# The best Nintendo 3DS games

The 25 Nintendo 3DS games with the highest critic scores on Metacritic, the weighted average of professional reviews. Expansions and compilations left out.

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- Jul 1, 2020 · gangnamcontroller
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## Top 20

1. **The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Released June 2011. Metascore: 94.
2. **Pokemon Y** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Released October 2013. Metascore: 88.
3. **Fire Emblem: Awakening** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released February 2013. Metascore: 92.
4. **The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 2013. Metascore: 91.
5. **Shovel Knight** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released June 2014. Metascore: 90.
6. **Super Mario 3D Land** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 2011. Metascore: 90.
7. **Pushmo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released December 2011. Metascore: 90.
8. **The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released February 2015. Metascore: 89.
9. **Gunstar Heroes** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released August 2015. Metascore: 89.
10. **Streets of Rage 2** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released July 2015. Metascore: 89.
11. **Colors! 3D** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released April 2012. Metascore: 89.
12. **Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released October 2012. Metascore: 88.
13. **Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released March 2016. Metascore: 88.
14. **Animal Crossing: New Leaf** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released June 2013. Metascore: 88.
15. **Pokemon X** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released October 2013. Metascore: 87.
16. **Pokemon Sun** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 2016. Metascore: 87.
17. **Pokemon Moon** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 2016. Metascore: 87.
18. **Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released February 2016. Metascore: 87.
19. **Sonic the Hedgehog 2** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released October 2015. Metascore: 87.
20. **OutRun** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released March 2015. Metascore: 87.
21. **Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released February 2015. Metascore: 86.
22. **Picross 3D: Round 2** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released September 2016. Metascore: 86.
23. **SteamWorld Heist** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released December 2015. Metascore: 86.
24. **Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released March 2013. Metascore: 86.
25. **Crashmo** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Released November 2012. Metascore: 86.

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