Nintendo Announces And Dates Four New Games For US Release

What can I say? This is yesterday's news. *cough*butzuwasdownsoitwasonlyonHereticgamer*cough *

NINTENDO'S WARIO, KIRBY BRING THE FUN; SLEUTHS GET A NEW MYSTERY CASE FILES GAME

New Experiences on the Way for Wii and Nintendo DS

REDMOND, Wash., June 25, 2008 – While the game world awaits the E3 Media & Business Summit in Los Angeles next month, Nintendo isn't waiting to announce new titles for its mushrooming libraries for the Wii™ console and Nintendo DS™. Classic Nintendo characters like bad-boy Wario™ and pink powerhouse Kirby® will star in their own platform games. A new Mystery Case Files™ game brings the best-selling Big Fish Games franchise to Nintendo DS for the first time. These games join the recently announced Mario™ Super Sluggers baseball game for the Wii console.

"Nintendo's game libraries continue to grow at a rapid pace," said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "Wario stars in a great new platformer, Kirby enthusiasts get an updated version of a fan favorite, there's a new mystery for Mystery Case Files aficionados and baseball gets a few new Mario-style twists."

Wario Land™: Shake It!, a classic side-scroller for the Wii console launching Sept. 29, stars Wario, the smelly, bad-mannered alter ego of Mario™. With the Wii Remote™ controller turned sideways like an old-school controller, veterans and newcomers alike can run, jump and smash their way through hectic side-scrolling stages. Players shake the Wii Remote to help Wario take down his enemies, empty bags of treasure or cause earthquakes. Best of all, there are numerous stages each offering multiple missions to keep players coming back again and again to unlock everything, collect more coins or just improve their best times.

Kirby Super Star™ Ultra for Nintendo DS, launching Sept. 29, re-imagines one of the most beloved Kirby games of all time. Kirby Super Star Ultra features new graphics and fully rendered animated cut scenes. With so many adventures waiting to be unlocked, there will never be a dull moment as Kirby runs, floats, copies enemies and uses Helpers to fight King Dedede and Meta Knight. New modes like Revenge of the King and Meta Knight Ultra await, along with classics like The Great Cave Offensive and Milky Way Wishes. On top of the main modes, there are also three new touch-screen-controlled mini-games that can be played with up to three friends via DS Download Play. Not only that, but players can go on Kirby adventures with a friend via local wireless as well.

Mystery Case Files™: MillionHeir™, launching Sept. 8, uses the unique Nintendo DS interface to expand upon the seek-and-solve game play of the popular series from Big Fish Games. Players seek out cleverly hidden items in a multitude of painted scenes. Players progress through an interactive detective story investigating a cast of characters and uncovering new evidence to find the rightful heir to a million-dollar fortune. This new portable installment is available only for Nintendo DS. With interactive logic puzzles that use both the touch-screen interface and built-in microphone and include the first ever multiplayer mode for a Mystery Case Files game, Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir presents a new generation of seek-and-solve games for casual gamers and franchise fans.

Mario™ Super Sluggers, launching Aug. 25 for the Wii console, stars the ever-lovable Mario and his crew of friends. It builds on the social-gaming fun and movements people learned in Wii Sports™ and turns them into a full-fledged baseball game that can be played by every member of the household. Players make a throwing motion with the Wii Remote controller to pitch the baseball and make a swinging motion to swing at the pitch. The game boasts more than 30 playable Nintendo characters and all the madness of a Mario sports game. Just like Mario Kart® Wii, it bridges the gap between experienced players and those new to the Wii console, with fun challenges and beautiful graphics.

W00T Kirby! Finally! A new (cough) Nintendo game for the DS! Wario Land of course we already knew about, and Meh to the other two.

Holy crap, and when is e3?

Originally Posted by Twilight_King11

Holy crap, and when is e3?

Conferences start on July 14.

Can't wait for the Kirby game!
But I want moar Wii games.

I honestly wonder if Nintendo will ever dig themselves out of the hole that they're in..

I dont know about kirby. Squeak squad was really a terrible game in my opinion, though I did like the old games. It'll be interesting to see how it turns out, though I was hoping for a wii game myself (think kirby 64)

Originally Posted by Giggoron

I dont know about kirby. Squeak squad was really a terrible game in my opinion, though I did like the old games. It'll be interesting to see how it turns out, though I was hoping for a wii game myself (think kirby 64)

Kirby is getting a game for the wii, we just don't have muck info about it yet or an official release date. I heard its development is going well, so I can hope it's good.

Like I said before, their summer lineup is tiny and most of it comes out during late August/early September, so they're probably going to have a ****load of stuff for Q4.

Very excited.

Yay, Kirby! Yay, Mario Sluggers!

^ Don't have much hope for Mario Sluggers... but who knows, maybe I'll give it a try.

Kirby though is deff great news, that's a no-brainer.

I just noticed Dedede is wearing a pimp hat in that picture. lol

My birthday is on October 20th, 3 weeks after Wario and Kirby come out. I'm definitely getting those for my birthday.

The Wario game sounds promising. I have a DS, but I'm not so sure I'll get that Kirby game. I'd probably sooner buy the original off the VC.

were those all the nintendo games that were gonna be announced at e3??

Originally Posted by Link*HeroOfTime

were those all the nintendo games that were gonna be announced at e3??

Of course not. Nintendo is saving their best games for E3. So keep hoping for something big.

Here's hoping for Zelda Wii. It was two and a half years roughly between MM and tWW releases, three and a half between tWW and TP, so hopefully we can have an announcement for a game that comes out Q2 2011 at the latest lol.

The new Kirby and Mario Baseball titles I will probably buy, but I will definently get Wario Land 5 (Or 6 if you count Wario World for the GameCube)! I grew up playing Wario, Mario, and Kirby, but then I loved Zelda!

P.S. If I could, I would change Wario Land to the DS and Kirby to the Wii.
Wario Land has always been a handheld series.

This is a little underwhelming... I seriously hope that E3 brings us a crap load more from Nintendo. I also think that Nintendo is holding off on a few things until E3. Let's hope I'm right.

Wario looks promising, but the others are either remakes or spin-offs.

You know, what I've been hoping for is a much better version of the four swords Zelda game for Gamecube. I loved that game when it came out; it was the first Zelda adventure that I could play with my friends. Seriously, if they made another, I would buy a DS just for that.

Hmm, I definitely remember Kirby Superstar, and if I had a DS, I'd get that game.

Mario Sluggers? Wii Sports with Mario characters? I'm so glad I didn't pay for the Wii in my household.

Kirby looks like fun, fortunately.

Originally Posted by GrandMoffTarkin

This is a little underwhelming... I seriously hope that E3 brings us a crap load more from Nintendo. I also think that Nintendo is holding off on a few things until E3. Let's hope I'm right.

This is their summer lineup. It would have been bad to let these games go unannounced any longer, and that's the only reason we know about these couple of titles now.