Japanese launch list unveiled

by Jason Wishnov { Sep 14th 2006 at 3:30AM }

Nintendo of Japan's website offers a list of those purported sixteen launch titles...and they're not all necessarily what you would have expected. Take a look!

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Wii Sports (including boxing and bowling to round out tennis, golf, and baseball)
WarioWare
Wii Play
Red Steel
SD Gundam Revolution
Tamagotchi
Ennichi no Tastsujin (a drum game, along the lines of Taiko Drum Master)
Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Elebits
Necro-nesia
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
Super Swing Golf Pangya
Wing Island (demoed at E3 2006, the "plane game")
Kororinpa (a Marble Madness-type game of some sort)
Machariku Domino (a domino game)

Interesting! It's good to see a rhythm/music game so early, and we'll post details on some of the more mysterious entries as we receive information.

Tags: Domino, Elebits, Ennichi, Japan, Launch, Marble madness, MarbleMadness, Monkey Ball, MonkeyBall, Necro-nesia, Pangya, Red Steel, RedSteel, Sports, Tamagotchi, Trauma Center, TraumaCenter, WarioWare, Wing Island, WingIsland, Zelda

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jeff @ Sep 14th 2006 3:58AM

Wii world has announced the Japanese launch as 2nd December, http://wii-world.blogspot.com/

Mr. Scolex @ Sep 14th 2006 4:11AM

Hahahahahaha, dude, sorry, but WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN? We know that allready x5000.

Mr. Scolex @ Sep 14th 2006 5:24AM

We allready knew galaxy wasn't a launch title. It IS on the list, though. I forget where. Google translated it as Superm Ariogal Axy. I laughed. A lot.

nintendoidloyd @ Sep 14th 2006 5:32AM

Most amusing that the google translation also appears to incorporate Japanese pronunciation - LEAD STEEL!! lubberley

LukeSimm @ Sep 14th 2006 8:24AM

One game I noticed that is absent is Metroid. Has it be moved awy from a launch title?

--- Luke

student @ Sep 14th 2006 9:28AM

I was going to say the same thing Luke... Metroid was supposed to be a big launch title and now it mysteriously disappeared. Could it just be a big America launch title since Japan has never been a fan?

Also, when does the US conference start?

Metacore @ Sep 14th 2006 7:27PM

So am i to understand that these are launch DAY titles? people keep using launch WINDOW titales, and just calling htem launch title, maybe a small edit would be nice...

Anyway, if this is THE list, Although there are good games, I urge you! Do not pre-order! Anything! Wait until the system and th good games are actually reviewed, see what's good, and maybe wait a week to get aclimated to the idea of Wii being actually being in your grasp, so when you buy it, you won't go apeshit crazy and Krunk for an hour, then lock yourself in your house for week(Wiik... I hope it won't be a wiik launch... on the launch wiik. i wonder how the wiiki page on the wii is doing. if i buy a wii, am i gonna become jewiish? i wiish i had a wii..).

So for the sake of your jobs, WAIT!