Nintendo is taking familiar faces to GamesCom

We’re just a week away from GamesCom, so it’s that time when publishers are announcing the games that they’ll be taking to the event. For Nintendo, they’ll be taking a few of the biggest names in the industry to the show – Mario, Zelda, and even good ol’ Donkey Kong among them.

We’re just a week away from GamesCom, so it’s that time when publishers are announcing the games that they’ll be taking to the event. For Nintendo, they’ll be taking a few of the biggest names in the industry to the show – Mario, Zelda, and even good ol’ Donkey Kong among them.

Expect to see these games on the show floor:

• Art Academy: Learn Painting and Drawing Techniques with Step-by-Step Training (DS) – launched August 6th
• Metroid: Other M (Wii) – August 31st (NA), September 3rd (EU)
• Tetris Party Deluxe (DS, Wii) – September 3rd (EU)
• Wii Party (Wii) – October 8th (EU)
• Professor Layton and the Lost Future (DS) – October 22nd (EU)
• Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii) – release TBA
• Golden Sun: Dark Dawn (DS) – release TBA
• Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Wii) – Q1 2011
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Miniland Mayhem (DS) – Q1 2011
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii) – 2011

GamesCom will be held August 18th in Cologne, Germany.