Wii will boast 27 titles at launch

[Galactus]

Monday 14-Aug-2006 3:05 PM Which should give us plenty to be waving our wii-motes at

Nintendo's Wii looks set to launch with no fewer than 27 games on day one. We always said that, with blockbusting exclusives of the calibre of Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime: Corruption, and Wii Sports, Ubisoft's Red Steel and Konami's bizarre Elebits, the Wii would sport the best launch line-up of any console ever, in terms of quality. And now it seems that the quantity is there, too.

According to our sources, the Wii's launch line-up will consist of the above mentioned, plus the following titles: Activision's Call of Duty 3, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance and Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam; Ubisoft's Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII, Far Cry, GT Pro Series, Open Season and Rayman Raving Rabbids; Nintendo's Excite Truck; EA's Need for Speed: Carbon and Madden NFL 07; THQ's Avatar: The Last Airbender, Cars and Spongebob Squarepants: Creature from the Krusty Krab; Midway's Blitz: The League; Atari's Dragonball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2; Square Enix' Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers; Sega's Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz; Atlus' Trauma Centre: Second Opinion; and SNK's Metal Slug Anthology. Phew.

According to Wikipedia - yes, we know it's sometimes unreliable, but it does tend to get this sort of thing right - there are a grand total of 151 games currently in development for the Wii. The only downside is that all that waving around of the Wii-mote is likely to give us very achy wrists.

 

[Mentok]

Thats a damn good launch lineup... Pitty no Mario or SSB. Zelda is in though so thats good.

I am aleady getting Wii sports as the pack in game with the Wii at launch so thats good... It might just turn out to be as expensive as PS3 when I add up all the games I want at launch

 

[Brainiac 8]

Thats a damn good launch lineup... Pitty no Mario or SSB. Zelda is in though so thats good.

I am aleady getting Wii sports as the pack in game with the Wii at launch so thats good... It might just turn out to be as expensive as PS3 when I add up all the games I want at launch

It's ok though, it means that we can get our play time in for the launch games and then it won't get old because then Mario and SSB will come out.

I understand what you mean about the expense...my current purchase plan involves an extra controller or three.

Plus the classic controller.

Games will be bought: Metroid Prime: Corruption, Raymond: Raving Rabbids, and Elebits. (I don't know why, but that game sounds so appealing. )

 

[Mentok]

I watched the new Elebits video over on www.ign.com It looks really interesting...

 

[Brainiac 8]

I watched the new Elebits video over on www.ign.com It looks really interesting...

To me it looks like the new Katamari, cute but addictive as nothing else.

 

[Darkdd]

That Avatar game could be fun because anyone who watches the show would no that different martial arts and movements are utilised between bending,so moving the controller differently could control what kind of bending you do.

 

[Kipobe]

I was gonna post this yesterday... it really looks good. Even a few of the multi-plat francise games with exclusive controls look interesting to me that hasn't appealed to me in some time.

I also like the fact that Smash Brothers and Mario aren't launch titles... they're securing a second wave of Wii-interest/sales when they hit, because everybody and their mother will be playing Smash brothers online, let alone the iconic Mario character in his own game once again.

Also, no one's talking about the potential (and innevitable) Mario Kart online experience. I think this is second to playing SB online for me... this is going to be f'ing phenominal.

 

[Brainiac 8]

I also am looking forward to Wii sports though, that's just got to be fun with the new controller.

Plus I am a huge fan of the Raymond series, and I am happy I'm going to get a new one to mess around with. Now if only they would move the Ratchet and Clank franchise to the Wii.

I'll have a PS3 when the price comes down, but I'm not going to want to have to wait that long to play the next R&C game.

 

[Brainiac 8]

I was gonna post this yesterday... it really looks good. Even a few of the multi-plat francise games with exclusive controls look interesting to me that hasn't appealed to me in some time.

I also like the fact that Smash Brothers and Mario aren't launch titles... they're securing a second wave of Wii-interest/sales when they hit, because everybody and their mother will be playing Smash brothers online, let alone the iconic Mario character in his own game once again.

Also, no one's talking about the potential (and innevitable) Mario Kart online experience. I think this is second to playing SB online for me... this is going to be f'ing phenominal.

I agree, they are securing the second wave of sales with those two not being launch. SSB itself is going to sell HUGE, if there was a system seller, that'll be it.

Then like you said, Mario Kart, and I'm sure we'll get a Starfox Wii, and how cool would it be to partake in huge Starfox online dogfights. I can't wait.

 

[Kipobe]

Plus, they're bringing back some old classics in new games. I can't wait to see who, specifically.

Then a Star Wars game, once the physics are worked out... I don't even like Star Wars, and I'm hyped.

And of course, when Wii's first real Zelda game launches, that'll be huge too. TP is a hybrid right now, so Zelda's first entry with full use of the controller, designed specifcally for the Wii will be amazing.

 

[Brainiac 8]

WiiSaber battles, Darth Vader will pee his pants when he sees that.


Then though, one of my biggest selling points is the near infinite classic games that we'll be able to download. I am pretty hyped to get to download such classics as Super Metroid, Earthbound, the Lufia Series and others like this.

Nintendo is really doing so much right with this new system.

 

[Kipobe]

Yeah, I keep forgetting about the bc with this. I just wish they'd release more pricing info. Not that it matters... I'm gonna be like a kid in the candy store here. I'm more excited about this system than I was about the SNES.

 

[Brainiac 8]

I'm more excited about the Wii than I was for the PS2, which is saying alot if you knew how excited I was for that one.

The difference also is this systems launch lineup will be worth the dough spent, which is more than I can say for the PS2's launch game lineup.

 

[Manny Calavera]

Yeah, this is going to be a great purchase

 

[Bat Attack]

Yeah, this is going to be a great purchase

I agree.

 

[hippie_hunter]

Yeah, this is going to be a great purchase

Damn right

 

[Manny Calavera]

Ok, so doing more than skimming now, Mario Galaxy and Smash Bros won't be launch titles? Do they have a solid release date yet, or are they still "TBA"?

 

[hippie_hunter]

Ok, so doing more than skimming now, Mario Galaxy and Smash Bros won't be launch titles? Do they have a solid release date yet, or are they still "TBA"?

They'll be out very shortly after the Wii launch.

 

[TheGrayGhost]

So, which games are you guys planning on purchasing on launch day? Here's my list:

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princes (Wii version)
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Red Steel
Wii Sports
Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Rayman Raving Rabids
Elebits

I also have a few others on the radar, but I have to investigate them further before I commit myself to a purchase. I am particularly interested in Sqaure Enix's Dragon Quest.

 

[jaydawg]

Twilight Princess is definitely the first thing I'm going for. The sheer amount of hours needed to complete the game (70 to 100!!) will more than make up for the time needed to make SSMB perfect.

Other than that, I'm likely getting Marvel:UA, definitely Red Steel and depending on price, Wii Sports. Rayman has a good chance of ending up on my list too. Depending on ratings, Prime 3.

 

[Manny Calavera]

Metroid and Zelda, maybe Red Steel, maybe Wii Sports, I'll need to play them before I decide. When they come out, I'll be getting Mario Galaxy and Smash Bros, and whenever it releases I'll be picked up the Camelot Software Planning RPG since that's what made me decide to get the system in the first place.

 

[TrailerCues]

I am getting Twilight Princess hell this has been pre ordered since last November. Although I am confused will there be two seperate versins ?

Is Far Cry a whole new Story ?

Call Of Duty 3 - 360

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance - PS2

& maybe Wii Sports

Thats pretty much for now what I am interested in that list

 

[deathshead2]

Hmmm 27 games and none I want to buy. Guess i'll have to wait before I buy a Wii.

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

So, which games are you guys planning on purchasing on launch day? Here's my list:

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princes (Wii version)
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Red Steel
Wii Sports
Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Rayman Raving Rabids
Elebits

I also have a few others on the radar, but I have to investigate them further before I commit myself to a purchase. I am particularly interested in Sqaure Enix's Dragon Quest.

all the ones you listed except elebits. I dunno about trauma center, have you platyed the DS version? how is it?

 

[Mentok]

Ok, so doing more than skimming now, Mario Galaxy and Smash Bros won't be launch titles? Do they have a solid release date yet, or are they still "TBA"?

Nintendo say they are 'launch period' games, so release within 6 months of the console launch.