Nintendo rolls out DS dates

By Tim Surette, GameSpotPosted Jul 25, 2006 12:00 pm PT

Dalmatians trot to US in October, Yoshi goes back to the Island in November, Kirby squeaks out a squad in December; GBA FFV also dated for November.

Now that just about every single gamer has gone out and picked up a DS Lite, it's time Nintendo cashed in even more with software for the handheld. Today, the company announced final release dates for several DS games (and one Game Boy Advance game) that it is publishing.

October goes to the dogs, as the fourth Nintendogs title, Dalmatian and Friends, gets gamers' tails wagging on the 16th. The game was previously released in Europe, and will include six breeds of dogs. More critters hit the DS later that month, when Pokemon Ranger arrives on the 30th.

The all-important holiday season for the DS begins on November 6, when the quirky cheerleading action of Elite Beat Agents prances into stores. If a rhythm-based male revue doesn't sound appealing, Yoshi's Island 2, set for release on November 13, offers classic platform gaming.

December 4 will see a pair of DS titles hit shelves. The game that has players building robots and blowing up robots, Custom Robo Arena, will be released that Monday. Also arriving at retail will be the latest adventure for Kirby, which was today officially named Kirby Squeak Squad.

As for other platforms, Nintendo also announced the release date for Final Fantasy V Advance for the Game Boy Advance. Square Enix's role-playing game will begin adventuring November 6. And while it's not exactly news, it is good to hear that The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is still on track for a fall release on both the GameCube and Wii.

154 Comments

  • ChucklesMginty

    Posted Nov 26, 2006 3:00 am PT

    Yes Nintendo rules wii is gonna be number 1# and DS already is.

  • bubblepaul

    Posted Sep 17, 2006 11:26 pm PT

    It says 30th of October there but yeah no date for Phantom Hourglass unfortunately

  • dad1248

    Posted Sep 16, 2006 5:32 am PT

    when is pokemon ranger coming out?????

  • amurphy245

    Posted Sep 14, 2006 12:30 am PT

    the ds pwnz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • sonofashrub

    Posted Sep 6, 2006 1:35 pm PT

    i want phantom hourglass! When's that coming out?

  • LINKTHECHAMPION

    Posted Aug 24, 2006 1:46 pm PT

    Yoshi and Zelda ROCK!!!!!!!!!

  • Reetesh

    Posted Aug 4, 2006 2:02 pm PT

    Yay New kirby game

  • guitarist4292

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 2:05 pm PT

    The majority? that's a now brainer. they made an 85% increase of revenue with DS light sales! [#[_]#]
    [+[_]: :]

    21 million sold!

  • Mkeegs79

    Posted Jul 30, 2006 3:17 pm PT

    Nintendo would be nothing without their handhelds. I look forward to the Wii but majority of their profit comes from their handhelds. I am very impressed with all the great DS games.

  • Greenlight23

    Posted Jul 30, 2006 10:45 am PT

    Note that this is just speculation, and is only based on logic. But, since IGN.com came up with the same solution, and the speculated date keeps Nintendo's promise of being released after September, this date seems to be accurate enough to trust. That is, only if Nintendo wasn't joking about this "secret message" when they announced it early.

    If this date is correct, this also means that the Gamecube and Wii versions of Twilight Princess will arrive on October 2 as well.

    And that's all I have to say.

  • Greenlight23

    Posted Jul 30, 2006 10:37 am PT

    GamingTarget.com has probably found the solution to the encoding.

    They say that, starting on the fourth quarter (Sunday, October 1st) a new game would be released every Monday except for October 2, November 20 and November 27.

    Three possible dates could be announced, but since November 27 is after Black Friday (the greatest date of buying video games) and November 20 is after the Playstation 3 release (Nintendo would want a jump start on their console), October 2 seems to be the most likely date that Nintendo's Wii will arrive, 11 days after the TGS 2006.

  • exorzz

    Posted Jul 30, 2006 8:21 am PT

    danmm i want to play zelda : tp.
    I`am waiting to long now!!
    I hate delays but if the delay has good reason I don`t mind
    but plzz let them hurry and dont delay the game anymore, becouse i have played LOZ OOT to much,and its time for anoter chapter now.

  • thepeter

    Posted Jul 29, 2006 9:13 pm PT

    LORD HAVE MERCY!

  • triplehhh5678

    Posted Jul 29, 2006 9:53 am PT

    I would be devestated if Zelda: TP were delayed again. It's been delayed, what, about 3 times?

  • foola12

    Posted Jul 29, 2006 8:44 am PT

    I cannot wait any longer for TP, my head is gonna explode!!!!

  • wii___man

    Posted Jul 27, 2006 11:10 pm PT

    ohhhh another game title to be milked out of its prime like pokemon or mario i cant take it so many copies of the same game their ruining nintendogs and if they keep it up mario is gonna be out of things to do you can only save peach so many times

  • retrouk

    Posted Jul 27, 2006 3:57 pm PT

    Nothing wrong with delays (as long as they're not too long), would rather wait for a game thats polished to perfection than one thats released too soon full of bugs.

  • joedaddy109

    Posted Jul 27, 2006 8:00 am PT

    as long as the release date doesn't change for FFV....SquareEnix has a bad habit about changing release dates...then again, doesn't every game company?

  • greenleaflink

    Posted Jul 27, 2006 12:42 am PT

    and then there is still diddy kong racing, and pokemon diamond and pearl!
    so there is much more that the ds has to offer
    also phantom hourglass.

    mini mario, 3 on 3 basketball...hmmm

  • Wayne_Manor

    Posted Jul 26, 2006 10:39 pm PT

    The Wii release date is supposed to be hidden in the press release for the DS releases. Did anyone come to an interesting conclusion or possibility yet?

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