Shippin' Out June 18-22: RE4 Wii, Hot Brain, BIA & SimCity DS

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted Jun 19, 2007 6:01 pm PT

Resident Evil 4 debuts on the Wii, Midway's PSP puzzler sizzles craniums, and Brothers In Arms and EA's urban-management game build up Nintendo's handheld.

As evidenced by tepid reviews for Scarface, Red Steel, and Medal of Honor: Vanguard, action games haven't fared too well critically on the Nintendo Wii. This week, though, a survival shooter that has already earned accolades aplenty on the GameCubeand PlayStation 2 ships out. Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition, a reworked version of GameSpot's 2005 Game of the Year, arrives today for bearing a $29.99 price tag and an M for Mature rating. Check out the full review to see if it measures up to the first two editions of the game or ranks alongside the less acclaimed PC edition.

The Wii RE4 dominates another slim release slate. The only other major console debuts are DiRT and Raw Danger, although both the Xbox 360 and Wii will receive new downloadable titles.

Portables fared better, with Ubisoft's celebrated Brothers in Arms series and Electronic Arts' storied SimCity franchise making their first appearance on the Nintendo DS. Also arriving are the first Transformers movie tie-ins on the PlayStation Portable and DS, one week ahead of their console counterparts. Sony's handheld also gets three more titles: the Fred Willard-hosted puzzle game Hot Brain, the block-shifting Puzzle Scape, and the self-explanatory PQ2: Practical Intelligence Quotient.

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

JUNE 18, 2007
Blitzkrieg Strategy Pack (PC)
Bloody Wolf (WII)
Hot Brain (PSP)
NES Open Tournament Golf (WII)
PQ2: Practical Intelligence Quotient (PSP)
Puzzle Scape (PSP)
World Sports Competition (WII)
Zendoku (DS)

JUNE 19, 2007
Brothers In Arms DS (DS)
DiRT (PC, X360)
Hard Truck: Apocalypse - Rise of Clans (PC)
Ingenious (PC)
Raw Danger (PS2)
Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition (WII)
SimCity DS (DS)
Transformers: Autobots (DS)
Transformers: Decepticons (DS)
Transformers: The Game (PSP)

JUNE 20, 2007
Band of Bugs (X360)
Pro Cycling Manager/Tour de France 2007 (PC, PSP)

JUNE 21, 2007
No releases scheduled.

JUNE 22, 2007
Arena Wars Reloaded (PC)
Attack on Pearl Harbor (PC)

36 Comments

  • flaak_monkey

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 7:50 pm PT

    BIA DS and SIm City!

  • _NeoN

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 5:00 pm PT

    Only two titles interest me, the Transformers movie tie-in (only hope it isn't a let down, as I've found handheld equivalents to be) and the PQ title (which sounds intriguing).

    Apologies for the double post.

  • clqtte

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 4:45 pm PT

    no game interests me here....maybe PQ2 ????

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 12:07 pm PT

    I am interested to see how the Brothers In Arms game does.

  • anamnawshad

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 11:27 am PT

    Another AAA for Wii!!

  • DS_fan_atic

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 10:14 am PT

    Getting RE4 Wii for sure!!

    review pending I might get Sim City DS and Brothers in Arms DS

  • R3V3N4N7

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 9:55 am PT

    No 360 titles : [

  • bigcalkenobi

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 8:25 am PT

    If you never owned RE4 as many people who have a Wii probably haven't, it will be pretty sweet for newcomers. It is something to brag about considering everyone is saying its the definitive version.

  • xElite_GameRx

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 7:30 am PT

    Why would I get a game I already have for PS2 and played on gamecube? I bet the graphics will be the same anyway, unless there's an online mode added its no point. Prime is right, there's nothing to brag about this week.

  • Nene33

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 7:11 am PT

    I'm getting Resident Evil 4

  • SavoyPrime

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 5:53 am PT

    Nothing of interest for me this week.

  • knox-fan95

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 5:51 am PT

    i cant wait for brothers in arms ds

  • chrisdojo

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 5:44 am PT

    nothing too grand.

  • slayer1090

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 4:45 am PT

    i'll probably get Resident Evil 4 for the Wii because of the extra content the Gamecube version of mine didn't have and becuase of the controles, graphics and sound.

  • slayer1090

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 4:45 am PT

    i'll probably get Resident Evil 4 for the Wii because of the extra content the Gamecube version of mine didn't have and becuase of the controles, graphics and sound.

  • lamprey263

    Posted Jun 20, 2007 2:58 am PT

    I checked with many of the retailers in my area. For some reason they have Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition as a June 19th release date, they have the game, but for some reason they won't sell it until June 20th. I don't understand this. Blockbuster had the game on the 19th and they had it out for rental that day. Is this becoming the new trend with video game stores, selling things 1 day after the release date? I happened for me with Motorstorm and God of War 2. I don't understand this. If this is the case, store can bank off this. Best Buy (or whoever) can say "hey, we actually sell things on the release date", and that'd draw in customers. Is there anyone in the game retail trade that can enlighten me?

  • Nharia12

    Posted Jun 19, 2007 11:03 pm PT

    Not sure about buying video games based from a movie, but SimCity should make a good edition to the DS collection.

  • finaleve

    Posted Jun 19, 2007 10:37 pm PT

    DonutTrooper > Goldeneye was just like any generic movie-based game. It loosely followed the movie. However, Rare did a damn good job of making it fun to play, and multiplayer was the best.

    RE4 and Sim City sounds like this weeks pick.

  • football_legend

    Posted Jun 19, 2007 10:19 pm PT

    I already got Forza 2, I think i will skip DiRt.

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