Nintendo Dates Major Wii/DS Titles, WiiWare For Europe

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Nintendo of Europe has announced release dates for its currently announced 2008 lineup of first and third party Wii and DS titles, also confirming that its digital download WiiWare and informational Nintendo Channel services will launch on May 20th and May 30th, respectively. The European launch of the WiiWare service will follow close to a week behind the U.S. launch on May 12th, around which time Nintendo of America is expected to also release the stateside version of the Nintendo Channel. The company's comprehensive list of forthcoming 2008 titles also highlights a number of release dates for highly anticipated Wii titles, including Super Smash Bros. Brawl, expected June 27th, and DS titles, including Capcom's Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice May 9th, and Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What to Eat?, a localized version of its first party Touch Generations recipe guide Shaberu! Ryouri Navi, coming in June 2008. The full release list is as follows: Wii Software 2008 Alone In The Dark (Atari) Q1 2008 Godzilla: Unleashed (Atari) Q1 2008 Worms: A Space Oddity (THQ) Q1 2008 Yamaha Supercross (Zoo Digital) 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) 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) Q2 2008 Garfield Gets Real (Zoo Digital) Q2 2008 Garfield's Fun Fest (Zoo Digital) Q2 2008 Jeep Let's Off Road (Zoo Digital) Q2 2008 Margots Word Brain (Zoo Digital) 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) October 2008 Spyro (tentative title) (Vivendi) 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 Software 2008 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 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) Q2 2008 Margots Word Brain (Zoo Digital) Q2 2008 Shining Star (Zoo Digital) 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) July 2008 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts / Activision) Summer 2008 Bratz Kidz (The Game Factory) Q3 2008 Rubiks Classic (The Game Factory) Q3 2008 Brave: Shaman's Challenge (SouthPeak Games) Q3 2008 Ninjatown (SouthPeak Games) October 2008 Crash (tentative title) (Vivendi) October 2008 Ghostbusters (Vivendi) October 2008 Spyro (tentative title) (Vivendi) October 2008 Elements (The Game Factory) Q4 2008