Nintendo announces Summer Releases for Wii/DS
 

Remember how we said that the Wii could use another "it" game to draw people to the system? Look at 8/20..


Wii
July 30 Mario Strikers Charged Nintendo
Aug. 20 Metroid Prime 3 Corruption Nintendo
September Battalion Wars 2 Nintendo
Aug. 14 High School Musical: Sing It! Disney Interactive Studios
Aug. 14 Madden NFL '08 EA
August Tiger Woods PGA Tour '08 EA
August Space Station Tycoon Namco Bandai
August Brunswick Pro Bowling Crave
August Dave Mirra BMX Challenge Crave
August Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection Crave
September Brothers in Arms Ubisoft
September Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal Warner Bros.
September George of the Jungle Crave
Fall Boogie EA




Nintendo DS
July 30 Picross DS Nintendo
Aug. 20 Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day Nintendo
Sept. 10 DK Jungle Climber Nintendo
Sept. 24 Chibi-Robo: Park Patrol Nintendo
July SimCity EA
July Namco Museum DS Namco Bandai
July Drake & Josh THQ
July Glory Days 2 Eidos
Aug. 14 Madden NFL '08 EA
Aug. 14 High School Musical: Makin' the Cut! Disney Interactive Studios
Aug. 14 Heroes of Mana Square-Enix
August I SPY: Fun House Activision
August Jewel Quest Expedition Activision
August Tiger Woods PGA Tour '08 EA
August Worms: Open Warfare 2 THQ
August Luminous Arc Atlus
August Mega Man Star Force: Pegasus Capcom
August Mega Man Star Force: Leo Capcom
August Mega Man Star Force: Dragon Capcom
August Operation: Vietnam Majesco
August Turn It Around Majesco
August The Wild West Majesco
August Fulllmetal Alchemist Trading Card Game Destineer
September Drawn to Life THQ
September Zoey 101 THQ
September Crayola Teasure Adventures Crave
September Nancy Drew and The Deadly Secret of Olde World Park Majesco
September Holly Hobbie & Friends Majesco
September Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations Capcom
September Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck Warner Bros.
September Pet Luv Spa & Resort Tycoon Activision
September Animal Genius Activision
September George of the Jungle Crave
September Jam Sessions Ubisoft
September Professor Brainium Destineer
September Indy 500 Legends Destineer

Brunswick Pro Bowling! HUZZAH!

Metroid Prime 3, Space Tycoon, both look kinda cool. I'm awfully tempted to get a Wii instead of the big 2....

Great. Those 2 High School Musical games come out 4 days before my 7-year old's birthday, AND they're available on the PS2. I'm thrilled beyond words.

You have daughters, right K? I'm sure she won't know it unless you remind her.. :D

I have a 19 year old cousin obsesses with High School Musical as well - I just don't get it.

Resident Evil 4 and The Bigs are due out next month also. I know Resident Evil is just a remake for the Wii, but I missed out on it the first time around, so I'm looking forward to this release.

The Bigs looks interesting. I usually don't consider the arcade style sports games, but with the fun I've had with the Wii Sports baseball game, I'll definitely give it a look.

And HSM2 comes out this summer, as well. Yippee! That's funny about the 19-year old. When we went to the concert, there were these girls who looked high school senior-ish in age getting into it, and my wife and I were shocked. We thought for sure they were there with a younger sister, or maybe there to make fun of everyone, but no, they were seriously into it. Amazing. I guess it's the Grease of this generation or something.

RE4, Strikers, Metroid, Madden, Battalion Wars 2, possibly Tiger Woods, that's a lot of Wii games coming up I'll want.

The DS lineup looks kinda weak though.

Scarface is supposedly due this summer for the Wii also, of course it's just a port.

Smash Bros website relaunched. Nothing earth-shattering revealed, but they do promise daily updates in a blog style section. There are some screens and a list of composers that have contributed to the game (probably the most for any single game ever, it is quite impressive). People are of course pouring over the list trying to work out what new characters might be in the game.

http://www.smashbros.com

edit: hm meant to post this in the official wii games thread??

Is there EVER going to be a Fire Emblem DS game?

I can't believe they haven't released one yet.

I think the latest Fire Emblem was released on Wii for Japan in February, no US release date announced yet. Never played any games in the series but I've heard that people who like Advance Wars typically like Fire Emblem so I might look for the older ones from GBA and GC sometime.

July 30 Mario Strikers Charged Nintendo
September Battalion Wars 2 Nintendo

I am so getting these :D

Mario Strikers is promising. First Wii game with full online play. Looks fun, too.

Man, seeing as how my birthday is August 20... man, that's a couple of good games on there for the Wii. I notice Mario Galaxy is absent as is Smash Bros. Also, with better control, Batallion Wars could be a good platform Starcraft-wannabe. I have high hopes for that.

The DS calendar looks a bit sparse. Then again, Pokemon just came out so they can ride that for quite a while. Aside from Zelda, not sure what the next big thing is for the DS, actually. SimCity and a new Phoenix Wright pique my interest but that's about it.

SI