New Wii Titles Announced
Nintendo's Japanese conference hints at many new games to come.
by
Peer Schneider
September 13, 2006 - As part of its Wii Preview event in Japan, Nintendo showed a sizzle trailer that hints at new and known titles for the upcoming new console platform.
Thus far, the following titles have been revealed in video and/or playable form as part of the event:
Wii Sports [Bowling, Boxing, Golf, Baseball, Tennis] (Nintendo)
Forever Blue (Nintendo)
Mario Strikers Charged (Nintendo)
ExciteTruck (Nintendo)
Dragon Quest Swords (Square Enix)
Samurai Warriors Wave (Koei)
Red Steel (Ubisoft)
Fire Emblem (Nintendo)
Super Swing Golf Pangya (Tecmo)
Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
Necro-Nesia (Spike)
Trauma Center: Second Opinion (Atlus)
Sonic and the Secret Rings (SEGA)
Wing Island (Hudson)
Pokemon Battle Revolution (Nintendo)
Bleach Wii (SEGA)
One Piece Unlimited Adventure (Bandai Namco)
Dragon Ball Z Sparking NEO (Bandai Namco)
SD Gundam Revolution (Bandai Namco)
Crayon Shin-Chan: Saikyou Kazoku Scavenging Ui (Banpresto)
Tamagotchi no Pika Pika Daitouryou (Bandai Namco)
Hajimete no Wii [shooting, table tennis, air hockey, pool, quiz, fishing] (Nintendo)
Elebits (Konami)
Rayman Raving Rabbids (Ubisoft)
Super Monkey Ball (SEGA)
Tsuri Master [Fishing] Hudson
Ennichi no Tatsujin (Bandai Namco)
Furi Furi (Taito)
Harvest Moon Wii (Marvelous)
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo)
Kororinpa (Hudson)
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo)
Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (Nintendo)
Battalion Wars II (Nintendo)
Bomberman Land (Hudson)
The Dog Island (Yukes)
Wii Music (Nintendo)
Wii Big Brain Academy (Nintendo)
Machi Kuru Domino (Success)
Noumiso Konekone Puzzle Takoron (Compile)
Cooking Mama: Minna to Isshou Oryouri Taikai (Taito)
Project H.A.M.M.E.R. (Nintendo)
Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles (Capcom)
While some of these titles were shown at US and European conventions, the list includes some notable surprises, such as the underwater diving game Forever Blue, the action pinball-like Kororinpa, Taito's Wii version of Cooking Mama, and a few puzzle and variety games from major Japanese publishers.
The event also confirmed that Nintendo would put out a separate collection of mini-games, titled Hajimete no Wii ("Starting Out With Wii"). The game compilation includes a packed-in Wii Remote (for two-player action) and features nine different minigames, such as the Duck Hunt-like demo and ping pong games shown previously. Hajimete no Wii will ship at the same time as the console on December 2 and sell for 4,800 yen.
So far, Nintendo has announced that the following games will launch with the console in Japan:
Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Elebits
Machi Kuru Domino
Necro-Nesia
Super Monkey Ball
Swing Golf Panya
Wing Island
Kororinpa
SD Gundam Revolution
Ennichi no Tatsujin
Tamagotchi no Pika Pika Daitouryou
Red Steel
Wii Sports
Wario Ware: Smooth Moves
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Hajimete no Wii
Nintendo also announced a number of additional games for the Japanese market that will not be available at launch. Here's the complete list:
3D Shooting Action (AQ Interactive) - TBA
Shooting Game (ASNETWORKS) - Summer 2007
Fishing Game (ASNETWORKS) - Summer 2007
Action Game (ASNETWORKS) - TBA 2007
Cars (THQ Japan) - TBA
Sponge Bob (THQ Japan) - TBA
Barnyard (THQ Japan) - TBA
Call of Duty 3 (Activision) - TBA
Downhill Jam (Activision) - TBA
Kenjutsu [Sword Fighting] Action (Interchannel) - TBA
Marvel Ultimate Alliance (Interchannel) - TBA
Action Game (Epoch) - TBA
GT Pro Series (MTO) - TBA
Iyashikei [Healing] Character Action Game (MTO) - TBA
San-X All-Star for Wii (MTO) - TBA
Need For Speed Carbon (EA) - December 2006
SSX (EA) - TBA 2007
Tiger Woods PGA Tour (EA) - TBA 2007
Harry Potter (EA) - TBA 2007
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Capcom) - TBA
Sengoku BASARA Series (Capcom) - TBA
Samurai Warriors Wave (Koei) - December 2006
Mahjong Wii (Koei) - December 2006
Keiba [Horse Racing] Action (Koei) - TBA
New RPG (Koei) - TBA
Music Simulation Game (Konami Digital Entertainment) - TBA
New Action Adventure Game 1 (Konami Digital Entertainment) - TBA
New Action Adventure Game 2 (Konami Digital Entertainment) - TBA
Sports Game: Soccer (Konami Digital Entertainment) - TBA
Sports Game: Baseball (Konami Digital Entertainment) - TBA
Roleplaying Game (Konami Digital Entertainment) - TBA
Noumiso Konekone Puzzle Takoron (Compile) - Summer 2007)
Dragon Quest Swords (Square Enix) - Spring 2007
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers (Square Enix) - TBA
Princess Company (Starfish) - TBA
JAWA (Spike) - Spring 2007
HEROES (Spike) - TBA 2007
Bleach Wii (SEGA) - December 2006
Sonic and the Secret Rings (SEGA) - TBA 2007
Gun Shooting (SEGA) - TBA
Cooking Mama: Minna to Isshou Oryouri Taikai (Taito) - December 2007
Furi Furi (Taito) - December 2006
Densha de Go! (Taito) - TBA
3D Action Game (Takara Tomy) - TBA
Action (Takara Tomy) - TBA
Battle Action Game (Takara Tomy) - TBA
Original Action Game (D3 Publisher) - TBA 2007
Simple Series (D3 Publisher) - TBA 2007
Sudoku (Hudson) - December 2006
Tsuri [Fishing] Master (Hudson) - December 2006
Pachindaa (Hudson) - February 2007
Crossword (Hudson) - March 2007
Jigsaw Puzzle (Hudson) - March 2007
Bomberman Land (Hudson) - March 2007
Dragon Ball Z Sparking! Neo (Bandai Namco) - January 2007
Kidou Senshi Gundam (Bandai Namco) - TBA
Sword of Legendia (Bandai Namco) - TBA
Pac-Man Carnival (Bandai Namco)- TBA
One Piece Unlimited Adventure (Bandai Namco) - TBA
Crayon Shin-Chan: Saikyou Kazoku Scavenging Ui (Banpresto) - December 2006
Action Game (Banpresto) - TBA
Action RPG (From Software) - TBA
Action Game (From Software) - TBA
Original Simulation (Marvelous Interactive) - TBA
Kawa no Nushi Tsuri Series [River King] (Marvelous) - TBA
Harvest Moon (Marvelous) - TBA
Action Game (Milestone) - TBA 2007
Shooting Game (Milestone) - TBA 2007
The Dog Island (Yukes) - TBA 2007
Rayman (Ubisoft) - December 2006
Pokemon Battle Revolution (Nintendo) - December 2006
ExciteTruck (Nintendo) - January 2007
Fire Emblem (Nintendo) - February 2007
Wii Yarawaka Atama Juku [Big Brain Academy] (Nintendo) - Summer 2007
Disaster (Nintendo) - TBA 2007
Project H.A.M.M.E.R. (Nintendo)- TBA 2007
Super Paper Mario (Nintendo) - TBA 2007
Wii Music (Nintendo) - TBA 2007
Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) - TBA 2007
Dairantou Smash Bros. X (Nintendo) - TBA 2007
Famicom Wars W [Batallion Wars] (Nintendo) - TBA 2007
Donkey Kong Taru [Barrel] Jet Race (Nintendo) - TBA 2007
Forever Blue (Nintendo) - TBA 2007
Mario Strikers Charged (Nintendo)- TBA 2007
Mario Party 8 (Nintendo) - TBA 2007
Metroid Prime 3 (Nintendo) - TBA 2007
Eye-Shield 21 (Nintendo) - TBA
Doubutsu no Mori [Animal Crossing] (Nintendo) - TBA
Hoshi no Kirby (Nintendo) - TBA
In addition to confirming development of Swords of Legendia and Donkey Kong racing titles, the list also hints at the fate of one of the last GameCube games originally slated to come out: Super Paper Mario.
As always, titles of unreleased games are subject to change.