'The big three' ARE coming in 2007 (to Japan)

by JC Fletcher { May 1st 2007 at 11:25AM }

In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Nintendo confirmed that they do in fact plan to release Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3 Corruption, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl by the end of this year, as well as pretty much every Nintendo game announced for the Wii. This corroborates an IGN report to the same effect, and is also totally, totally rad. Here's the full list of Nintendo's planned 2007 releases. Donkey Kong Taru Jet Race is slated for June 28, and the rest are all "2007":

Donkey Kong Taru Jet Race
Wii Health Pack
Disaster: Day of Crisis
Mario Party 8
Project H.A.M.M.E.R.
Wii Music
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Battalion Wars II
Forever Blue
Mario Strikers Charged
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games

Keep checking with us for news of the inevitable delays of about half of these. Seriously, that's a lot of first-party Nintendo games for just half a year or so. Aw, we just made ourselves sad with our own skepticism. Still, if half of this stuff does get released in Japan this year, it'll be great news and do a pretty good job of ending any drought that may or may not be happening.

Update: fixed some italics and formatting.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Andrew @ May 1st 2007 11:51AM

I love it how hammer and disaster were LAUNCH games, and widely publicized so, and then seemed to be vapourware. Now here we are, half a year later, and we have one screen for disaster, and a promise that it's coming, lol.

Prof_Chaos @ May 1st 2007 11:57AM

Were they actually stated as launch games or just announced in development in the E3 video? I honestly can't remember. MP Corruption was supposed to be a launch game. In fact, I think it was the first game I saw announced for Wii. I'm happy that they'll all make it in 2007. I just hope that doesn't make 2008 a bust. Although Animal Crossing and Kirby are also mentioned in the announcement as dates TBA.

hvnlysoldr @ May 1st 2007 12:09PM

Remember that Disaster is being developed by second-party Monolith Soft. Retro started up and given the Metroid license and look at them now. They're a big American first-party studio to Nintendo. I can't imagine how to afford all these games but I look forward to eventually collecting and playing all of these.

Timerider @ May 1st 2007 12:16PM

What ever happened to Project H.A.M.M.E.R.? You'd hear about it before the Wii came out and now you hear nothing about it.

steve @ May 1st 2007 12:48PM

Sweet!!!! I think I just had an accident. . .
:p
I can't wait.

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BTS.WRKNG @ May 1st 2007 12:53PM

WHERE IS ANIMAL CROSSING?!?!?

Prof_Chaos @ May 1st 2007 1:08PM

@ 6

It's coming. It was mentioned in this release, but the date is TBA. Count on mid 2008 since so little (i.e nothing) has been said about it so far.

javelin @ May 1st 2007 1:33PM

I luvs Nintendo but I know this will all be Japan Q4 2007, North America Q1 2008, and Europe Q3 2008... the only hope is that they want to pummel us all with these titles before Christmas.

Prof_Chaos @ May 1st 2007 1:48PM

javelin, you might be right for a lot of this list, but expect the big 3 (MP, SSBB, and Galaxy) to arrive in all regions at around the same time. Metroid is developed in NA so there is no need for localization, plus the MP games have always released in NA first. If Brawl is anything like Melee it will be released simultaneously as well. Remember Melee had all the language options on the same disc. Also Brawl and Galaxy would cause major problems if they weren't released in NA around the same time.

The biggest reason to make sure all 3 are out in NA is that they are system sellers (Galaxy especially). Expect that at least one will be available for Black Friday and the start of the Christmas rush.

OpNickC @ May 1st 2007 2:54PM

Brawl, Prime, Mario Galaxy, and Wii Music are all going to be must-haves for me. With interesting titles like Disaster, HAMMER, and Forever Blue, as well as any third-party offerings, I need to start putting some cash aside!

Brandon B @ May 1st 2007 3:34PM

Actually, I wouldn't be suprised if Nintendo would release the games in the same strategic fashion as the release of the Wii. During the last two quarters of this year, both of the Wii's competitors will be releasing fairly respectible titles, it would make sense perhaps to make a further push for the Wii, by disrupting the hype for the release of the games, by intentionally releasing their major games around the same time. It worked to break the momentum that the PS3 had, granted it didn't need Nintendo's help for that to happen, but nevertheless it was a factor. Taking that into consideration, that would make sense for them to do that.

Mr Khan @ May 1st 2007 4:23PM

I agree, although i still bet that Metroid Prime 3 will either come in August or September (right around Halo 3, which will vastly lower its sales just like with MP2...

I would put Galaxy in October in November

And Brawl with a simultaneous launch in December

I can't wait for the megatons (lol)