Officials from Nintendo UK have revealed details of the company’s second quarter line-up of new releases for the Wii, Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance.
From April to June only one first party Nintendo title will be released on the Wii – the
previously announced Mario Strikers: Charged Football on May 25th.
Super Paper Mario, which is due for release in North America next week, does not appear on the schedules, although Nintendo of Europe does plan to publish Hudson’s
Wing Island on April 13th and Tecmo’s
Pangya! Golf with Style in June.
Other prominent third party releases for the Wii during the period include
Cooking Mama from 505 Games and
Eledees (aka
Elebits) from Konami in April.
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon from Midway is planned for May, alongside major multiformat movie licenses
Spider-Man 3 and
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End – with
Transformers also due in June.
The Nintendo DS first party line-up is more varied, with
Pokemon Ranger and
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 on April 13th.
Diddy Kong Racing DS is due on April 20th, with
Picross DS on May 11th and
Custom Robo Arena on May 25th. Also scheduled for unspecified dates during June are
Wario: Master of Disguise,
Kirby Mouse Attack (aka
Kirby Squeak Squad),
Metroid Prime Pinball and the tentatively named
Puzzle League DS. No release date for
Pokemon Diamond/
Pearl has yet been announced.
Major third party releases on the Nintendo DS include
Harvest Moon DS on April 13th from Rising Star Games,
The Settlers on April 19th from Ubisoft,
Lunar Knights and
Lost in Blue 2 from Konami in April and
Final Fantasy III from Square Enix on May 4th.
Meteos: Disney Magic from Disney Interactive is due in June, with
Panzer Tactics DS from 10tacle Studios and
Mech Assault: Phantom War from Majesco listed merely as “Q2”.
Seven new titles are listed for the Game Boy Advance during the period, with the most prominent being the Nintendo published
Final Fantasy V Advance on April 13th,
Another World from ZOO Digital on April 27th and
Final Fantasy VI Advance in June.
