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Long list of Wii release dates unveiled

Thursday, 24 Apr 2008 12:00
Lots of Wii release dates here, folks
Brace yourselves, Wii fans. A long list of release dates and vague quarterly predictions awaits you lower down the page. Before that, Super Smash Bros Brawl has been given a June 27th European release date.

The cutesy beat-'em-up game will feature a number of Nintendo's iconic characters clubbing the living hell out of each other, in a child-friendly way of course.

Here's the list:

Nintendo Wii dates:

  • Alone In The Dark (ATARI) Q1 2008

  • Godzilla: Unleashed (ATARI) Q1 2008

  • Worms: A Space Oddity (THQ) Q1 2008

  • Yamaha Supercross (ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd) Q1 2008

  • Wii Fit (with Wii Balance Board accessory) (Nintendo) 25th April

  • Radio Helicopter (505 Games) 25th April

  • Legend of Sayuki (505 Games) 9th May

  • Top Spin 3 (2K Sports) May 2008

  • Monster Truck Jam (Activision) May 2008

  • Boom Blox (EA) May 2008

  • Speed Racer (Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment) May 2008

  • Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors (SQUARE ENIX) End May 2008

  • Hannah Montana - Music Jam (Disney Interactive Studios) Spring 2008

  • Iron Man (SEGA) Spring 2008

  • Ford Off Road Racing (Empire Interactive) 6th June

  • Family Ski (Namco Bandai / Nintendo) 13th June

  • Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) 27th June

  • Lego: Indiana Jones the Original Adventures (LucasArts / Activision) June 2008

  • Monster Lab (Eidos) June 2008

  • Wacky Races (Eidos) June 2008

  • Mummy Tomb of the Emperor (Vivendi Games) July 2008

  • Blast Works - Build, Trade, Destroy (Majesco / Eidos) Q2 2008

  • de Blob (THQ) Q2 2008

  • Sports Island (Hudson Soft / Konami) Q2 2008

  • Chess Crusade (ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd) Q2 2008

  • Garfield Gets Real (ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd) Q2 2008

  • Garfield’s Fun Fest (ZOO digital Publishing Ltd) Q2 2008

  • Jeep Let’s Off Road (ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd) Q2 2008

  • Margots Word Brain (ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd) Q2 2008

  • Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts / Activision) Summer 2008

  • We Love Golf (Capcom) Summer 2008

  • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Disney Interactive Studios) Summer 2008

  • Pipemania (Empire Interactive) 14th September

  • Brave: A Warrior’s Tale (SouthPeak Games) Q3 2008

  • Crash (tentative title) (Vivendi Games) October 2008

  • Spyro (tentative title) (Vivendi Games) October 2008

  • Bratz Kids (The Game Factory) Q4 2008

  • Build-A-Bear Workshop (The Game Factory) Q4 2008

  • Rubiks (The Game Factory) Q4 2008


  • Nintendo DS dates:

  • Godzilla: Unleashed (ATARI) Q1 2008

  • Fish Tycoon (Majesco / Eidos) Q1 2008

  • Holly Hobbie (Majesco / Eidos) Q1 2008

  • Nancy Drew (Majesco / Eidos) Q1 2008

  • Crayola: Treasure Adventures (Ignition) Q1 2008

  • George of the Jungle (Ignition) Q1 2008

  • Teenage Zombies (Ignition) Q1 2008

  • Mystery Mansion (505 Games) 4th April

  • Draglade (505 Games) 11th April

  • Mystery Detective II (505 Games) 18th April

  • Starz (505 Games) 18th April

  • King of Clubs (Oxygen Games) 18th April

  • Dream Pinball 3D (SouthPeak Games) 18th April

  • The World Ends With You (SQUARE ENIX) 18th April

  • Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice (Capcom / Nintendo) 9th May

  • Subbuteo (505 Games) 30th May

  • Monster Truck Jam (Activision) May 2008

  • Race Driver GRID (Codemasters) May 2008

  • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Disney Interactive Studios) May 2008

  • City Life (Monte Cristo Multimedia) May 2008

  • ArchimDS (Rising Star Games) May 2008

  • Ecolis (Rising Star Games) May 2008

  • Speed Racer (Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment) May 2008

  • Hannah Montana - Music Jam (Disney Interactive Studios) Spring 2008

  • Iron Man (SEGA) Spring 2008

  • Etrian Odyssey (Atlus / Nintendo) 6th June

  • Code Lyoko 2 (The Game Factory) 9th June

  • Bratz Ponyz 2 (The Game Factory) 11th June

  • Pipemania (Empire Interactive) 20th June

  • Cooking Guide: Can’t Decide What to Eat? (Nintendo) June 2008

  • Lego: Indiana Jones the Original Adventures (LucasArts / Activision) June 2008

  • Looney Tunes (Eidos) June 2008

  • Monster Lab (Eidos) June 2008

  • Wacky Races (Eidos) June 2008

  • Zoo Hospital (Majesco / Eidos) Q2 2008

  • Hello Kitty: Big City Dreams (Empire Interactive) Q2 2008

  • New International Track & Field (Konami) Q2 2008

  • Nanostray 2 (Majesco) Q2 2008

  • Chess Crusade (ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd) Q2 2008

  • Margots Word Brain (ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd) Q2 2008

  • Shining Star (ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd) Q2 2008

  • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (Nintendo) 4th July

  • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (Nintendo) 4th July

  • Mummy Tomb of the Emperor (Vivendi Games) July 2008

  • Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts / Activision) Summer 2008

  • Bratz Kidz (The Game Factory) Q3 2008

  • Rubiks Classic (tentative title) (The Game Factory) Q3 2008

  • Brave: Shaman’s Challenge (SouthPeak Games) Q3 2008

  • Ninjatown (SouthPeak Games) October 2008

  • Crash (tentative title) (Vivendi Games) October 2008

  • Ghostbusters (Vivendi Games) October 2008

  • Spyro (tentative title) (Vivendi Games) October 2008

  • Elements (The Game Factory) Q4 2008



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