Wii, Virtual Console launch titles: One-stop ogling
Heads up, guys. Nintendo just announced the titles that’ll going along with the Wii’s launch window; expect these games to be popping up any time from launch day (November 19) until the end of December.
And, by Jupiter, it is one looong list – hope you guys saved up enough quarters from your trick-or-treating, or asked for money this Christmas. We’re especially excited with Red Steel, Need for Speed: Carbon, and Trauma Center: Second Opinion.
The whole list await after the jump!
Heads up, guys. Nintendo just announced the titles that’ll going along with the Wii’s launch window; expect these games to be popping up any time from launch day (November 19) until the end of December.
And, by Jupiter, it is one looong list – hope you guys saved up enough quarters from your trick-or-treating, or asked for money this Christmas. We’re especially excited with Red Steel, NFS:Carbon, and Trauma Center.
- Wii Sports (Launch title)
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Launch title)
- Excite Truck (Launch Title)
- Call of Duty 3
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance
- Rapala
- Tournament Fishing
- Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam
- World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
- Trauma Center: Second Opinion
- Madden NFL ’07
- Need for Speed: Carbon
- Elebits
- Happy Feet
- Rampage: Total Destruction
- The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
- The Ant Bully
- Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
- Metal Slug Anthology
- Super Swing Golf
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Barnyard
- Cars
- SpongeBob SquarePants: The Creature from the Krusty Krab
- Far Cry: Vengeance
- GT Pro Series
- Monster 4X4 World Circuit
- Open Season
- Rayman Raving Rabbids
- Red Steel
- Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent
- Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
Nintendo’s also announced their launch window titles for their Virtual Console system. These game can be purchased via Wii Points, initially priced according to their consoles (highest to lowest):
- Nintendo 64 – 1,000 Wii Points
- Super NES – 800 Wii Points
- Sega Genesis – 800 Wii Points
- TurboGrafx16 – 600 Wii Points
- NES – 500 Wii Points
Wii points can be purchased either online, or via retail stores at an MSRP of $20 per 2,000 Wii points. Now, as for the games:
- Mario Bros.
- The Legend of Zelda
- Donkey Kong
- Donkey Kong Jr.
- Ice Hockey
- Pinball
- Soccer
- Tennis
- Urban Champion
- Wario’s Woods
- Baseball
- Solomon’s Key
- F-Zero
- SimCity
- Super Mario 64
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Altered Beast
- Golden Axe
- Columns
- Ecco the Dolphin
- Gunstar Heroes
- Space Harrier II
- Toe Jam & Earl
- Ristar
- Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine
- Bonk’s Adventure
- Super Star Soldier
- Victory Run
- Bomberman ’93
- Dungeon Explorer
And there you have it. Hope we didn’t miss anything. Enjoy poring over this manifesto, as we all count down to the Wii’s launch in a little less than three Wii-ks.