E3 06: Super Mario Galaxy leads first wave of Wii games

  • By Dan Tochen, GameSpot
  • Posted May 9, 2006 12:38 pm PT

Key Wii games unveiled today also include Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Fire Emblem, and third-party titles.

LOS ANGELES--There was a lot of excitement for Nintendo's pre-Electronic Entertainment Expo press conference today, and the company did not disappoint. Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo's EVP of sales and marketing walked the enthusiastic audience through the company's next-gen plans, as well as its upcoming GameCube and Nintendo DS games.

First-party titles--especially Nintendo's classic franchises--claimed the lion's share of the spotlight. Nintendo fans will be particularly excited about Super Mario Galaxy (working title), which is a Mario platformer for the Wii, and the revelation that Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess will be a Wii launch title. In fact, Twilight Princess will get two launches: a GameCube version will hit shelves on the same day as the Wii version.

Also in development now are other follow-ups to classic series, including Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Fire Emblem, WarioWare: Smooth Moves. Nintendo is working on a number of all-new titles, announced for the first time today:

-Disaster: Day of Crisis is an action game where the player tries to recapture a hijacked nuclear weapon against a backdrop of natural catastrophes, including floods, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes.

-Excite Truck is an arcade racer that features trucks getting big air in the vein of the NES classic Excitebike.

-Project H.A.M.M.E.R. is an action adventure game in which the player will use both the nunchaku controller and the Wii remote to control a cyborg armed with an immense hammer.

-Wii Sports is a sports game that incorporates golf, tennis, and baseball. According to Iwata's comments during the Nintendo press conference, the game is designed to allow new gamers to compete on an even footing with experienced gamers.

All told, Nintendo says that when the E3 show floor opens here tomorrow, 27 Wii games will be playable. That includes both first-party and third-party titles, and Nintendo has released an extensive list of third-party Wii titles now in development. See below for an alphabetical list of publishers and their games.

Activision
-Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
-Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
-Call of Duty 3

AQ Interactive
-Boxing Action (currently untitled)

Atari
-Dragon Ball Z Budokai: Tenkaichi 2

Atlus
-Trauma Center: Second Opinion

Banpresto
-Family Action Game (currently untitled)

Buena Vista Games
-Disney's Chicken Little: Ace in Action
-Disney's Meet the Robinsons

Capcom
-Resident Evil game

D3Publisher
-SIMPLE series
-Original Action Game (currently untitled)

Eidos
-Title TBD

Electronic Arts
-Madden NFL '07
-Medal of Honor Airborne

Epoch
-Title TBD

From Software
-Action game (currently untitled)

Genki
-Title TBD

Hudson Soft
-Bomberman Land
-Flight Game (currently untitled)

Jaleco
-Title TBD

Koei
-Sengoku Action

Konami Digital Entertainment
-Elebits
-Soccer Game (currently untitled)

Majesco
-Bust-A-Move Revolution

Marvelous Interactive
-Bokujo Monogatari ("Ranch Story")
-Heroes
-Kawa no Nushitsuri
-Original simulation game (currently untitled)

Mastiff
-Mr. D. Goes to Town (working title)

Midway Games
-The Ant Bully
-Happy Feet

Milestone
-New Vertical Scrolling Shooting Game
-New Action Game

MTO
-Character Action Game (currently untitled)
-SAN-X All-Star Revolution

Namco Bandai Games
-Final Furlong
-Mobile Suit Gundam
-SD Gundam G Breaker
-Digimon
-One Piece Unlimited Adventure
-New Action Game (currently untitled)
-New RPG (currently untitled)
-Tamagotchi
-Title TBD

Natsume (developed by Marvelous)
-Harvest Moon

Sega
-Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz
-Sonic Wild Fire

SNK
-Metal Slug Anthology

Spike
-Necro-Nesia
-Jawa

Square Enix
-Codename: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers
-Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors

Taito
-Turn IT Around!!
-Let's go by train!
-Cooking Mama--Cooking with International Friends

Tecmo
-Super Swing Golf PANGYA

The Game Factory
-Title TBD

THQ
-Avatar: the Last Airbender
-SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab
-Disney/Pixar Cars

Tomy
-Action Game (currently untitled)
-Battle Action (currently untitled)

Ubisoft
-Open Season
-Rayman Raving Rabbids
-Red Steel

Vivendi Universal Games
-Title TBD

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
-Title TBD

When E3 kicks off tomorrow, we'll bring you more info on these games and hands-on reports for those that are playable on the show floor.

98 Comments

  • jakeboudville

    Posted Aug 25, 2006 12:31 am PT

    sweet

  • LuisLopezz

    Posted Aug 5, 2006 12:26 pm PT

    good games =)

  • rose6802

    Posted May 19, 2006 5:38 pm PT

    People I think wii found our winer, and some of those game I think I might buy!

  • James_Bond47

    Posted May 18, 2006 3:00 pm PT

    Wow! Wow! So many games!

  • oakleyswitch

    Posted May 15, 2006 11:57 am PT

    all i can say is Wii!!!!!!!

  • Leandro29

    Posted May 14, 2006 7:21 pm PT

    Yeah!!!!!!!!
    Mario is back

  • LordGamer0001

    Posted May 14, 2006 6:55 pm PT

    those are alot of games.

  • agentpheonix

    Posted May 13, 2006 10:22 pm PT

    Wait...didn't Nintendo say that they were going to "try to shed their kiddie image with the Wii"? ...half of those titles are games like Digimon and Disney crap...I saw maybe 5 or 6 games that could possibly get a "T" or higher.

  • i_love_my_ds

    Posted May 12, 2006 8:52 pm PT

    Super Smash Bros Brawl is a good-enough reason to buy this system in and of itself, as well as MP3. Add in all the other great games like Red Steel, Super Mario Galaxy, and Twilight Princess, and the Wii is going to be the best thing ever!

  • shacti

    Posted May 12, 2006 2:08 pm PT

    all they need is a new metroid, zelda, resident evil and ssm and ill be running to the store.

  • rta

    Posted May 11, 2006 11:18 pm PT

    That's a REALLY nice starting line up.

  • 3ternalsword207

    Posted May 11, 2006 3:58 pm PT

    wow new mario, mp3, zelda!!!!!! the wii is looking pretty tempting more (even accounting for smash bros brawl)

  • lvlUNE3B

    Posted May 11, 2006 9:00 am PT

    Omg, can't stop myself

  • shibuya222

    Posted May 10, 2006 6:13 pm PT

    OMG its great

  • Shingo

    Posted May 10, 2006 5:38 pm PT

    Dude thats a lot of games! Even though a lot of them are TBD and named 'Mr. D goes to town' and 'LEts go by Train!', I'm still exited

  • sparker1976

    Posted May 10, 2006 3:52 pm PT

    Game13a13y:

    "...and Nintendo has released an extensive list of third-party Wii titles now in development. See below for an alphabetical list of publishers and their games."

  • sparker1976

    Posted May 10, 2006 3:48 pm PT

    Let's see...a Wii and 9 games, or a PS3 Premium for my $600? Decisions, decisions.

  • Digital-Devil

    Posted May 10, 2006 10:00 am PT

    The Wii is really doing amazing

  • mariokart64fan

    Posted May 10, 2006 9:58 am PT

    nintendo said they were going big they did not disappont (as a matter of fact i think ill get a few more 360 titles until i get rev to about 29 games then start up the 360 again my ps3 will probably be the least played so itll last

  • NeoDreamAddict

    Posted May 10, 2006 8:39 am PT

    Nintendo is impressing me a lot this year. I got my preorder for a preorder of the Wii already down, lol.

  • Seraphim_24

    Posted May 10, 2006 8:23 am PT

    Nintendo's best chance for besting the PS3 launch would be to make sure that Metroid Prime 3 is available day 1. How could Sony compete with Nintendo's top of the line titles all at once?

  • gtimandan

    Posted May 10, 2006 7:26 am PT

    Wow, what a playable lineup! Isn't that sheer volume of pre-launch PLAYABLES unheard of?! 27!

    And all of those great games in development...some wicked gems in there, too...Call of Duty 3, Resident Evil, Final Fantasy, Metal Slug, Super Monkey Ball, Bust-A-Move, Bomberman, Medal of Honor, Dragonball Z, tons more, plus whatever Nintendo has up their sleeve...this is hella sweet!

    This surely shows how promising the system and its controller is given the way the developers & publishers have embraced it [and should serve as an example to anyone that had doubts about the system], ultimate graphics be damned.

    I was 60% sure I was going to buy a Wii at launch vs a PS3. I'm now 100% sure I'm going Wii [Wheeeeeeeeeee!] out of the gate

  • stiker71

    Posted May 10, 2006 7:19 am PT

    I cant wait 4 WARIOWARE WII!!

  • Sweendrix

    Posted May 10, 2006 6:03 am PT

    PS3 premium and 1 game: $700

    Xbox 360, Nintendo Gamecube, and two games: $700 dollars.

    Halo 3 and Zelda Twilight Princess: Priceless

  • Sweendrix

    Posted May 10, 2006 6:02 am PT

    PS3 premium and 1 game: $700

    Xbox 360, Nintendo Gamecube, and two games: $700 dollars.

    Halo 3 and Zelda Twilight Princess: Priceless

  • passentry

    Posted May 10, 2006 5:49 am PT

    gotta get a Wii!

  • thatguytony

    Posted May 10, 2006 5:23 am PT

    Man these announcements make me more and more excited about this system. Can't wait to find out the price and release date.

  • KiLLer_ba

    Posted May 10, 2006 12:34 am PT

    Resident evil, Metroid Prime 3, Zelda, Mario, you got to love Wii

  • papichuloazul

    Posted May 9, 2006 11:42 pm PT

    I'll buy all 4 system ps3, wii, xbox360, laptop gaming from dell. Wii is crap cuz there is no hardcore gamer but still has one a few more for mature resident evil, call of the duty 3... hmm not bad game. I'm already adult single Well I have family members got huge a lot kids. I'd rather buy mature and adult high rating gamer. I deal with them age 4-14 low rating game I play them. (I don't want tell them I'm boring). Nice job I love nintendo see ya

  • EvIlKiNgKoOpA

    Posted May 9, 2006 11:39 pm PT

    not a single negative post,thats a first,but i was wondering what was the other secret,im sure the guy might pull a fast one on us on thursday,or is it friday,the closing exent or message,or something like that

  • Mario512

    Posted May 9, 2006 9:51 pm PT

    NINTENDO ARE THE KINGS OF ALL GAMING!!! I'm so gonna get a Wii.

  • Magic-Mario

    Posted May 9, 2006 8:49 pm PT

    This actually shows that Nintendo is all about gamplay

  • Magic-Mario

    Posted May 9, 2006 8:36 pm PT

    *drops jaw on floor*
    I really like this

  • dhmy2kgto

    Posted May 9, 2006 7:59 pm PT

    *drooooool*

  • NeoJedi

    Posted May 9, 2006 7:46 pm PT

    Whoa lots of games there... can't wait to see them in action.

  • classiczelda

    Posted May 9, 2006 7:30 pm PT

    WHERE IS SUPER SMASH BROTHERS!!!!!!!!!

  • Blacksamurai87

    Posted May 9, 2006 7:19 pm PT

    Let's get it started. Tomorrow, I'm gonna read everyone's reactions. I hope the Tokyo team got SSB out in time for a demo...

  • captaindavid

    Posted May 9, 2006 7:17 pm PT

    wii ***** rocks

  • captaindavid

    Posted May 9, 2006 7:16 pm PT

    i am back baby. i am back. the Wii is going to kick you know whats ******************* that is why i think i am going to buy Wii. i am so excited!!!!!!!!!!

  • megabig

    Posted May 9, 2006 7:02 pm PT

    nintendo is going to rock on yea suck it sony lol

  • Vash67

    Posted May 9, 2006 6:56 pm PT

    Jaleco should bring back the Bases Loaded series. I definitely think it would fit well on the Rev. Plus, since it never have real players, the 2K's exclusive MLB contract wouldn't affect it.

  • riskbreaker419

    Posted May 9, 2006 6:06 pm PT

    Nintendo has realized they aren't a company to compete in the same kind of 'market' as Sony or Microsoft, no offense to them. I actually tip my hat off to them more than Sony or Microsoft; Nintendo has continually found ways to build a gaming niche that no one competes with. Even with the release of the PSP the DS and PSP are completely different styles of handhelds. Because of Nintendo's unique style (well, and mario) it will never die.

  • alcarazo9

    Posted May 9, 2006 6:05 pm PT

    WIi!!!!!!!!!!!! forever

  • fitootif

    Posted May 9, 2006 6:01 pm PT

    WHERE'S SUPER SMASH BROTHERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    that was the game I was most interested in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • blackIceJoe

    Posted May 9, 2006 5:46 pm PT

    Nice line up.I wonder how the wii will play.

  • c_ness2000

    Posted May 9, 2006 5:23 pm PT

    Weren't we promised a Super Smash Bros. game...

  • Shinoto

    Posted May 9, 2006 4:42 pm PT

    Wii is looking great

  • genealharrison

    Posted May 9, 2006 4:41 pm PT

    I am wondering where Smash Bros is?

  • nolsinkler

    Posted May 9, 2006 4:35 pm PT

    Maybe...smash will come as a suprise tomorrow? Maybe?

  • ghostadv

    Posted May 9, 2006 4:26 pm PT

    I knew Natsume would make a Harvest Moon game

    & Disaster: Day of Crisis sounds interesting

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