Nintendo's Q2 Lineup

[Oceanic]

A new press release from Nintendo reveals their Q2 lineup here

UPCOMING POKÉMON BATTLE REVOLUTION NAMED AS FIRST WI-FI GAME FOR WII

Nintendo Reveals Strong Second-Quarter Lineup for Wii, Nintendo DS


REDMOND, Wash., March 7, 2007 – Wii™ owners of all ages have discovered the fun of playing with a group of friends in the same room. Now for the first time players can compete with one another near and far with Pokémon® Battle Revolution, a game of remarkable firsts:

the first Wii game to include Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection play
the first Pokémon game for Wii
the first game to link Wii and the hand-held Nintendo DS™
and the first Wii game that can be controlled using Nintendo DS
When Wii and Nintendo DS are linked, players can use their Nintendo DS units as controllers or import characters from the upcoming Nintendo DS games Pokémon® Diamond Version or Pokémon® Pearl Version. Pokémon Battle Revolution launches on June 25 exclusively for Wii and brings a dramatic new chapter to the Pokémon franchise, which has sold more than 155 million units worldwide. Pokémon Battle Revolution also serves as one of the standouts in Nintendo's second-quarter launch lineup, which the company revealed today in conjunction with the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

Pokémon Battle Revolution will be joined by Super Paper Mario™, the first Mario™ game for Wii; Mario Party® 8, a multiplayer party game; and Big Brain Academy™, a brain-training game that builds on the phenomenal success of the Nintendo DS brain games. These will add to the ever-growing library of Wii games, which will total more than 50 by the end of June. Nintendo DS fans will see the arrival of Pokémon Diamond Version and Pokémon Pearl Version, two surefire smash-hits.

"With strong third-party support, Wii and Nintendo DS have games on the way for both casual and veteran gamers," says Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime. "Our new ways to play have attracted millions of players around the world. This lineup demonstrates our commitment to leading the industry with the future of video gaming."

Third-party publishers also have stepped up their support of both Wii and Nintendo DS, recognizing these systems as the hottest things going in the video game industry. The list of games for April, May and June includes the following:

Wii
April 9 Super Paper Mario Nintendo
April Prince of Persia Rival Swords Ubisoft
April Bust-A-Move Bash Majesco
April Bioncle Heroes Eidos
May 15 Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Midway
May 29 Mario Party 8 Nintendo
May Tamagotchi Party On Namco Bandai
May Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean at World's End Disney Interactive
May Escape from Bug Island Eidos
May Spider-Man The Movie 3 Activision
June 11 Big Brain Academy Nintendo
June 25 Pokémon Battle Revolution Nintendo
June Cosmic Family Ubisoft
Spring Heatseeker Codemasters
Q2 Legend of the Dragon American Game Factory
Summer Shrek the Third Activision
Summer Transformers the Game Activision

Nintendo DS
April 22 Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl Nintendo
May Pirates of the Caribbean 3 Buena Vista
May Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu Atari
May Pony Friends Eidos
May Diner Dash Eidos
May Touch the Dead Eidos
June 4 Nintendo DS browser Nintendo
June 4 Planet Puzzle League Nintendo
June 11 Touchmaster DS Midway
June Zendoku Eidos
Spring Naruto Ninja Council 3 Tomy
Spring Time Ace Konami
Spring Death Jr. and the Science Fair of Doom Konami
Q2 Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon Natsume
Summer Shrek the Third Activision
Summer Transformers: Autobots Activision
Summer Transformers: Decepticons Activision

Game Boy® Advance
Summer Shrek the Third Activision

The worldwide innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii™, Nintendo DS™, Game Boy® Advance and Nintendo GameCube™ systems. Since 1983, Nintendo has sold nearly 2.2 billion video games and more than 387 million hardware units globally, and has created industry icons like Mario™, Donkey Kong®, Metroid®, Zelda™ and Pokémon®. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, visit the company's Web site at www.nintendo.com.

Pokémon USA, Inc., a subsidiary of The Pokémon Company in Japan, manages the property outside of Asia which includes licensing, marketing, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, an animated TV series, home entertainment, the official Pokémon Web site and an online retail center www.pokemoncenter.com. Just coming off its 10th worldwide anniversary in 2006, Pokémon was launched in Japan in 1996 for play on Nintendo's Game Boy® and has since evolved into a global cultural phenomenon. Pokémon was introduced in North America in September 1998 and today is one of the most popular toy and entertainment properties in the world. For more information, visit www.pokemon.com.

Finally, some real info on games some of you might be looking forward to.

 

[Darth_Zant]

pokemon! yes. i can't wait. I'm a poke-geek from way back when red and blue came out.

Can't wait till mario party 8 either, I didn't know what to expect from the mario party franchise so I thought I'd give 7 a chance and it was actually very fun. I just KNOW it's going to be a blast on the wii, with the new controls and all.

 

[Taero]

I don't understand it, at the moment my Wii is in its box and hasn'd been out since january (early end) there are actually games I want! I WANT to give nintendo and other companies my money! But I can't, why? Because the games I want are out in america, out in japan, are they out in the EU? Are they hell. I wanted DBZ:Tenkaichi 2, Elebits (refuse to call it by that dumbass name) and instead I look through the shelves of GAME and just see a bunch of tat, I may get Sonic, it looks quite good, got 7/10 in an independant mag but £40 is a lot, may wait for friend reviews (Anyone remember when Ninty said a price max of $50? Nice how they 'forgot' to translate this to EU € or £ i.e. $77

 

[Bryan_]

The only thing that's holding me back from Pokemon is that you can still only use 'rental' Pokemon. :/

 

[J-Tizzle]

WTF!? Where is SSBB at? Damn it! Gonna have to wait for it longer! Some sites like ebgames said it comes out on June 1st but that must be a lie.

 

[Hibby_Paul]

surely you can sonic for about £30 or possiby less if you shop around online? High Street prices are a rip off for games in uk!

 

[Wiitendo]

Great list, but this is old news, nintendo's only bad thing is that ifyou want to know whats going on you have to look it up. Site is pretty weak into game news.


-AMAZING LINE UP! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

[Calvinhedge]

Some great games are coming out, but I didn't see mp3 or ssbb!!!!:mad2: :mad5: They would definately have mentioned these games if they were coming out, but obviously not too soon! dammit, i don't want to wait until q3 or q4 for these! But they'll be worth the wait with online play and such. Overall, pretty good list.:yesnod:

 

[MysticGohan]

i am still waiting for news on Battalion wars 2 and Mario strikers....

 

[FWELR]

wait, wait, wait. pokemon battle revolution is the 1st wifi game for Wii? and its coming out on f***ing June 25? Blazing Angels is supposed to be Wifi and its coming out in 2 weeks. also, why make Pokemon the first wifi game? it was good back when red, blue, and yellow were out, but they started killing it with more pokemon, no more good storyline, and just flatout the same thing over and over again. that being said, if its compatible with yellow, i will own you all. damn, i sound like a pokemon nerd.

 

[Taheen]

Woohooo!

- May 29 Mario Party 8 Nintendo -

Thanks for the awesome birthday gift, Nintendo!

 

[thomas16sxe]

wait, wait, wait. pokemon battle revolution is the 1st wifi game for Wii? and its coming out on f***ing June 25? Blazing Angels is supposed to be Wifi and its coming out in 2 weeks. also, why make Pokemon the first wifi game? it was good back when red, blue, and yellow were out, but they started killing it with more pokemon, no more good storyline, and just flatout the same thing over and over again. that being said, if its compatible with yellow, i will own you all. damn, i sound like a pokemon nerd.

im sorry but my red will destroy everyone. haha.... 23 mewtwos. all i have to say.