While the tech world has its eyes on Cupertino and the new iPad announcement, Nintendo dropped some pretty big bombs at GDC.

The 3DS Virtual Console won’t just include Game Boy and Game Boy Color games, but Game Gear and Turbografix-16 games as well. There are already 63 TG-16 games on the Wii VC, but we probably won’t see them all pop up on the 3DS at launch. If Nintendo’s good at anything, it’s dragging its feet with legacy titles.

The 3DS will get free Wi-Fi access at 10,000 AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots around the country, letting users automatically get online when they get near a hot spot by signing up for the 3DS SpotPass service. The 3DS is also getting Netflix in May, so this summer we could see tons of Nintendo fanboys watching TV shows on their 3DS in Starbucks.

3DS users will be able to watch 3D trailers for video games and movies through Nintendo’s eShop, and look up game screenshots and other informations directly in the store. This is a great feature, and one that really, really should have been implemented years ago when Nintendo first went online with the Wii. Better late than never, though.

Good news for DSiWare fans: current DSi users will be able to transfer their software to their 3DS. All DSiWare software will be playable on the new system.

The other 3DS news is really, really vague. Nintendo is working on a 3D Mario game. Unfortunately, that’s pretty much all we know about it. Shigeru Miyamoto’s helming the project and it’s being developed by the Super Mario Galaxy team, but beyond that all we know is that it will feature “traditional Mario game play.” Seriously, that’s what the press release says. Mario gameplay is now “traditional,” like Thanksgiving. The 3DS will also be getting 3D Classics, “select classic video games remastered in 3D.” Which games? We don’t know. When are they coming out? We don’t know.

And all Apple had today was a slightly upgraded iPad and a nifty case. It’s less than 4 weeks to 3DS Day. Anyone else excited?