Nintendo made some announcements today regarding release dates of upcoming 3DS titles, the most notable mention was regarding Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon which sadly will not be released until the first quarter of 2013.

Other dates provided are below,

• Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone! (October 1)

• Crosswords Plus (October 1)

• Sparkle Snapshots 3D (October 18)
• Skylanders Giants (October 21)

• Style Savvy: Trendsetters (October 22)

• Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask (October 28)

• Freakyforms Deluxe: Your Creations, Alive! (November 5)

• Paper Mario: Sticker Star (November 11)

• Disney Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion (November 18)

As already announced, North America is expecting the launch of the 3DS XL on August 19th as well as New Super Mario Bro. 2 on the same day.