Nintendo has revealed the official launch lineup for the Wii. Available November 19, the console will be released with a mixture of original titles and ports of existing content from other platforms. Bear in mind that Nintendo’s definition of a “launch” game is one that will make it out within the first five weeks of the system’s release, so don’t expect all of these to be stacked to the ceiling at Wal-Mart on the first day. To make it a little easier to figure out what you want to buy, we’ve broken up the list into a number of helpful categories.
If you’d like to see how this list stacks up to the last launch list you might have seen – from August – justclick here.
Real Wii games
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Excite Truck Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam Trauma Center: Second Opinion Elebits Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz Super Swing Golf GT Pro Series Rayman Raving Rabbids (yep, this is really a Wii game – ignore the imitations on other consoles) Red Steel Wii Sports
Real games that are also on other consoles
Call of Duty 3 Marvel Ultimate Alliance Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 Madden NFL ’07 Need for Speed: Carbon Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent Monster 4X4 World Circuit Far Cry: Vengeance
Budget titles
Rapala Tournament Fishing World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions Rampage: Total Destruction
Baby games
Happy Feet The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy The Ant Bully Avatar: The Last Airbender Barnyard Cars SpongeBob SquarePants: The Creature from the Krusty Krab Open Season Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
Why isn’t this on Virtual Console?
Metal Slug Anthology
October 31, 2006