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And we use the term "launch" quite loosely

Nintendo has announced its expected games library for its launch window. Mind you, launch no longer means day of release -- to Nintendo it means any time between November 19 and December 31.

By year's end, Nintendo promises that Wii owners will have 32 new titles to play. They are:

Activision:
- Treyarch's Call of Duty 3
- Raven Software's Marvel Ultimate Alliance
- Rapala Tournament Fishing
- Toys for Bob's Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
- Left Field Productions' World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions
Atari:
- Spike's Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
Atlus:
- Atlus R&D 1's Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Electronic Arts:
- EA Canada/EA Tiburon's Madden NFL '07
- EA Canada/EA Black Box's Need for Speed Carbon
Konami:
- Konami's Elebits
Midway:
- Midway Games' Happy Feet
- Midway Games' Rampage: Total Destruction
- Midway Games' The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
- A2M's The Ant Bully
Nintendo:
- Monster Games' Excite Truck
- Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
- Nintendo's Wii Sports
Sega:
- Sega Studios' Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
SNK:
- SNK/Terminal Reality's Metal Slug Anthology
Tecmo:
- Tecmo's Super Swing Golf
THQ:
- THQ Studio Australia's Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Blue Tongue's Barnyard
- Incinerator Games/Rainbow Studios' Cars
- Blitz Games' SpongeBob SquarePants: The Creature from the Krusty Krab
Ubisoft:
- Ubisoft Montreal's Far Cry: Vengeance
- MTO's GT Pro Series
- Monster 4X4 World Circuit
- Ubisoft Montreal's Open Season
- Ubisoft Montpellier's Rayman Raving Rabbids
- Ubisoft Paris' Red Steel
- Ubisoft Montreal's Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent
Vivendi:
- Ice Age 2: The Meltdown

Nintendo also announced its Virtual Console availability of 30 games. These include games for the NES, Super NES, Nintendo 64, Sega Genesis and TurboGrafx16 consoles.

NES:
- Mario Bros.
- The Legend of Zelda
- Donkey Kong
- Donkey Kong Jr.
- Ice Hockey
- Pinball
- Soccer
- Tennis
- Urban Champion
- Wario's Woods
- Baseball
- Solomon's Key
SNES:
- F-Zero
- SimCity
Nintendo 64:
- Super Mario 64
Sega Genesis:
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Altered Beast
- Golden Axe
- Columns
- Ecco the Dolphin
- Gunstar Heroes
- Space Harrier II
- Toe Jam & Earl
- Ristar
- Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
TurboGrafx-16:
- Bonk's Adventure
- Super Star Soldier
- Victory Run
- Bomberman '93
- Dungeon Explorer

NES games start at 500 Wii Points, Super NES games start at 800 Wii Points and Nintendo 64 games start at 1,000 Wii Points. Sega Genesis games start at 800 Wii Points and TurboGrafx16 games start at 600 Wii Points. Wii Points can be purchased online or at retail at an MSRP of $20 for 2,000 points, which conveniently works out to a single cent per point.

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Huzzah!
By UserDoesNotExist on 11/1/2006 9:23:01 AM , Rating: 3
Gunstar Heroes! SimCity!

And to think I was actually questioning whether I should buy a Wii. I'm sorry, Nintendo! I love you, Nintendo!




RE: Huzzah!
By judasmachine on 11/1/2006 9:33:25 AM , Rating: 2
That was my reaction when I read F-Zero! I know it wasn't the best game, but it brings back memories. I can finally delete this buggy emulator.


RE: Huzzah!
By Ralph The Magician on 11/1/2006 9:57:56 AM , Rating: 2
F-Zero owns.


RE: Huzzah!
By Goty on 11/1/2006 10:21:27 AM , Rating: 2
I think I might just buy a Wii and never buy any of the games actually made for the system!


RE: Huzzah!
By Lazarus Dark on 11/1/2006 11:24:22 AM , Rating: 2
oh, cmon! where's golgeneye and ocarina of time?!
And mariokart- all of em'!

The vc launch list seems a little week in my opinion. But then again, will I really even have time for them with a new Zelda to beat!


RE: Huzzah!
By jm20 on 11/1/2006 2:43:44 PM , Rating: 2
goldeneye would seal the deal for me. just need to make it work with their online mode and im sold!


RE: Huzzah!
By umerok on 11/1/2006 7:10:27 PM , Rating: 2
ToeJam and Earl!


Am I the only one...
By Ralph The Magician on 11/1/06, Rating: 0
RE: Am I the only one...
By michal1980 on 11/1/06, Rating: 0
RE: Am I the only one...
By Hippiekiller on 11/1/2006 11:54:34 AM , Rating: 3
You can put it in your other hand dumbass.


RE: Am I the only one...
By Trisped on 11/1/2006 2:09:40 PM , Rating: 2
And if you have to swing it that much move closer to the screen. If anything it is too sensitive.


RE: Am I the only one...
By sxr7171 on 11/2/2006 12:10:05 AM , Rating: 2
Oooh DVDs... How exciting. Damn. I can't find even one of the 8 devices lying around in my apartment that can play DVDs, so it would make sense to care about having yet another video game console play DVDs.


RE: Am I the only one...
By Xenoterranos on 11/1/2006 11:37:32 AM , Rating: 2
yes, because everyone else will be using the analog stick attachment or the dpad on the wiimote.


RE: Am I the only one...
By Houdani on 11/1/2006 11:52:20 AM , Rating: 2
Methinks that Konami's Elebits title couldn't be played with a standard control scheme. I'd also be interested in seeing how well an NFL/NHL/MLB (substitute cricket or jai lai if it pleases you) game plays with a motion controller.

I may look goofy doing it, but I'd have a ball playing the air drums with two Wiimotes. My wife would probably get a kick out of being a wild haired conductor for a symphony. My pops would fly fish for hours.

I dunno. I think the unique characteristics of the Wii control mechanism can cater to an untapped market of non-traditional gameplay. Sure, many of those markets are niche, but don't underestimate value of those markets as a whole.


RE: Am I the only one...
By sxr7171 on 11/2/2006 12:07:11 AM , Rating: 2
How about Super Monkey Ball and Elebits? Just off the top of my head, and I'm sure there's more. Narrow minded cretin.


Earth to Nintendo
By Sceptor on 11/1/2006 11:33:13 AM , Rating: 3
Hey Nintendo, If you want to emulate N64 games...
How about the best ones...like GoldenEye and Mario Kart.

GoldenEye with new controller would be great.
Mario Kart with Excite Truck control...nice.




RE: Earth to Nintendo
By Trisped on 11/1/2006 2:14:25 PM , Rating: 2
Golden Eye, Perfect Dark, Mario Cart. Mario 64 was fun, but overplayed. Give me something with some multi player that never gets old.


RE: Earth to Nintendo
By StevoLincolnite on 11/1/2006 7:16:57 PM , Rating: 3
Those are emulated games, But last night I had some friends come over with their kids, and not owning a PS2 or Xbox anymore... (Sold 'em to upgrade my PC!). I pulled the trusty Nintendo 64 out f the cupboard and fired up mario kart, Sure the graphics werent the best, nor were they the worst, But the thing is, the kids were laughing and entertained for hours! I even joined in the fun for awhile :) If the Wii can emulate all the classic greats, I'm all for it, I could then give away My Nes, Snes and Nintendo 64 to a friend's kid for them to get the same enjoyment as I have. I was dissapointed in the VC lineup because there was no:
- Goldeneye (N64)
- Perfect Dark (N64)
- Mario Kart (N64)
- Zelda (N64 and Snes)
- Lylat Wars! (Starfox in America - N64).
- Super Mario Brothers (Snes)
- Smash brothers (N64)

Sure more games will come at as, nintendo adds 'em.
A system I would LOVE to be added would be the Sega Master System! There was one classic game when I was a kid called "Asterix". *Sigh* Before the PS2 and Xbox Games were just that... Games. now they are more focused on Graphics than Gameplay. (Well seems to me anyway). Hopefully Nintendo can revive The good old days, where you could sit in front a T.V. and have a 4 player game, laughing and carrying on. You dont seem to have the same effect with the newer games.
And the controller crap, Does anyone know if they will release Nintendo 64, Gamecube, Snes And the Sega controllers on the Wii? If someone does, I'm buying 'em!


RE: Earth to Nintendo
By sxr7171 on 11/2/2006 12:16:02 AM , Rating: 3
Yeah things really went downhill for gaming with the PS2 and to a lesser extent the Xbox. It became all about graphics and hype about graphics. More specifically for me it went down the tubes when the Dreamcast died. I bought the the "next generation" systems and not one could really hold my interest. I mean there were some really good games but it was like 1 in every 10 games I bought that I really felt like finishing and 3 of those were Gamecube games interestingly: Viewtiful Joe, Zelda: Wind Waker, and Metroid Prime. There were others but, it was nothing like Dreamcast where amazing games were coming out one after the other. Oh well I hope the Wii restores my faith in console gaming.


Great way to keep interest in Wii .....
By ToeCutter on 11/1/2006 9:53:33 AM , Rating: 2
I had no idea Nintendo would be offering so many older titles. The list is by no means complete, but still impressive.

I think this "Virtual Console" will offer far more value than many originally anticipated. Wii owners will have even more to look forward to each month as new games are added to the catalog. The ability to go online and snag a few older titles on sheer impulse seems pretty interesting.

Well done, Nintendo. Big N has really stoked my interest in a console that I hadn't really taken seriously until just a few short months ago.




RE: Great way to keep interest in Wii .....
By Loc13 on 11/1/2006 11:18:11 AM , Rating: 2
Geez LEARN TO COUNT! There are 31 Wii Titles, excluding the VC titles...