Nintendo lays out 2008's releases, we totally freak

by JC Fletcher { Jan 16th 2008 at 3:45PM }

Nintendo sent out a press release detailing the 2008 release schedule, and along with all the yay-awesome stuff we knew about, there's a ton of new stuff! We were just casually looking down the list, expecting familiar titles and release dates, and we almost spit out our Diet Cherry Coke when we saw previously-unknown release dates, and even a few new titles! For the safety of your computer, DS Fanboy recommends that you put down your Diet Cherry Coke before proceeding.

For the first time, the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon sequels have been announced for U.S. release. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness are tentatively slated for a "Q2" release. More personally exciting is the revelation that Bangai-O Spirits was picked up by D3 of America, also Q2. And by "personally exciting" we mean "OH YES AWESOME. AWESOME."

Other surprises include Ubisoft's Quick Yoga Training (April), Nintendo's Crosswords DS (May 5th!), Rondo of Swords (which we Eric surmised is Success Corp.'s Ituwari no Rondo) and complete unknowns like Organize It (May 8th).

We've reproduced the whole list for you after the break, so you can freak out. We think we're over the initial shoOH DUDE SUPER DODGEBALL IN APRIL. If you can handle the intensity, check out the Wii schedule as well!

Nintendo DS
Jan. 21: Advance Wars: Days of Ruin from Nintendo/Intelligent Systems
Jan. 21: Mazes of Fate DS from Graffiti Entertainment, LLC
Jan. 22: Mega Brain Boost from Majesco Entertainment
Jan. 24: Aquarium by DS from Bold Games
Jan. 24: Fantasy Aquarium by DS from Bold Games
Jan. 29: Pet Pals: Animal Doctor from Majesco Entertainment
January: N+ from Atari
January: Barnyard Blast from DSI Games
January: Command & Destroy from DSI Games
January: Miami Nights: Singles in the City™ from Ubisoft
January: Brain Challenge™ from Ubisoft
Feb. 4: Paws & Claws: Pet Resort from THQ
Feb. 5: Homie Rollerz from Destineer
Feb. 5: Nanostray 2 from Majesco Entertainment
Feb. 10 (street date): Professor Layton and the Curious Village™ from Nintendo/LEVEL-5
Feb. 12: Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney from Capcom
Feb. 12: New Zealand Story Revolution from Ignition Entertainment
Feb. 12: Dream Pinball 3D from SouthPeak Games
Feb. 19: Spitfire Heroes: Tales of the RAF from Destineer
Feb. 19: Zoo Tycoon II from THQ
Feb. 25: Bratz: Super Babyz from THQ
Feb. 26: Bubble Bobble Double Shot from Ignition Entertainment
February: My Horse and Me from Atari
February: M&M'S® Kart Racing from DSI Games
February: Garfield® Gets Real from DSI Games
February: Yamaha Supercross from DSI Games
February: Insecticide from Gamecock Media Group
February: Anno™ 1701: Dawn of Discovery from Ubisoft
February: Assassin's Creed Altair's Chronicles™ from Ubisoft
February: Petz® Wild Animals: Tigerz from Ubisoft
February: Puppy Palace™ from Ubisoft
February: Real Soccer® 2008 from Ubisoft
March 1: Project Exile from Graffiti Entertainment, LLC
March 3: Let's Ride: Friends Forever from THQ
March 4: Diary Girl from Konami
March 4: Go Pets from Konami
March 4: Disney Friends from Disney Interactive Studios
March 4: Eco-Creatures: Save the Forest from Majesco Entertainment
March 8: Plushees from Destineer
March 8: River King: Mystic Valley from Natsume Inc.
March 8: Harvest Moon DS Cute from Natsume Inc.
March 11: FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES: Rings of Fate from Square Enix
March 11: Lost in Blue 3 from Konami
March 11: Pro Evolution Soccer from Konami
March 25: Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword from Tecmo, Inc.
March: Alone in the Dark from Atari
March: Drone Tactics from Atlus USA
March: Double Sequence from DSI Games
March: Ninja Reflex from Electronic Arts
March: Myst from Empire Interactive
March: Naruto™: Ninja Destiny from Tomy Corporation
March: Petz® Bunnyz™ from Ubisoft
March: Imagine™ Figure Skater from Ubisoft
March: Commando from XS Games
April 15: Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys from Ignition Entertainment
April: Super Dodgeball Brawlers from Aksys Games
April: Rondo of Swords from Atlus USA
April: Quick Yoga Training from Ubisoft
May 5: Crosswords DS from Nintendo
May 6: Speed Racer from Warner Bros. Games
May 8: Organize It from Summitsoft Corporation
May 13: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian from Disney Interactive Studios
May: Winx Club: Mission Enchantix from Konami
May: Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles from Aksys Games
May: Garfield® Fun Fest from DSI Games
May: 1 vs. 100 from DSI Games
June 8: Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness from Natsume Inc.
June: Shining Stars® from DSI Games
June: Catch of the Day from Electronic Arts
June: PipeMania from Empire Interactive
June: Wall-E from THQ
Spring: Sid Meier's Civilization® Revolution™ from 2K Games
Spring: Don King Presents: Prizefighter from 2K Sports
Spring: Top Spin 3 from 2K Sports
Spring: Kung Fu Panda from Activision
Spring: LEGO: Indiana Jones from LucasArts
Spring: The World Ends with You from Square Enix
Summer: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed from LucasArts
Summer: Tamagotchi Connection®: Corner Shop® 3 from Namco Bandai Games America Inc.
Q2: Bangai-O Spirits from D3 Publisher of America
Q2: PREY THE STARS from KOEI CORPORATION
Q2: Pokemon® Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time from Nintendo
Q2: Pokemon® Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness from Nintendo

[Via NeoGAF]

Tags: bangai-o, dodgeball, organize-it, pokemon-mystery-dungeon, releases, rondo-of-swords, super-dodge-ball

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Aria Rajasa @ Jan 29th 2008 11:43PM

Yeah, where's Final Fantasy IV, Tales of Innocence, Dragon Quest IX and Final Fantasy Tactics 2?? :((

Macha88 @ Jan 16th 2008 3:58PM

no smash bros?
it only goes to q2 >.

Alisha Karabinus @ Jan 16th 2008 4:07PM

You might want the Wii list for that.

Sherman @ Jan 16th 2008 7:06PM

I think that game could be sweet on the DS.

Macha88 @ Jan 16th 2008 4:02PM

WHEN WILL TALES OF INNOCENCE HAPPEN??
:(

troy @ Jan 16th 2008 4:05PM

Smash Bros is not coming out for DS, though I wish there were a DS Smash. Ummm... its ok!

Sherman @ Jan 16th 2008 7:07PM

No, it's really not ok.

Swampgirl Inez @ Jan 16th 2008 4:06PM

Civ for the DS? WooHoo!!

hvnlysoldr @ Jan 16th 2008 4:24PM

Guess there aren't worries for DS this year.

Alisha Karabinus @ Jan 16th 2008 4:43PM

Except for that whole OW MY WALLET

Mr Khan @ Jan 16th 2008 4:31PM

Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword and FFCC: Ring of Fates will do it for me

KilgoreTrout XL @ Jan 16th 2008 4:48PM

Ninja Gaiden & Civilization because I enjoy video games, and Aquarium DS because I'm all out of Ambien.

Jacob @ Jan 16th 2008 5:10PM

Where's Fire Emblem DS? :(

tamriel @ Jan 16th 2008 5:13PM

Bangai-O Spirits. This is just too great. I will need a moment.

...

Also, I don't believe that N+ is coming out in January: there is too little left of January and if I don't want to be disappointed again by the pushing away of that release date.

And, is that "Organize It" a game or a final realization that fitting PIM software to the DS is a great idea?

Paul @ Jan 16th 2008 5:26PM

Where's the new FF Tactics? Is this coming out anytime soon on our shores?

Sherman @ Jan 16th 2008 7:10PM

It is still TBA over at RPGFAN

Ben Snider @ Jan 16th 2008 8:59PM

Darnit, still no FFTA2.

iofthestorm @ Jan 16th 2008 11:48PM

I think Advance Wars totally makes up for it. I played the original FFTA, and AW:DS and I think both are excellent games, the law system notwithstanding. It was really just a lot of whining on the part of a few, didn't really affect me much even near the end with 3 laws at a time.

Donald @ Jan 16th 2008 6:46PM

Me wanty the following:

Feb. 10 (street date): Professor Layton and the Curious Village� from Nintendo/LEVEL-5
Feb. 12: Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney from Capcom
April: Super Dodgeball Brawlers from Aksys Games
May 5: Crosswords DS from Nintendo
Q2: Pokemon� Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time from Nintendo
Q2: Pokemon� Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness from Nintendo

- Those cruel bastards give me Prof. Layton AND Apollo Justice in the same week? My wallet weeps.
- (insert dodge ball joke here)
- I like the NYT Crosswords so I can't wait to see what NOA does with the concept
- The Mystery Dungeon games will be worth a rental, at least. Especially if they throw in a bonus Pokemon like they did with Ranger.

hvnlysoldr @ Jan 16th 2008 8:19PM

If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a dodgeball. No really watch out for wrenches.

RootiePatootie @ Jan 16th 2008 7:58PM

Oh boy.... time to re-work my budget.

Pizza Pasta @ Jan 16th 2008 7:58PM

That all looks very good but I am very intrigued by Plushees and I am really excited by the Prize Fighter re-make.

vgxtremist @ Jan 17th 2008 12:45AM

The DS is unstoppable...

jc @ Jan 17th 2008 2:52AM

Ah, beautiful shovelware. Keep on crankin out the crap!

xsmasher @ Jan 17th 2008 8:03AM

Hey, the first two years of the "next gen" is just a warmup. You're better off picking up old gamecube titles to play until Wii has a decent catalog:
http://tendollargamer.com/?platform=gc

I still can't believe used Wii games (even the crap ones) selling for $40 at GameStop. They have to be kidding.