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Shippin' Out June 11-15: Fantastic 4, Tenchu Z, Naruto 2, Big Brain

By Tom Magrino, GameSpotPosted Jun 12, 2007 6:34 pm PT

Take-Two takes on Fantastic 4; Tenchu Z and Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 leap from the shadows; Nintendo heads back to school.

Even if it is short on big-name titles, this week's release list brings scads of new games to the market.

With Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer hitting theaters this week, it's Take-Two's turn to give Hollywood its due. As opposed to other recent feature-film tie-ins, Fantastic 4 will be surfing to a modest five platforms: the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Wii, and Nintendo DS.

As the ouster of pirates from the release chart is now complete, ninjas have been given free rein to move in. Though it's been out in Japan since June 2006, Tenchu Z from developer K2 will be sneaking onto Microsoft's next-gen console this week. In other ninja news, Namco Bandai's Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 explores the ninja way on the PlayStation 2, and Zendoku from developer Zoonami brings the ninja ethos to the art of Sudoku on the DS. Running with the martial arts-mayhem theme, the Dragon Ball Z crew is given the collectible-card-game treatment by Atari in Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu, also for the DS.

Speaking of themes, Nintendo's recent retail success seems to have the company thinking gold. On the Virtual Console this week, Sonic shows up with his golden rings in Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Dark Guld threatens the world once again in Golden Axe II, and Hudson's Lode Runner arrives with, well, piles of gold. Golden sand was the best Microsoft could come up with, as Gameloft will bring out a revamped version of Jordan Mechner's Prince of Persia original as part of the Xbox Live Wednesday's weekly update.

Lastly, Nintendo will be bringing its brand of brain-training to the Wii this week, with the release of Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree.

This week's new releases are listed below (list taken from retailer information--actual dates may vary).

JUNE 11, 2007
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Wii)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Wii)
Golden Axe II (Wii)
Lode Runner (Wii)
UFO: Afterlight (PC)

JUNE 12, 2007
Tenchu Z (Xbox 360)
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 (PS2)
Call of Juarez (PC)
Raw Danger (PS2)
Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia (Xbox 360, PC)
Crash Bandicoot Action Pack (PS2)
Zendoku (PSP)
Time Ace (DS)
PQ2: Practical Intelligence Quotient (PSP)
The Sims 2: Pets (Wii)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas (PSP)
7 Wonders 2 (PC)
Scarface: The World Is Yours (Wii)

JUNE 13, 2007
Prince of Persia Classic (Xbox 360)
Zendoku (DS)

JUNE 14, 2007
Go! Puzzle (PS3)

JUNE 15, 2007
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, DS)
Puzzle Scape (PSP)
Chicken Shoot (DS)

47 Comments

  • darkchaostitan

    Posted Jul 25, 2007 11:46 am PT

    Tenchu Z awsome, but I'll wait until the price drops to get it. Chicken shoot?! WTF?! That game sucks.

  • jay-619

    Posted Jun 22, 2007 2:49 am PT

    still any hints to when the UK will be seeing ultimate ninja 2?

  • Javy-Metal

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 10:09 pm PT

    Tenchu Z......... RockS............. Hell Yea!!!!!!!

  • kappareign

    Posted Jun 17, 2007 6:33 pm PT

    the big brain am winning again. and now its leaving earth for no raisin

  • JBiker51

    Posted Jun 15, 2007 9:55 am PT

    Tenchu Z is a very fun game! I'm glad I bought it.

  • EPaul

    Posted Jun 14, 2007 9:11 am PT

    at least the psp is getting a fair amount of new games this week

  • _NeoN

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 5:16 pm PT

    Only one title has me excited this week, Rise of the Silver Surfer. Can't wait to see the movie and expecting big things from the game adaptation.

    Apologies for the double post, not sure why it does that.

  • _NeoN

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 5:16 pm PT

    Only one title has me excited this week, Rise of the Silver Surfer. Can't wait to see the movie and expecting big things from the game adaptation.

    Apologies for the double post, not sure why it does that.

  • Brother_Boney

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 4:32 pm PT

    Tenchu Z is the first game that makes me feel really happy that I picked up an X360 a while back... Well it was the price of $60 with warranty document, that really makes me smile but still. Now to wait that this game gets into Europe and into the used games category where I can pick it up for EUR 30. *sings*

  • JamesL007

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 1:40 pm PT

    I have to see how Scarface is going to play on the WII, and I am looking forward to the Carsh Bandicoot Action Pack too, at least until Manhunt 2 comes out with GRAW2 for PS3, Peace

  • SavoyPrime

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 1:05 pm PT

    Nothing for me this week.

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 11:32 am PT

    I'll get Tenchu Z when the price has dropped to around 30 dollars.

  • Zonelezz

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 10:18 am PT

    hmmmm

  • Humorguy_basic

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 10:10 am PT

    Call of Juarez - on PC, and 7 Wonders 2......... Zzzzzzzzzzzzz still for PC gaming I am afraid...!

  • Sk8erHeadshot

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 8:40 am PT

    cant wait for POP

  • TristanH12

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 8:26 am PT

    Fantastic Four will hopefully be great!

  • dmish82

    Posted Jun 13, 2007 6:23 am PT

    Curious about Scarface for the Wii. I have no expectations for F4 though.

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