Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Islands, and tons more Japanese WiiWare announced

by JC Fletcher { Oct 6th 2008 at 9:00AM }

We're still finding new information to come out of Nintendo's fall conferences, both in the US and Japan. Those things were rich with info. We basically completely missed the WiiWare announcements, which are every bit as epic and exciting -- and numerous -- as the retail games.

At the top of the list (actually the middle of the list in terms of organization but right up at the top in terms of interest): Bubble Bobble Wii and Rainbow Island Tower! If these are actually developed by Taito instead of the third parties responsible for the DS games, it is time for celebration!

Other interesting games on the list include:

a revival of Tecmo's Tsuppari Oozumo sumo series!
A game from NIS called Let's Hitchhike, which ... couldn't possibly be a strategy RPG. Right?
Three new Okiraku games, following the great Okiraku Ping-Pong
A drum-based followup to Aero Guitar

The rest, we either don't know anything about, or don't know enough to talk about in detail. Or, is Major League Eating. We'll look into it all as information becomes available. There's ... kind of a long list of games after the break.

Arc System Works:
Okiraku Putter Golf Wii (November 18)
Okiraku Sugoroku (December 16)
Okiraku Slot Car Racing (Winter)

Agenda:
Tataite! Mogupon (Winter)

Eighting:
1-nuku! Dasshutsu Game My Home Hen (Winter)

Xing:
Karaoke Joysound Wii for WiiWare (Winter)

MTO:
Minna de Asobou! Koinu de Kururin (October 7)

EA:
Saikyou Ginsei Mahjong (October 7)
Saikyou Ginsei Gomoku Narabe (November 4)

Gust:
Game Sound Station (Winter)

Gran Prix:
I am Boxer (Winter)
Space Babu (Winter)
Asteroid Belt (Spring)

Cable Entertainment:
Kappa-kun to Asobou: Kappa-kun no Otanoshimikai (October 7)

Game Arts:
Kage no Shounen, Hikari no Yousei (Shadow Boy, Light Fairy) (Spring)

Gameloft:
Brain Challenge (October 14)
Tokyo City Nights (November 4)
Hamaru Billiards (December 2)

Kotobuki Solution:
Sorcery Blade (Fall 2008)
3℃ (Spring)

Cybird:
Fortune: Furu Sosogu Oka (Winter)

Sunsoft:
Minna de Taisen Puzzle Shanghai Wii (November)

G-mode:
Poppuru to Mahou no Crayon (Popple? and the Magic Crayon, January 27)

Sims:
Derby Dog (Winter)

Zoom :
Fantagic Tambourine (December 16)

Studio Zan:
Overturn (November)

Taito:
RAINBOW ISLAND TOWER!! (Winter)
Bubble Bobble Wii (Winter)

Takara Tomy:
Kurohige Kiki Ippatsu! Wii (Winter)

D3 Publisher:
@Simple Series Vol. 1 THE Block Kuzushi neo (Fall 2008)
@Simple Series Vol. 2 THE Number Puzzle neo (Fall 2008)
@Simple Series Vol. 3 THE Mahjong (Fall 2008)
@Simple Series Vol. 4 THE Judo (Winter)

Tecmo:
Tsuppari Oozumo Wii Heya Hen (Spring)

Tryfirst:
BPM Racing (Spring)

NIS:
Let's Hitchhike (March)

Hudson:
Tetris Party (October)
Cue Sports Wi-Fi Taisen Billiards (November)
Board Warriors (December)
MADSECTA (2009)

Fuji Soft:
Minna no Theatre Wii (December)

Palpetuum:
Yomi Kiku Asobi Wii (November 4)

Milestone:
PouKaazu (October 28)
Esairu Wii (Winter)
Colorful Bridge Wii (Winter)
Saikororin Wii (Winter)

Yamase Entertainment:
Sugu Suro DUO (New Versa R & V) (Winter)

Yudo:
Aero Drum (Winter)

Luck Plus:
Junshoku Keiji (February 3)
Shirokita Koukou Saisokubu (Spring)

Librica:
Manga On (March)
Major League Eating (October 14)

[Via NeoGAF]

Tags: bubble-bobble, japan, lets-hitchhike, rainbow-islands, taito, tsuppari-oozumo