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Nintendo Q1 2010 Release List Includes Pokemon, Digital Indie Support
Nintendo published its early 2010 Wii and DS lineup, including first-party titles Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver and WarioWare: D.I.Y., along with over 100 third-party games.
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Nintendo of America published its early 2010 lineup for Wii and Nintendo DS, as well as its digital platforms WiiWare and DSiWare, including first-party titles Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver, WarioWare: D.I.Y., Endless Ocean: Blue World, and America's Test Kitchen: Let's Get Cooking, along with a slate of 102 third-party games. Nintendo plans to release five games across retail Wii and Nintendo DS in the first quarter of 2010 -- the same number it listed on last year's corresponding list -- but it has another seven on tap for WiiWare and DSi. In the third-party arena, Ubisoft is the publisher throwing the most support to Wii in that time frame -- and considerably more than Nintendo itself -- as well as the publisher with the most "core" game support for the platform. In addition to its Sleepover Party and Racquet Sports, the company's four games for the quarter include Grasshopper Manufacture's No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle in "early January and its own Red Steel 2 at an unspecified date. Overall, the evergreen DS is attracting considerably more third-party support than Wii: external publishers are delivering 52 retail games to the system, versus 34 on Wii. SouthPeak has the most with five Q1 games, including Renegade Kid's DS horror sequel Dementium II. Previously-seen indies have some presence on the digital formats as well: Team Meat's Super Meat Boy, a successor to the online Flash game Meat Boy, is coming to WiiWare alongside Broken Rules' And Yet It Moves, which is currently sold digitally on PC. On DSiWare, Subatomic Studios' acclaimed iPhone tower defense game Fieldrunners is on the slate, as is WayForward's Shantae: Risky's Revenge, a sequel to the independent studio's 2002 Game Boy Color platformer. The full list is as follows: Wii
2K Sports - Major League Baseball 2k10 - March Activision - How To Train Your Dragon - March 23 The American Game Factory - Build-a-Bear Workshop: Friendship Valley - March 17 Atlus - Shiren the Wanderer - February 9 Capcom - Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars - January 26 City Interactive - Combat Wings: The Great Battles of WWII - February 16 - Chicken Riot - February 9 Collision Studios - City Builder - February D3Publisher - Family Party: 30 Great Games Winter Fun - February Deep Silver - Let's Play Ballerina - March - Let's Play Garden - March Disney Interactive Studios - Alice in Wonderland - March Hudson Entertainment - Rooms: The Main Building - Spring - Calling - Spring - Walk It Out - January 10 Konami - Yu Gi Oh! Dance Trainer - Q1 - DanceDanceRevolution - Q1 | Majesco Entertainment - Data East Arcade Classics - January - The Daring Game of Girls - February - Pizza Delivery Boy - March Nintendo - Endless Ocean: Blue World - February 22 Sega - Super Monkey Ball Setp & Roll - February 22 - Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing - March SouthPeak Games - Sled Shred featuring the Jamaican Bobsled Team - February 1 Storm City Entertainment - Fast Blood Panic - January 5 - Bermuda Triangle: Saving the Coral - February UFO Interactive Games - Arcade Shooter: Ilvelo - Q1 - Rock Blast - Q1 - Jaja's Adventure - Q1 Ubisoft - No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle - Late January - Sleepover Party - January 12 - Racquet Sports - March - Red Steel 2 - Q1 XSEED Games - The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces - January 5 - Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon - March 16 |
WiiWare
Akaoni Studio - Zombie Panic in Wonderland - Q1 Broken Rules - And Yet It Moves - Q1 Capcom - Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney - January - Mega Man 10 - March Ghostfire Games - Rage of the Gladiator - Q1 | Hudson Entertainment - Military Madness: Nectaris - Q1 Nabi Studios - Toribash - Q1 Nintendo - WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase - Q1 Press Play ApS - Max and the Magic Marker - Q1 Team Meat - Super Meat Boy - Q1 |
Nintendo DS
2K Sports - Major League Baseball 2K10 - March Activision - Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief - February 2 - How To Train Your Dragon - March 23 Aksys Games - World Cup of Pool - February 9 The American Game Factory - Build-a-Bear Workshop: Welcome to Hugsville - March 17 Atlus - Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey - March 10 Capcom - Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth - February 16 City Interactive - Animal Country: Life on the Farm - February 16 - Art of Murder - March 16 Deep Silver - Let's Play Flight Attendant - March - Let's Play Ballerina - March - Let's Play Garden - March Disney Interactive Studios - Sonny With a Chance - Spring - Alice in Wonderland - March GameMill Publishing - Escape the Museum - January 12 - Hidden Mysteries: Buckingham Palace - February 9 Hudson Entertainment - Rooms: The Main Building - January 12 - Deca Sports - Spring Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. - Scene It! Twilight - Q1 - Puzzle Chronicles - January 10 Majesco Entertainment - Super Speed Machines - February - The Daring Game for Girls - February - Dawn of Heroes - February - ATV Revolution - March | Nintendo - Glory of Heracles - January 18 - Pokemon HeartGold Version - March 14 - Pokemon SoulSilver Version - March 14 - WarioWare: D.I.Y. - March 28 - America's Test Kitchen: Let's Get Cooking Natsume - Squishy Tank - February - Cheer We Go! - March PopCap Games - Bejeweled Twist - Q1 Sega - Sands of Destruction - January 12 - Infinite Space - March - Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing - March - Sonic Classic Collection - Spring SouthPeak Games - Crime Scene - February 1 - Dementium II - February 2 - Fast Food Panic - January 5 - Sushi Go Round - February 1 - Montessori Music - March 1 Storm City Entertainment - Bermuda Triangle: Saving the Coral - February - Myst - February - ATV Quad Kings - March - T.A.C. Heroes: The Big Red One - March Tecmo - Monster Rancher DS - March - AGAIN - March Telegames - Puzzle Overload - Spring - Solitaire Overload Plus - Spring THQ - Daniel X: The Ultimate Power - January 12 Tomy Corporation - Lovely Lisa and Friends (w/ enhanced Nintendo DSi content) - February Ubisoft - Imagine Reporter - January 20 - Imagine Party Planner - January 13 - Imagine Sweet 16 - February 10 - Imagine Gymnast - March 10 XSEED Games - Korg DS-10 Plus - January 19 - Ragnarok DS - February 16 |
DSiWare
Electronic Arts - Downtown Texas Hold'em Poker - Q1 - Surviving High School - Q1 Gameloft - Legends of Exidia - Q1 - Let's Golf - Q1 - Real Soccer 2010 - Q1 - Gangstar 2: Kings of L.A. - Q1 Capcom - Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney - January - Mega Man 10 - March | Nintendo - Trajectile - Jan. 4 - Number Battle - Jan. 25 - Starship Defense - Jan. 18 - Touch Solitaire - Jan. 11 - X-Scape - February - Link 'n' Launch - February Subatomic Studios - Fieldrunners - Q1 WayForward - Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Q1 |
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