Nintendo Not Publishing Any Wii Games Until March

Like Animal Crossing: City Folk? That’s Nintendo’s last first party Wii title until March 2009 when Wii-makes of Mario Power Tennis and Pikmin arrive in stores under the “New Play Control!” label. Meanwhile, Nintendo of Japan spaces out releases so they release at least one game a month, not including “New Play Control” games. The drought is disappointing since Nintendo has games like Disaster: Day of Crisis, Another Code R, and Captain Rainbow (OK maybe not Captain Rainbow, the characters might be to obscure for a mainstream release here) but still Nintendo has games they could localize for North America.

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Good thing third publishers are filling the void. In February zombies take over the Wii. Shoot them in The House of the Dead: Overkill and skewer them in Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers. March brings another wave of games like Madworld, Sonic and the Black Knight, and Rune Factory: Frontier.

 

Here’s what Nintendo has on the books for the first quarter of 2009. See if anything catches your eye.

 

Activision
Monsters vs. Aliens – March 24

Crave Entertainment
Monster Palsâ„¢ – March
Solitaire & Mahjong – February
Puzzle Challenges and More! – February
Crayola Colorful World – March

D3Publisher
Onechanbaraâ„¢ Bikini Zombie Slayersâ„¢ – February
Coraline – January

Destineer
WordJong Party – January
Battle Rage – February
Cradle of Rome – February
Cate West: The Vanishing Files – March
Burger Island – March

Disney Interactive Studios
Disney Sing It: High School Musical 3: Senior Year – Winter

DreamCatcher
Play the World – March

Electronic Arts
NASCAR® Kart Racing – Feb. 10
SimAnimalsâ„¢ – Jan. 27
TRIVIAL PURSUIT – Early spring

Hudson Entertainment
FISHING MASTER WORLD TOUR – Jan. 6
Marble Saga Kororinpaâ„¢ – Spring

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
DanceDanceRevolution® Disney Grooves – March

Majesco Entertainment
Escape the Museum – January
Major Minor’s Majestic March – March

Marvelous Entertainment USA
Little King’s Story – Feb. 17
Rune Factory: Frontier – March

Mastiff
Deer Driveâ„¢ – Jan. 20

NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.
We Skiâ„¢ and Snowboard – March

Nintendo
New Play Control! Mario Power Tennisâ„¢ – March
New Play Control! Pikminâ„¢ – March

Sega
The House of The Dead: Overkillâ„¢ – February
SONICâ„¢ and the Black Knight – March
MADWORLDâ„¢ – March

Southpeak Interactive
Roogoo Twisted Towersâ„¢ – Feb. 17
Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeballâ„¢ – March 17
Brave: A Warrior’s Taleâ„¢ – Feb. 17

THQ
Paws & Claws Pet Resort – Jan. 5
Neighborhood Games – Jan. 5

Ubisoft
Tenchuâ„¢: Shadow Assassins – February
Broken Swordâ„¢: Shadows of the Templars (Director’s Cut) – March

XS Games
Super PickUpsâ„¢ – Q1

 

Images courtesy of Nintendo.


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