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Thursday, September 14, 2006

Nintendo Wii: U.S. launch titles; Virtual Console publishers

Nintendo, arguably out of all the consoles, is most about the games themselves.

So, the confirmed launch titles are pretty important.

The big guns are there, But there are some notable ommissions, like Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption isn't coming until 2007.

All in all, a solid list, with Nintendo a contender for "Best Launch Portfolio", ahead of Microsoft and Sony.

("*" = Confirmed for Nov. 19)

First-Party Games between launch and March 2007:
  • Battalion Wars II
  • Big Brain Academy (temporary name)
  • * Excite Truck
  • * The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
  • Mario Strikers Charged
  • Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
  • Super Mario Galaxy (temporary name)
  • WarioWare: Smooth Moves
  • * Wii Sports (bundled with the Wii console)
Third-Party Games between launch and March 2007:
  • Activision
    * Call of Duty 3
    Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
    Rapala Tournament Fishing
    * Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
    World Series of Poker
  • Atari
    Dragon Ball Z Budokai: Tenkaichi 2
  • Atlus
    * Trauma Center: Second Opinion
  • Buena Vista Games
    Chicken Little: Ace in Action
    Disney's Meet the Robinsons
  • Codemasters
    Dance Factory
    Sidewinder
  • EA
    The Godfather
    * Madden NFL 07
    * Need for Speed: Carbon
    SSX
    Tiger Woods PGA Tour
  • Konami
    * Elebits
  • Majesco
    Bust-A-Move Revolution
  • Midway
    The Ant Bully
    The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
    Happy Feet
    Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
    Rampage: Total Destruction
    [Presumed canceled--Blitz: The League]
  • Sega
    Sonic and the Secret Rings
    Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
  • SNK
    Metal Slug Anthology
  • THQ
    Avatar: The Last Airbender
    Barnyard
    Cars
    SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab
  • Ubisoft
    * Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII
    * Far Cry: Vengeance
    * GT Pro Series
    * Monster 4x4: World Circuit
    * Open Season
    Prince of Persia (working title)
    * Rayman Raving Rabbids
    * Red Steel
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    * Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent
  • Vivendi Games
    Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
I don't know what the U.S. Virtual Console launch list and timeframe is going t0 be, but if it's like the Japanese launch (30 downloadable retro games for launch; 60 available by end of year; 10 more added each month thereafter), there have to be publishers on board.

In addition to Nintendo, the following publishers will be releasing content for the Japanese Virtual Console, and I expect a lot of overlap for other regions:
  • Atlus
  • Bandai Namco
  • Banpresto
  • Capcom
  • Chunsoft
  • D4 Enterprise
  • Enterbrain
  • Hal Laboratory
  • Hudson
  • Irem
  • Jaleco
  • Kemco
  • Koei
  • Konami
  • NCS Masaya
  • Netfarm
  • Paon
  • Rocket Company
  • Sega
  • Square Enix
  • Sunsoft
  • Taito
  • Takara Tomy
  • Tecmo

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