Nintendo has enjoyed tremendous success thanks to the forward-thinking innovations of its DS and Wii systems, but the company’s lineup is focused squarely on the past. The publisher revealed today its first-party and third-party lineup of Wii and DS games through March of 2009, with a scattering of revamps and remakes comprising the majority of its own games.
For the Wii, Nintendo has only two releases planned, both remakes of GameCube games designed to support the Wii Remote’s motion-sensing capabilities. The self-explanatory New Play Control Mario Power Tennis and New Play Control Pikmin will both launch in March.
Nintendo UK has released a massive release date list of Wii and DS titles for Europe today. Eurogamer notes that this list features the first GameCube-to-Wii ports, dubbed “New Play Control!” titles, which include Pikmin and Mario Power Tennis. This new label sees classic GameCube titles revamped to utilize new Wii-specific control schemes. See below for the complete, huge list of upcoming European releases.
Wii Release Dates
Epic Games has sent out word that its Gears of War 2 Combustible Map Pack is now available for 800 Microsoft Points via Xbox Live. The pack brings three new maps to the proceedings: Flood, Gold Rush and Fuel Station.
- Flood is a very tight map that’s made extra snug when the environmental hazard of Imulsion begins creeping up around the edges. As the playing field closes in, the firefight will intensify as combat is forced to the center of the map. Teams skilled at flanking their opponents will have a powerful edge. Read more
Game: Fallout 3 From: Bethesda For: X360 (review), PS3, PC Price: £49.99 Rating: 18 Out: NowOut: Now
FALLOUT 3 is the third installment in the highly acclaimed series from Bethesda.
It is set in the year 2277 and portrays a post-apocalyptic future that sees the human race draw dangerously close to extinction as the world struggles to survive the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust.
Fallout’s innovative techniques allow the exploration of a desolate Washington DC through the eyes of a gamer-defined character.
It’s regrettable I don’t have a full page to praise the genius of Sony’s “Little Big Planet.” The game offers a unique platforming experience while honoring some of the best side scrollers in gaming. LBP is loaded with wonderful art direction, charming characters and a fully fleshed out gaming experience unlike any you’ve played before.
Its mantra is play, create and share. Players have the opportunity play as a two-inch Sackboy or Sackgirl. The characters are fully customizable and very personable. You can decide what they look like, even down to their facial expressions.
Team Fortress fans who have been getting their fix via the PlayStation 3 version of The Orange Box are in for a shock: The updates coming to the PC and Xbox 360 versions of TF2 won’t be landing on Sony’s console, reports 1up.
Additionally, the monolithic console is unlikely to ever see any updates from Valve. “We don’t have PlayStation developers,” said Valve marketing head Doug Lombardi.
“They’re not doing ongoing development on The Orange Box for the PS3.”
