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Nintendo announces European release schedule

By Phil Elliott, GameSpot UKPosted May 17, 2006 6:41 am PT

Lots of titles head to the DS and GameBoy Advance, but the GameCube is largely overlooked in the run-up to the Wii.

Nintendo has announced the release schedule for the games that we can expect to see in Europe in the next few months.

As you'd expect, the majority of the games will be made available for the DS, and among the top titles are Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (June 9) and New Super Mario Bros. (June 30). Others of note will include Super Princess Peach (May 26), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man Chest (June 21), and Big Brain Academy (July 7).

Significant support remains for the Game Boy Advance, with more than 25 games announced. These include Street Racing Syndicate (May 12), X-Men: The Official Game (May 19), Final Fantasy IV Advance (June 2), and LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (September 12).

However, with the GameCube being replaced before the end of the year by the Wii as Nintendo's flagship living room console, it has only a few significant titles due for release. Chibi-Robo (May 26), Super Monkey Ball Adventure (June 2), and LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (September 12) are among only 12 titles due.

62 Comments

  • mikesea

    Posted Aug 16, 2006 5:22 pm PT

    maybe i'm dumb, but i ain't seen ff iv gba in the shops.

  • the_garf

    Posted May 23, 2006 8:51 am PT

    The Cube is still great, it has more than enough great titles to warrant keeping it. BTW, just got a DS lite from China. Man, it is awesome. Anyone want a second hand PSP?

  • XtremePhsyco

    Posted May 22, 2006 9:47 pm PT

    i just want a Wii

  • pRIMEhUNTER1

    Posted May 21, 2006 7:15 pm PT

    I already got rid of my gc to help get a 360.

  • vinnyVS

    Posted May 20, 2006 2:30 am PT

    i'm from Europe too, and it sucks that games come later.
    But here in the Netherlands, there's a mario kart ds competition and you can win a DS Lite! on 27 May!
    So I dont know how but i hope i'll win
    and:
    rodimus_prime85
    ..Why does the rest of the world hate us? What did Europe ever do to the game industry? Why are we always made to wait??? I'd pay the PSP Giga Pack price tag for a DS lite if only I could just have it now... Thank god for Ebay.

    World War 2?
    the WW2 is not because of whole europe, because of germany

  • Xavi3n

    Posted May 18, 2006 5:39 pm PT

    nintendo doesn't treat us the worst (UK here) its Squaresoft that by FAR screws us over. Not only does the UK have to wait about 6 months for the very same Square games as the US gets, BUT they do a really really crappy PAL conversion, resulting in terrible slowdowns and a nicely letterboxed image.

    Square-Enix is by far the worst if nintendo wants any form of change in market share they NEED to take europe too, otherwise its gonna be an extremely strong Sony/Microsoft-based market in Europe.

  • manicfoot

    Posted May 18, 2006 11:23 am PT

    If Nintendo are smart (which they are) They'll want to get Wii out the same time as the PS3. My gamestation is already taking PS3 orders, when I asked about the Wii they said they had no idea.
    DS games being delayed is no problem for me. It's cheaper to import them from the USA than it is to buy them here :-)
    As for GC, I've yet to buy any of the decent games for the system. I only have Mario Kart and a few others. However, I'm getting 4 games for £20 tomorrow: Metroid prime 1&2, Tony Hawk and Eternal Darkness. Whoo

  • pigface2003

    Posted May 18, 2006 9:16 am PT

    rodimus_prime85
    ..Why does the rest of the world hate us? What did Europe ever do to the game industry? Why are we always made to wait??? I'd pay the PSP Giga Pack price tag for a DS lite if only I could just have it now... Thank god for Ebay.

    World War 2?

  • sabru8

    Posted May 18, 2006 8:38 am PT

    what about the US release?

  • rodimus_prime85

    Posted May 18, 2006 6:41 am PT

    ..Why does the rest of the world hate us? What did Europe ever do to the game industry? Why are we always made to wait??? I'd pay the PSP Giga Pack price tag for a DS lite if only I could just have it now... Thank god for Ebay.

  • rikardo10

    Posted May 18, 2006 1:00 am PT

    so the wii will be in stores, the same month as ps3

  • Lightmanone

    Posted May 18, 2006 12:42 am PT

    Wii:

    Ok, listen up you guys. Nintendo said before that the Wii will be released BEFORE thanksgiving in USA. Nintendo also said taht it would take up to about 14 weeks to worldwide launch. But Nintendo Europe is pushing Nintendo Japan to set the release date for Europe BEFORE chrismas because the holidays are the most valuable days of the year. (i don't know how the guys in USA see this, but in Europe (were I live) this is common knowledge). Nintendo Europe wants the Wii in stores before the end of this year. And if Europe is lucky (witch we count on) then Wii Will have one IN 2006.

    About DS lite for Europe:

    Nintendo confirmed earlier that DS lite WILL be sold together with the release of Brain Age. When Brain Age comes out on the 9TH OF JUNE DS LITE will come out too.

    So, now you newbies have been fully updated, I'll continue with my normal work: Playing games. :-P

    And remember: LightmanOne.

  • panosl

    Posted May 18, 2006 12:22 am PT

    no ds lite??!!

  • Liquify

    Posted May 18, 2006 12:18 am PT

    Wow, Europeans get it even worse than Australians Final Fantasy IV Adv has been out for ages!

  • Zacek1000

    Posted May 17, 2006 10:42 pm PT

    I hope people in Europe gets games soon. But they have to translate it, and many other things. Luckly here in Mexico we have the games the same day that America.

  • komdosina

    Posted May 17, 2006 9:33 pm PT

    blackIceJoe or Idiot wrote:
    Nice but why does Nintendo allow GB games to come out

    Maybe because they don't want it to die, also the Ds is not the new gameboy you know, it's a entirely new console, so shut up you idiot!

    nemes1s3000 wrote:
    lol, No Wii 'til after December.

    No, Nintendo said it's coming out fourth quarter 2006 and before thanksgiving

    http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/708/708063p1.html by default the DS is the new successor to the Gameboy and after this year expect only trickle of GBA games.

  • komdosina

    Posted May 17, 2006 9:29 pm PT

    faridmon
    what about Baten Kaitos oregins, ive bought the first one and the second just doesn't apear on the radar? what about naruto clash of ninja and super peper mario, why is europe so crap please to live, ok thats it am going to japan. (select an action below) ______________ Report Abuse To Moderator Posted May 17, 2006 10:35 am PT

    Well they didn't mention the full list of 12 so I wouldn't give up on the idea of a PAL version of Baten Kaitos: Origins. After all it was Nintendo not Namco who brought the original Baten Kaitos to Europe, Australia and New Zeland.

  • spikespeedle

    Posted May 17, 2006 9:11 pm PT

    What annoys me is when people have pointless arguments about which console is better but 99% of sony and ms owners only play these games on their console : pro evolution soccer, fifa, halo, gta, gran turismo . Do u see my point , how can sony and ms justify selling there consoles for so much when most people only play 5 games on the console, its ridiculous, whats worse is when sony try and act as if crash bandicoot can step up to mario, mario would rape crash anytime anyplace

  • OHJOY90

    Posted May 17, 2006 8:34 pm PT

    blackIceJoe or Idiot wrote:
    Nice but why does Nintendo allow GB games to come out

    Maybe because they don't want it to die, also the Ds is not the new gameboy you know, it's a entirely new console, so shut up you idiot!

    nemes1s3000 wrote:
    lol, No Wii 'til after December.

    No, Nintendo said it's coming out fourth quarter 2006 and before thanksgiving.

  • mustacheo

    Posted May 17, 2006 6:44 pm PT

    This is a tad unrelated but man Nintendo has heart. This system is will be awsome. It will rescue Nintendo from the bottom of the console food chain. I just feel sorry for them because everyone is stealing the whole motion sensing thing. Although Sony's isn't as good, MS could give them trouble in the motion-sensing arena, because the 2 360 cameras can detect things in 3D space which tell me if im wrong is a little more advanced then NIntendo's system of motion detection. It will be more expensive though

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