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The 3DS was launched in Japan yesterday, and already some pretty good videos have made their way to the Internets! One of these lucky folks is by aegaegaeg, who gives us the first glimpse of gaming's greatest bounty hunter! The giant Samus card was printed by him beforehand. You can print your own copies through this PDF from Nintendo of Japan's website!

As you can see, the statues have a set of five poses and basic interactions, such as scaling, rotation, and movement. Samus' five poses are kneeling, standing, gun over shoulder, shooting, and morph ball (of course!), and you'll also notice that each figure has character-specific SFX to accompany each pose change, most notably the Samus Appearance Fanfare :)

You can also take components from the AR cards and mix them with other avatars on your DS! Check out this screen capture from Destructoid's Dale North, who stuck a Samus' helmet on his corgi from Nintendogs + Cats!

Isn't he cute? Does corgi want a chewy Metroid squeaky toy!? It also makes the perfect solution to those funnels if you have to get them spayed or neutered (or send them scuba diving)!

Only a month before the 3DS comes out in the US! When it does, be sure to send us your picks of Samus in action!

Until next time...
Captain Commando