Wii's MASSIVE Launch Lineup: !!! 27 !!! Titles

[nmaster64]

With the launch of the Wii 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 coined 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 out just how many games had been confirmed for the Wii so far, and we 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 like SOME consoles get, we're talking a list of 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 counteracts that 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 (with no big titles to speak of yet), 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 - ActivisionCars - 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.

Last Updated: 08/10/06

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[bignds]

Im sorry, i just saw the full title, and i find it hilarious, Trauma Center: Second Opinion, that just hit something, second opinion, get it? Like when your diagnosed something, you get a second opinion on it, lmao.

But in all seriousness, good looking launch, i can see a few games id like. Seeing a few more killer apps set for realease within the first 6 months would put my mind at ease, i mean with the DS, we already had a lot of things to look forward to.

[nmaster64]

Originally Posted by bignds

Seeing a few more killer apps set for realease within the first 6 months would put my mind at ease, i mean with the DS, we already had a lot of things to look forward to.

Did you not read the last paragraph?

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.

That not good enough for you? And that's only the beginning really...

[bignds]

Yes, i saw that, but come on, we had a crap load of things to look forward to on the on the DS, and like 4 games on the Wii?

[Wraith]

If Nintendo dish out all this AWSOME stuff on the launch titles that mean NINTENDO FANS wont have anything to look foward to for a while...

i expect a lot of delays...

Yes, I have a MASSIVE Wii. Seriously, that's the first thing I thought of when I initially read the title... XD

Plenty of games in that list that seem like AA titles, if not the few AAA's (I'm looking at you, Zelda... <3). Sucks that there isn't any NBA titles in that list.

[nmaster64]

Chalk up another front page digg story for Nwizard though...w00t!

[ShadowMarth]

I thought they were trying to get Super Mario Galaxy for launch... Oh well, those look more than great.

[ProtomanX]

here are the games i am fo sho buying at launch
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Red Steel
Wii Sports
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
those are the games i want the most, but im not sure which ones im going to get with the wii though.