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Wii: 27 launch titles
Posted: 2006-08-14 02:08pm
by Praxis
http://www.nwizard.com/web/index.php?op ... 5&Itemid=2
With the Wii launch hiding somewhere in the next 3 months, we can't help but to brim with excitement while thinking about what we'll be playing on Wii-day (which is our favorite term for the day the Wii launches). If your worried about the Wii suffering from the lackluster launch day the DS did, you can put all those fears to rest.
We went back to count just how many games had been confirmed for the Wii so far, and were wonderfully surprised to find 27 confirmed launch titles coming to the Wii. Can you say 'biggest game console launch in history'? This isn't a little collection of obscure third-party games nor two-thirds of sports titles either, we're talking a list with some serious big-hitters. Metroid Prime 3, Zelda, and Red Steel top a list of widely diverse and interesting titles.
Some quick comparisons. The Xbox 360 launched last year with 18 games in the US, although only a handfull were exclusive, and 11 of them were sports games. The Wii counters with it's games spanning numerous genres (maybe even inventing some new ones) and over 20 exclusive titles. The PS3 is currently sitting at 15 confirmed games on it's November 17th launch day. Of course, this is expected to increase in the next few months. That said, the current Wii launch list (which you can see below) is far from final, and we wouldn't say it's a stretch to expect to see at least 30 games on launch day. If that doesn't get you excited about the Wii, you have no soul.
Title Publisher
Avatar: The Last Airbender THQ
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII Ubisoft
Blitz: The League Midway
Call of Duty 3 Activision
Cars THQ
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 Atari
Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors Square Enix
Elebits Konami
Excite Truck Nintendo
Far Cry Ubisoft
GT Pro Series Ubisoft
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers Square Enix
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Nintendo
Madden NFL 07 EA
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Activision
Metal Slug Anthology SNK
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Nintendo
Monster 4x4 World Circuit Ubisoft
Need for Speed: Carbon EA
Open Season Ubisoft
Rayman Raving Rabbids Ubisoft
Red Steel Ubisoft
SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab THQ
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz Sega
Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam Activision
Trauma Center: Second Opinion Atlus
Wii Sports Nintendo
One last note of interest. Worried about that post-launch drought? Well, if we don't see 'em at launch, remember Super Mario Galaxy, WarioWare, Fire Emblem, Prince of Persia, Sonic, and of course Super Smash Bros. Brawl aren't very far behind.
Formatting got a bit messed up, but oh well.
This is
huge, and there are a lot of other titles not on the launch list that I know are in development. Has there ever been a larger console launch? Anyone know?
Posted: 2006-08-14 05:25pm
by Pezzoni
Looks fantastic: some very welcome surprises on there, such as Monkey Ball, and Far Cry.
There doesn't seem to be a Mario though
Posted: 2006-08-14 05:57pm
by LadyTevar
....
As if Nitram and I needed another reason to buy a Wii....
Posted: 2006-08-14 06:20pm
by Praxis
Pezzoni wrote:Looks fantastic: some very welcome surprises on there, such as Monkey Ball, and Far Cry.
There doesn't seem to be a Mario though
Super Mario Galaxy is a "launch window" title and supposed to come out before the end of 2006 (so within 2-3 months of launch).
It could very easily get bumped up to launch (in fact, Nintendo has recently hinted this)- then again, it could pull a Zelda and get pushed back to 2007.
As for Far Cry...
Ubisoft announced that they were developing seven launch titles last week, and it was on the list.
http://www.nintendoplayers.com/article. ... icleID=419
Far Cry - The established franchise comes too Wii. This shooter takes place in the jungles of the Amazon and will boast plenty of weapons, vehicles, and powerups as well as new content added since the last version of the game.
I wouldn't be surprised if some of these titles aren't there on day one but come out within a month of launch though. There's a lot there.
Posted: 2006-08-14 07:29pm
by LMSx
27?
Shit.
That's a lot- I guarantee some of these titles will flop. As a Nintendo fan, I'm used to the shit offerings for the N64 and GCN, so this makes me really happy that so many publishers are grabbing onto the Wii....concept...
My fear is that some games will get the shaft, sales-wise, then they'd get if they launched in spring '07. I predict there will be some bitter publishers because there's only so much disposable income to go around.
Posted: 2006-08-14 07:35pm
by Sharpshooter
Aw, hell. That's a good five hundred bucks out of my wallet right there. Then there's the DS and its titles, plus the 360 and some of the stuff coming out for it...
Why do you torment me so, game industry?
Posted: 2006-08-14 07:52pm
by Dominus Atheos
Sharpshooter wrote:...plus the 360 and some of the stuff coming out for it...
Why the fuck would anyone buy a Xbox 360? That's 8 less games you could buy for the Wii!
Posted: 2006-08-14 09:46pm
by Praxis
LMSx wrote:27?
Shit.
That's a lot- I guarantee some of these titles will flop. As a Nintendo fan, I'm used to the shit offerings for the N64 and GCN, so this makes me really happy that so many publishers are grabbing onto the Wii....concept...
My fear is that some games will get the shaft, sales-wise, then they'd get if they launched in spring '07. I predict there will be some bitter publishers because there's only so much disposable income to go around.
The PS2 version of Avatar I played at E3 was horrid. Unless deranged anime fans buy it for the name alone, or it VASTLY improves over what I played, I'd expect it to flop.
Some of those games are probably simple ports too, like Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Cars, and Need For Speed Carbon.
Re: Wii: 27 launch titles
Posted: 2006-08-15 12:04am
by MonCapitan2002
I think the Dreamcast came close. I think it had about 20 titles when it launched.
Posted: 2006-08-15 12:17am
by Vohu Manah
Anyone know of any store taking Wii pre-orders?
Posted: 2006-08-15 12:37am
by Spanky The Dolphin
Legitimately?
I'd frankly be dubious of making a preorder for a Wii at this time, since there's still no official launch date or final price.
Posted: 2006-08-15 03:17am
by LMSx
We'll have to wait until at least the Leipzig Gaming Conference on August 23rd before cost and date become available. I don't know what the hell Nintendo's waiting for, or why E3 was a bad place to announce it.
Posted: 2006-08-15 03:22am
by DPDarkPrimus
There's been rumors that MP3 won't be a launch title after all, because they want to create more hype for it.
If it sells more copies, then I'm all for it. Besides, it's not like I can afford all the games I want at once.
Posted: 2006-08-15 07:56am
by Archaic`
EB Games here in Australia is currently taking pre-orders. They started Monday.
Posted: 2006-08-15 09:42am
by General Zod
I'm surprised that there
isn't a Mario title announced at the initial launch. It's practically unheard of to not have one available with a new Nintendo system.
Posted: 2006-08-15 09:47am
by Bounty
General Zod wrote:I'm surprised that there
isn't a Mario title announced at the initial launch. It's practically unheard of to not have one available with a new Nintendo system.
Sunshine wasn't released at launch and both the DS and GBA came out without a new Mario title.
Posted: 2006-08-15 09:56am
by General Zod
Bounty wrote:General Zod wrote:I'm surprised that there
isn't a Mario title announced at the initial launch. It's practically unheard of to not have one available with a new Nintendo system.
Sunshine wasn't released at launch and both the DS and GBA came out without a new Mario title.
Oh. Meh, I guess that's what I get for not having a Nintendo system since the N64 came out. It still doesn't seem right though.
Posted: 2006-08-15 10:28am
by Max
27!
Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors
Far Cry Ubisoft
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers Square Enix
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Nintendo
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Nintendo
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz Sega
Trauma Center: Second Opinion Atlus
Well...7 of them I'm interested in, so that's good. =)
Posted: 2006-08-15 01:23pm
by Omega-185
Vohu Manah wrote:Anyone know of any store taking Wii pre-orders?
As of a few weeks ago EB was taking Zelda pre-rders but no pre-orders on the console it self
Posted: 2006-08-15 01:58pm
by Praxis
LMSx wrote:We'll have to wait until at least the Leipzig Gaming Conference on August 23rd before cost and date become available. I don't know what the hell Nintendo's waiting for, or why E3 was a bad place to announce it.
Nintendo said they're going to announce it in September.
Posted: 2006-08-15 02:07pm
by Max
Looks like a lot of them are ports of Xbox titles that never made their way to the Gamecube...
Posted: 2006-08-15 02:39pm
by Praxis
Hmm...The Ant Bully was announced for launch, was it not? Nobody cares about that game, but regardless, that makes the list 28...
Posted: 2006-08-15 02:47pm
by Bounty
Praxis wrote:Hmm...The Ant Bully was announced for launch, was it not? Nobody cares about that game, but regardless, that makes the list 28...
If you want to be really anal, doesn't it have hundreds of launch titles, what with being fully GC compatible
Posted: 2006-08-15 02:54pm
by Praxis
Plus Virtual Console titles
I found this list, assuming it's accurate, the PS2 had 29 launch titles. If the Wii has 28, it's only two away from topping the PS2 for the largest launch of all time. I'd love to see that happen
Bump Super Mario Galaxy to launch please Nintendo!
Sony PlayStation 2
US launch: October 26, 2000
* SSX
* Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore
* Tekken Tag Tournament
* Armored Core 2
* Dynasty Warriors 2
* ESPN International Track & Field
* ESPN Winter X Games Snowboarding
* Eternal Ring
* Evergrace
* FantaVision
* Gungriffon Blaze
* Kessen
* Madden NFL 2001
* Midnight Club: Street Racing
* MotoGP
* NHL 2001
* Orphen: Scion of Sorcery
* Q-Ball: Billiards Master
* Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2
* Ridge Racer V
* Silent Scope
* Smuggler's Run
* Street Fighter EX3
* Summoner
* Swing Away Golf
* TimeSplitters
* Unreal Tournament
* Wild Wild Racing
* X-Squad
Posted: 2006-08-15 04:02pm
by Spanky The Dolphin
Omega-185 wrote:As of a few weeks ago EB was taking Zelda pre-rders
That just strikes me as being such total bullshit.