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Nintendo has revealed that the 3DS will come with six Augmented Reality (AR) cards that can be interfaced using the system's camera - and one of these features Samus from Metroid: Other M! As demonstrated back in January, the cards will allow players to view 3D characters interacting with the real-world environment. For instance, the question mark block displays your Mii character, who then walks around. You can also take photographs of your friends and family and turn them into Mii's automatically.

According to APZonerunner from NeoGAF Forums, the AR Cards of the other characters display the characters pictured in the real world. Sadly, you can't do much with them other than give them different poses and take photos of them. While it will be fun to see what interesting situations Metroid fans will put Samus in (and you can bet we'll want to see some of those pictures!), we'll sadly have to wait for an actual Metroid game on the 3DS. Hopefully, Nintendo will give one to us sooner rather than later, but whenever it gets here, let's hope it's something everybody can agree is perfect!

Thanks to James Pierce from the forums for pointing this out and Aaron Kaluszka from Kontek for the NeoGAF tip!

Until next time...
Captain Commando