Nintendo Reveals Wii Launch Lineup and Virtual Console Details

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Nintendo has announced its expected games library for its launch window. Mind you, launch no longer means day of release -- to Nintendo it means any time between November 19 and December 31.

By year's end, Nintendo promises that Wii owners will have 32 new titles to play. They are:

Activision:

- Treyarch's Call of Duty 3
- Raven Software's Marvel Ultimate Alliance
- Rapala Tournament Fishing
- Toys for Bob's Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
- Left Field Productions' World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions
Atari:

- Spike's Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
Atlus:
- Atlus R&D 1's Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Electronic Arts:

- EA Canada/EA Tiburon's Madden NFL '07
- EA Canada/EA Black Box's Need for Speed Carbon
Konami:

- Konami's Elebits
Midway:

- Midway Games' Happy Feet
- Midway Games' Rampage: Total Destruction
- Midway Games' The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
- A2M's The Ant Bully
Nintendo:

- Monster Games' Excite Truck
- Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
- Nintendo's Wii Sports
Sega:

- Sega Studios' Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
SNK:

- SNK/Terminal Reality's Metal Slug Anthology

Tecmo:

- Tecmo's Super Swing Golf
THQ:

- THQ Studio Australia's Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Blue Tongue's Barnyard
- Incinerator Games/Rainbow Studios' Cars
- Blitz Games' SpongeBob SquarePants: The Creature from the Krusty Krab
Ubisoft:

- Ubisoft Montreal's Far Cry: Vengeance
- MTO's GT Pro Series
- Monster 4X4 World Circuit
- Ubisoft Montreal's Open Season
- Ubisoft Montpellier's Rayman Raving Rabbids
- Ubisoft Paris' Red Steel
- Ubisoft Montreal's Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent

Vivendi: - Ice Age 2: The Meltdown

Nintendo also announced its Virtual Console availability of 30 games. These include games for the NES, Super NES, Nintendo 64, Sega Genesis and TurboGrafx16 consoles.

NES:
- 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
SNES:
- F-Zero
- SimCity
Nintendo 64:
- Super Mario 64
Sega Genesis:
- 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
TurboGrafx-16:
- Bonk's Adventure
- Super Star Soldier
- Victory Run
- Bomberman '93
- Dungeon Explorer

NES games start at 500 Wii Points, Super NES games start at 800 Wii Points and Nintendo 64 games start at 1,000 Wii Points. Sega Genesis games start at 800 Wii Points and TurboGrafx16 games start at 600 Wii Points. Wii Points can be purchased online or at retail at an MSRP of $20 for 2,000 points, which conveniently works out to a single cent per point.
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Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

Excite truck, Zelda and Rayman will be the titles to look out for.
 
Nintendo had previously revealed that it would be bringing a Wii capable of DVD playback to the Japanese market at a later date. The Wii we currently know does not support playback of DVD Movies much like its GameCube predecessor.

Sonic Solutions have revealed that their software based DVD player Sonic CinePlayer CE will be used in a future version of the Wii. This DVD enhanced Wii will be coming out in the later half of 2007.
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Nintendo chooses Sonic for DVD playback in future Wii versions :: Vooks - Australian Wii and Australia DS News!
 
Wahoo! Reviews are out for some of the titles on the Wii and it's all good:-
Wii Sports WII - 83.0%
Legend of Zelda WII - 97.5%
Excite Truck WII - 76.0%
DBZ: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 WII - 86.1%
Super Monkey Ball Blitz WII - 76.3%

Taken from gamerankings. Go Zelda!!!!!:clap:
 
If at all there is a Donkey Kong game, it will probably end up being another quirky bongo drum game again with the wiii somehow integrated, not a platformer like you're expecting.

Banjo was a game by Rare, a developer now owned by MS. They do have a Banjo title in the works but as you can guess, it's for the X360 only.
 
The difference being that Donkey kong was created by Nintendo so it's all theirs. Banjo on the other was created by Rare. They were just commissioned to create the Donkey Kong Country series, that is all. The same way Metroid was by Nintendo but is currently handled by Retro.
 
EXCITED WII USERS should learn to take it easy on their Wiimote, if one gamer's experience is anything to go by.

Something Awful forum user 'Tuxedo Jack' tells his tragic tale, and of how a friend enthusiastically playing Wii sports managed to impale a 60-inch rear-projection TV.

So, why weren't the gamers wearing Ninty's trusty wrist strap, designed to prevent such incidents from happening in the first place? Well, it turns out they were wearing the wrist strap, until it decided to snap mid-bowling and send the Wiimote hurtling towards the pricey kit.

Over enthusiastic gamers be warned. Pictures can be found in this thread The Awful Forums - Nintendo Wii BREAKS my TV - if you're not a member, just scroll down past the registration prompt
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Wii claims first victim - a 60-inch TV

Video : IGN: IGN Wii Playground Video 1742357

Pics : Wiimote vs Television - Kotaku
 
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