip, then you can skip it).

Also remember to sign up and register your 3DS and games at the Club Nintendo website for monthly free shit.

Cave Story 3D (if you still haven't got it on Steam, the 3DS version seems nice).
BIT.TRIP Saga.
Paper Mario:
Etrian Oddyseey IV
Kingdom Hearts 3D (if you don't get it, then you suck! really, you have to play it :D)
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward

Have in mind that the 3DS has region-locking games, but if you can't find the games that you want on the stores you go, then import it from mariio128.com. It's from China, but you can get stuff from there if you want.
And get some DS classic games, like Chrono Trigger and Megaman Zero Collection.

kingdom hearts 3d, fire emblem aaaaand that's all, the nintendo 3ds sucks really oh yeah kid icarus maybe

Mighty Switch Force! It's one of those digital shop games but the soundtrack is wonderful and I've heard so many good things about it.

Necroposting my own thread a bit. I decided to buy a 3DS XL and get Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars because it was cheap as shit anyway. Just finished playing the first few levels, it seems pretty cool. Kind of surprised by the 3D effect, it's better than I thought it would be. Maybe it's just this game, but it actually looks better than in 2D mode. I also pre-ordered Monster Hunter and Fire Emblem, since I knew I was going to buy them anyway.

Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. I made myself a list of games to look out for, so I know what to get when I want something new. :)

i have 3ds and im waiting for MH4 have played MH3 on Wii but the controls sucked!