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Wii Launch Lineup Announced

Posted by: Howard Brown on October 31, 2006 at 9:30 pm

Nintendo has announced the titles that will accompany the Nintendo Wii when it launches this November. Within the first five weeks at retail, the Wii will have 32 titles available. In addition to this, there will be an additional 30 classic titles available on the Virtual Console. Below are the third party titles and Virtual Console titles due before the end of the year.

Third Party Titles

Activision: Call of Duty(R) 3, Marvel(TM) Ultimate Alliance, Rapala(R)
Tournament Fishing, Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam(TM), World Series of
Poker(R): Tournament of Champions

Atari: Dragon Ball Z(R): Budokai Tenkaichi(TM) 2

Atlus: Trauma Center(TM): Second Opinion

EA: Madden NFL ‘07, Need for Speed(TM): Carbon

Konami: Elebits(TM)

Midway: Happy Feet(TM), Rampage(R): Total Destruction(TM), The Grim
Adventures of Billy & Mandy(TM), The Ant Bully

Sega: Super Monkey Ball(TM): Banana Blitz

SNK: Metal Slug(TM) Anthology

Tecmo: Super Swing Golf

THQ: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Barnyard(R), Cars, SpongeBob
SquarePants(TM): The Creature from the Krusty Krab

Ubisoft: Far Cry(R): Vengeance, GT Pro Series, Monster 4X4 World Circuit,
Open Season(TM), Rayman Raving Rabbids(TM), Red Steel(TM), Tom Clancy’s
Splinter Cell Double Agent(TM)

Vivendi: Ice Age 2(TM): The Meltdown

Virtual Console Titles

NES: Mario Bros.(R), The Legend of Zelda(R), Donkey Kong(R), Donkey Kong
Jr. (R), Ice Hockey, Pinball, Soccer, Tennis, Urban Champion(R), Wario’s
Woods(TM), Baseball, Solomon’s Key

SNES: F-Zero(R), SimCity(TM)

N64: Super Mario(R) 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

TurboGrafx16: 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.

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