Nintendo Reveals Strong Second-Quarter Lineup for Wii, Nintendo DS
REDMOND, Wash., March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Wii(TM) owners of all ages have
discovered the fun of playing with a group of friends in the same room. Now
for the first time players can compete with one another near and far with
Pokemon(R) Battle Revolution, a game of remarkable firsts:
* the first Wii game to include Nintendo(R) Wi-Fi Connection play
* the first Pokemon game for Wii
* the first game to link Wii and the hand-held Nintendo DS(TM)
* and the first Wii game that can be controlled using Nintendo DS
When Wii and Nintendo DS are linked, players can use their Nintendo DS
units as controllers or import characters from the upcoming Nintendo DS
games Pokemon(R) Diamond Version or Pokemon(R) Pearl Version. Pokemon
Battle Revolution launches on June 25 exclusively for Wii and brings a
dramatic new chapter to the Pokemon franchise, which has sold more than 155
million units worldwide. Pokemon Battle Revolution also serves as one of
the standouts in Nintendo's second-quarter launch lineup, which the company
revealed today in conjunction with the Game Developers Conference in San
Francisco.
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Pokemon Battle Revolution will be joined by Super Paper Mario(TM), the
first Mario(TM) game for Wii; Mario Party(R) 8, a multiplayer party game;
and Big Brain Academy(TM), a brain-training game that builds on the
phenomenal success of the Nintendo DS brain games. These will add to the
ever-growing library of Wii games, which will total more than 50 by the end
of June. Nintendo DS fans will see the arrival of Pokemon Diamond Version
and Pokemon Pearl Version, two surefire smash-hits.
"With strong third-party support, Wii and Nintendo DS have games on the
way for both casual and veteran gamers," says Nintendo of America President
Reggie Fils-Aime. "Our new ways to play have attracted millions of players
around the world. This lineup demonstrates our commitment to leading the
industry with the future of video gaming."
Third-party publishers also have stepped up their support of both Wii and
Nintendo DS, recognizing these systems as the hottest things going in the
video game industry. The list of games for April, May and June includes the
following:
Wii
April 9 Super Paper Mario Nintendo
April Prince of Persia Rival Swords Ubisoft
April Bust-A-Move Bash Majesco
April Bioncle Heroes Eidos
May 15 Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Midway
May 29 Mario Party 8 Nintendo
May Tamagotchi Party On Namco Bandai
May Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean Disney Interactive
at World's End
May Escape from Bug Island Eidos
May Spider-Man The Movie 3 Activision
June 11 Big Brain Academy Nintendo
June 25 Pokemon Battle Revolution Nintendo
June Cosmic Family Ubisoft
Spring Heatseeker Codemasters
Q2 Legend of the Dragon American Game Factory
Summer Shrek the Third Activision
Summer Transformers the Game Activision
Nintendo DS
April 22 Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl Nintendo
May Pirates of the Caribbean 3 Buena Vista
May Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu Atari
May Pony Friends Eidos
May Diner Dash Eidos
May Touch the Dead Eidos
June 4 Nintendo DS browser Nintendo
June 4 Planet Puzzle League Nintendo
June 11 Touchmaster DS Midway
June Zendoku Eidos
Spring Naruto Ninja Council 3 Tomy
Spring Time Ace Konami
Spring Death Jr. and the Science Fair of Doom Konami
Q2 Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon Natsume
Summer Shrek the Third Activision
Summer Transformers: Autobots Activision
Summer Transformers: Decepticons Activision
Game Boy(R) Advance
Summer Shrek the Third Activision
The worldwide innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment,
Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and
software for its Wii(TM), Nintendo DS(TM), Game Boy(R) Advance and Nintendo
GameCube(TM) systems. Since 1983, Nintendo has sold nearly 2.2 billion
video games and more than 387 million hardware units globally, and has
created industry icons like Mario(TM), Donkey Kong(R), Metroid(R),
Zelda(TM) and Pokemon(R). A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America
Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's
operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo,
visit the company's Web site at http://www.nintendo.com.
Pokemon USA, Inc., a subsidiary of The Pokemon Company in Japan,
manages the property outside of Asia which includes licensing, marketing,
the Pokemon Trading Card Game, an animated TV series, home entertainment,
the official Pokemon Web site and an online retail center
http://www.pokemoncenter.com. Just coming off its 10th worldwide anniversary in
2006, Pokemon was launched in Japan in 1996 for play on Nintendo's Game
Boy(R) and has since evolved into a global cultural phenomenon. Pokemon was
introduced in North America in September 1998 and today is one of the most
popular toy and entertainment properties in the world. For more
information, visit http://www.pokemon.com.
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