Face Raiders

Face Raiders is an Action game developed by HAL Laboratory for the  Nintendo 3DS and was released on February 26, 2011. Face Raiders is a single player augmented reality shooter game that uses the handheld’s gyroscopic controls and cameras. It was first released with the Nintendo 3DS and has been preloaded on all devices in the family. The game is an extended tech demo with a total of two modes and nine levels.

Six of these are for experienced players, and the other three stages are meant for those unfamiliar with the game. After taking pictures of people’s faces, the game creates enemies for the player, who must shoot them. The camera perspective is from the rear camera’s viewpoint, which enemies will break through and hide behind. People walking in the background add on to the gameplay by giving more faces to the camera and thus creating more enemies. 

There are combos for repeating an action that multiply the number of points. There are butterflies which can be hit in order to refill health, and bombs are used as a quick way to defeat surrounding enemies. At the end of each stage, the player battles a boss. When the boss is defeated, its helmet will transform into an afro. Local high scores are recorded on a leaderboard. By pressing Y on the level select screen, the player can hear some advice, and can turn on surprise snaps for taking photos while playing a level.