Nintendo dates SSBB and WiiWare for Europe

Nintendo has released the European spring line-up for the Nintendo DS and Wii.

Key Wii titles include Wii Fit, which is released across Europe today, and the highly anticipated Super Smash Bros. Brawl, which has finally been stamped with a 27th of June release date. Namco Bandai’s Family Ski will be released on the 13th of June while EA’s Boom Blox will arrive in May and Lego: Indiana Jones the Original Adventures in June.

WiiWare and Nintendo Channel

Nintendo also revealed that WiiWare will arrive on the Wii Shop Channel on the 20th of May. This new service will allow gamers to download new first and third party titles directly on to the Wii from 500 Wii Points. Nintendo has not yet announced a European launch line-up for the service. WiiWare launched in Japan on the 25th of March and will arrive across North America on the 12th of May. The new Nintendo Channel will be released on the 30th of May, promising up-to-date information on past, present and future games on all Nintendo platforms.

Turning to the DS side of things, a kitchen companion game titled Cooking Guide: Can’t Decide What to Eat? offers recipes as well as step-by-step guides to preparation of dishes from around the world (available in June) while Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice offers puzzle fans a chance to discover clues and solve mysteries from the 9th of May. Pokémon fans will be delighted to know that Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness will hit European shelves on the 4th of July.

The full 2008 line-up for both the Nintendo DS and Wii follows below:

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

Wii Channels 2008

  • WiiWare (Nintendo) 20th May 2008
  • Nintendo Channel (Nintendo) 30th May 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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