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Codename revolution has a summary of the contents of the Nintendo Power January 2007 issue:

Here is the January 2007 issue of Nintendo Power featuring first Wii reviews and with Twilight Princess on the front cover!

UPDATE 1: Nintendo plans to bring more Wii console colors “down the road”, but there is no set time-line of their release.

UPDATE 2: Nintendo Power has confirmed that it made a mistake about the Opera Web Browser in the previous issue and that you WILL be able to download it for free until mid-June 2007!

UPDATE 3: Current top selling Gamecube game is LEGO Star Wars II.
Wii’ Most Wanted:
1. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
2. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
3. Super Mario Galaxy
4. Fire Emblem
5. Harvest Moon Wii

UPDATE 4: Nintendo Power confirms that Wii Play (w/Wii Remote) will be available in January! Also new screenshots (that were shown from Nintendo World 2006) of Fire Emblem, MP3, Disaster, Hammer and Mario Part 8 are shown and Metroid Prime 3 looks really sweet!

UPDATE 5: The BIGS, a baseball title from 2K Sports and Big Castle Games will include online play! Cooking Mama will include more than 300 real-world recipes from 10 different countries. Super Swing Golf will be released in December 2006.

UPDATE 6: First feature is on WarioWare: Smooth Moves: Some of the mini-games included are scrubbing a cow, a “wild wild west” classic duel shoot-out, a can-shooter, a slapping game, samurai “microgames”, sketch artist, number matching (from brain age), paper airplane, Balloon fight, darts, a diner game, a waiter game, a chauffeur game, a soccer game and more. In multiplayer mode, you can have up to 12 players (switching Wii-motes from one player to another) and throughout the game itself it will include Mii’s. In a multiplayer mini-game your Mii’s end up tightened by a rope, hanging and below your Mii is a swamp filled with crocodiles and your goal is to survive. There are also mini-games involving Nintendogs and even Link in Wind Waker (parachuting).

UPDATE 7: Next feature is on Virtual Console and while there is nothing new, Ristar is listed as one of the “31? games for the launch window. Next feature is on Twilight Princess: (Note: Skip to the next update if needed, this one contains Spoilers) When you start the game (in Ordon Village) for a third-time, you’ll earn a piece of heart. Get some explosives at Kakariko Village and to earn two extra pieces of heart, hit a rock on a high ledge wit ha bomb arrow and use a boomerang to collect it. Destroy a larger rock on the ground to open a path to a pool and another treasure. Get help from Gorons after you return from the mines, to climb the tower on the north end and at the top you’ll be able to start an archery mini-game (you can earn a piece of heart). Visit Malo Mart to purchase a “telescopic” Hawkeye for sniper-like shooting.

When you fill the third Vessel of Light, Castle Town will be “full of life” and you can find a man on the east road who accepts donations and for 1,000 rupees, he’ll give you a piece of heart. Give 1,000 rupees to the Goron at Malo Mart for fixing the bridge, give an additional 2,000 rupees to bring the shop at the center of Castle Town so oyu can purchase a Magic Armor for 598 rupees. There is a STAR Minigame, and with a Clawshot you can grapple onto cage walls so you can earn 60-arrows and if you win again you can get 100.

Go to southeastern part of Castle Town to meet Agitha, round up 24 Golden Bugs for her and give her one bug for Big Wallet (holds 600 rupees) and all 24 for Giant Wallet (1,000 rupee capacity). Speak to the fortune teller Fanadi in Castle Town and speak about your career so she can point out your next challenge and speak about love to get a piece of heart. There are 45 Pieces of Heart in the game. (Note: the next two pages are dungeons which have been reported before in spoiler posts except the last one) There is a “Rollgoal Minigame” where you press the C button to look at the game and you have to roll a ball through a maze (in Hena’s shop) and you can earn a “frog lure” if you win the eight maze. There is more info and I suggest getting a copy of this magazine or read the official guide itself.

UPDATE 8: Interview with Zelda director Eiji Aonuma, the following is an excerpt: “I think it’s safe to say that Twilight Princess has a lot more Miyamoto influence than other recent Zelda games…The total scale of the world, has definitely surpassed that of Ocarina of Time. There are a lot more dungeons as well…I must warn you that this game will take a lot longer to complete than Ocarina of Time…there were actually instances whee the control changes made for Wii were adapted to GCN, and they ended up improving the gameplay in the Gamecube version…Twilight Princess is set about a hundred years after Ocarina of Time…Twilight Princess has elements in it that were made so that people who played Ocarina can say ‘Oh, I remember this!’…releasing Twilight Princess for the Gamecube and creating a whole new Zelda for Wii immediately after (as it was planned) that would have been extremely diffciult to do time-wise.”

“I haven’t decided whether we’ll make Link right-handed or left-handed in future Zelda games…(he likes Goron Mines the best and his favorite character in the game is Link)…(in the future) I hope to offer more guidance to these talented young creators (on the TP team) so they can create a Zelda that I would never be able to make.”

UPDATE 9: Next feature in Excite Truck and in Summary (point-form):
1. Most of it you’ll have to see the screenshots (they are new) to read about it
2. You’ll earn 50 stars for finishing first in the game
3. Later tracks you’ll need to get a minimum of 100 or 150 stars
4. Strategies to use is Smash-Tested (crashing into opponents by boosting), end faster and hit a morph switch when trucks are in front of you
5. The feature looks at “Super Tree Run” in Scotland and Canada, “Super Air Spin” in Finland and Mexico, “Jump Combo” in Fiji and “Super Drift” from China.

UPDATE 10: Castlevania creator “Iga” on the Wii: “I am still thinking of all the possibilities, but right now I am thinking about all the systems the next game could be on. For me, the Wii controller doesn’t yet connect with the core gameplay of Castlevania. I definitely don’t want to make a game with gimmicky controls where you swing the controller like a whip, so I’ll have to think about it longer.” (Comments: I don’t hear anyone complaining about the Wii-mote being used as a whip? Come on Iga, you’ve been asked a million times about this and have gone on and off about it…make it for the Wii will ya! Heck even use the classic controller, I’m sure gamers would still get the game.)

UPDATE 11: The reason why Twilight Princess got a 9.5/10 was because of Wolf Link and Music. Although the gameplay was great, the issue was in the early goings when you’re forced to remain a wolf for extended periods and seek out creatures of darkness (meaning it can be a drag). The other issue was Music, and the tracks are too “subtle” for their own good.

UPDATE 12: The ratings once again for those who missed out:
Wii Titles:
Zelda TP: 9.5
Trauma Center SO: 8.5
SMB BB: 8.5
Excite Truck: 8.5
Madden 07: 8.5
Wii Sports: 8.0 / 8.5
Marvel UA: 8.0
Red Steel: 8.0
Metal Slug Anthology: 8.0
Rayman RR: 7.5
Need for Speed Carbon: 7.5
Tony Hawk DJ: 7.5
Spongebob: 7.0
CoD3: 6.5
Monster 4×4: 6.5
Rampage TD: 6.5
Splinter Cell DA: 6.0
DBZ BT2: 6.0 (9.0 for DBZ fans)
GT Pro Series: 5.0
Happy Feet: 4.5

Gamecube Titles:
Tomb Raider Legend: 7.5
The Sims 2 Pets: 6.5
Bionicle Heroes: 5.0

UPDATE 13: Former World Wrestling Entertainment “World Champion” Rey Mysterio dropped by Nintendo’s headquarters for a hands-on the Wii and went up against (in multiplayer-mode) Nintendo Power’s Chris Hoffman (who also wore a lucha libre mask). Rey Mysterio had the following to say after playing Wii Boxing: “(it was) awesome…exactly like real-life boxing, except for feeling the punches.” He also made a comment about how he was one of the first to play the Wii and it makes “King Booker” jealous. (Comments: Glad you enjoyed it Rey…now can you convince THQ to bring Smackdown vs. Raw on the Wii?)

UPDATE 14: Next Month will take a look at WarioWare with a review and the 50-floor “Cave of Ordeals” guide from Twilight Princess.

Tidbits: Eragon coming to Gamecube is still in question. Nintendo Power speaks about the game for DS and GBA. Odd thing though is the advertisement doesn’t show a Gamecube logo BUT it says “Also Available on Console”. Will this game be on the Wii instead? This issue also includes (besides the pokemon comic) a Twilight Princess poster and Wii stickers (with Wii Sports)! Also Sonic the Hedgehog on the GBA and it’s history is also featured. Also this is your chance to subscribe to Nintendo Power if you haven’t as yet, as a free copy of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Official Guide and Soundtrack CD will be made available!

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Nintendo Wii games Reviews Compilation

The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess (97.9% is 19.6/20)
UnderGroundOnline => A is 95%
gamespy => 5* is 100%
thehylia.com => 9.6/10
lawrence.com => 9.9/10
EGM => 9.5/9.5/10 = 9.7/10 (to be checked)
Gamerz edge => 10/10
Gamebrink => 99%
1up => 100%
Nintendo power => 9.5/10

Wii sport (79.66% is 15.9/20)
IGN => 7.5/10
gamerz edge => 8.5/10
lawrence.com => 8.9/10
advancednm.com => 7.5/10
Gamespy => 4* is 80%
GameBrink => 72%
Gamepro => 4.25/5 is 85
Gametrailers => 8/10
UnderGroundOnline =< B-="" soit="" 85=""> eToychast => 80%
eToychast => 80%
Deeko => 7.5/10
Wii Advanced => 7.5/10

Red steel (80.775% is 16.155/20)
Ngamer => 90%
Nzone => 85%
EGM => 8/8/5 = 7/10 (to be checked)
eToychest => 78%

Monkey Ball Banana Blitz (78.14% is 15.62/20)
Ngamer => 84%
Nzone => 81%
EGM => 6/6.5/7 = 6.5/10
Play magazine => 80%
IGN => 8.4/10
Gamespot => 8.3/10
1UP => 7/10

Excite Truck (72.67% is 14.53/20)
eToychest => 84%
EGM => 7/7/7.5 = 7.2/10 (to be checked)
Game to inform => 7/8 = 7.5/10
Gamespot => 6.8/10
IGN => 8/10
Gamespy => 3* is 60%
Gamedaily => 3/5 is 60%
UnderGroundOnline => B is 75%
Gamezone => 80%

Dragon Ball Z Tenkaichi 2 (86.1% is 17.22/20)
EGM => 7/7/6.5 = 6.83/10
Gamepro => 90%
Hardcore Gamer Magazine => 5/5

Trauma center 2sd ignition (78.75% is 15.75/20)
IGN => 8/10
Games Radar => 90%
1UP => 6.5/10
Gamespot => 8/10

Rayman Raving Rabbids (84% are 17/20)
Nzone => 85%
IGN => 8.3

Monsters 4×4 (70% are 14/20)
Nzone => 70%

Call of duty 3 (84% are 16.8/20)
IGN=> 7.7/10
PGNx Media => 9.3/10
Gaming Trend => 83%
Game Zone => 8.3/10

Marvel Ultimate Alliance (88.5% is 17.7/20)
Gaming Trend => 86%
PGNx Media => 9.1/10

Tony Hawk Dawnjam Hill (84.75% is 17/20)
IGN=> 7/10
PGNx Media => 8.7/10
Game Zone => 9/10
Gaming Trend => 92%

The following are the ratings for the Nintendo Wii Games in the Nintendo Power January 2007 magazine

• Zelda TP: 9.5
• Trauma Center SO: 8.5
• SMB BB: 8.5
• Excite Truck: 8.5
• Madden 07: 8.5
• Wii Sports: 8.0 / 8.5
• Marvel UA: 8.0
• Red Steel: 8.0
• Metal Slug Anthology: 8.0
• Rayman RR: 7.5
• Need for Speed Carbon: 7.5
• Tony Hawk DJ: 7.5
• Spongebob: 7.0
• CoD3: 6.5
• Monster 4×4: 6.5
• Rampage TD: 6.5
• Splinter Cell DA: 6.0
• DBZ BT2: 9.0 / 6.0
• GT Pro Series: 5.0
• Happy Feet: 4.5

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Popular Science lists the Nintendo Wii as one of the best products of 2006

Remember when videogames were fun? When the controllers had only a couple buttons and you didn’t have to spend an hour learning the seven-step finger dance for “walk?” Nintendo does, so it took a step back, looked at its superpowered competitors, and took a totally different path with its new console, Wii (pronounced “we”). Nintendo’s processor is 75 percent slower than an Xbox 360’s. The company decided that gamers didn’t need to pay extra for photo-realistic renderings of its iconic talking mushrooms. Instead it reimagined the controller, introducing a three-axis accelerometer that transforms your hand motions into in-game action, so you really play the games. In Wii Tennis, for example, swing your hand just as you would a racket. In Excite Truck, hold both ends of the controller as if it were a steering wheel. And look out for that tree, because, photo-real or not, these games will draw you in. $250; nintendo.com

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This is the Nintendo Wii Launch Games list released by Nintendo Power

1. The Ant Bully
2. Avatar: The Last Airbender
3. Barnyard
4. Blazing Angels
5. Call of Duty 3
6. Cars
7. Chicken Little: Ace in Action
8. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
9. Elebits
10. Excite Truck
11. Far Cry: Vengeance
12. The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
13. GT Pro Series
14. Happy Feet
15. Ice Age 2
16. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
17. Madden NFL 07
18. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
19. Metal Slug Anthology
20. Monster 4×4 World Circuit
21. Need for Speed: Carbon
22. Open Season
23. Rampage
24. Rapala Tournament Fishing
25. Rayman Raving Rabbids
26. Red Steel
27. Spongebob Squarepants: Creature from the Krusty Krab
28. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
29. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent
30. Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam
31. Trauma Center: Second Opinion
32. Wii Sports
33. World Series of Poker

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Codaname Revolution has gotten their hands on the November issue of Nintendo Power and has done a summary of whats in it:

• UPDATE 1: One of the first Wii game ads: Trauma Center: Second Opinion. It shows an appointment note and at the bottom it states “General Surgeon’s Warning: Trauma Center and Wii are an addictive combination that may result in prolonged fun for everyone. Early detection and preordering are key to achieving all the possible entertainment that these items can provide.” Another ad appears which has been seen before for Red Steel.

• UPDATE 2: [I almost had the “big one” when I saw Star Wars: New Alliance right on top of the Prepare for (Wii) Launch and realized it was for handhelds, oh well] Most of the Prepare for Launch feature is already known. Also info on Strikers and BWii, but nothing new. However a list of 33 launch window games are listed! They are the following:

1. The Ant Bully
2. Avatar: The Last Airbender
3. Barnyard
4. Blazing Angels
5. Call of Duty 3
6. Cars
7. Chicken Little: Ace in Action
8. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
9. Elebits
10. Excite Truck
11. Far Cry: Vengeance
12. The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
13. GT Pro Series
14. Happy Feet
15. Ice Age 2
16. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
17. Madden NFL 07
18. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
19. Metal Slug Anthology
20. Monster 4×4 World Circuit
21. Need for Speed: Carbon
22. Open Season
23. Rampage
24. Rapala Tournament Fishing
25. Rayman Raving Rabbids
26. Red Steel
27. Spongebob Squarepants: Creature from the Krusty Krab
28. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
29. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent
30. Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam
31. Trauma Center: Second Opinion
32. Wii Sports
33. World Series of Poker

• UPDATE 3: We should see more Commodore Games from Epyx on the Virtual Console which are confirmed to be in the works.

• UPDATE 4: News we have already heard about but it’s interesting that Nintendo Power points it out such as Spore possibly making it to the Wii and Lucasarts & Radical working on next-gen Game.

• UPDATE 5: Here comes the Wii previews. First is Elebits with new screens, it’ll have over 15 stages and a multi-player mode. Monster 4×4, not much new except that it will look better than its predecessor and that is good to know! Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam, two new screens and the game will have areas like Chicago shopping mall, Edinburgh castle, Hong Kong waterfront and the game will have 100 events from 30sec-4min sprints/marathons. Far Cry: Vengeance, three new screens and the graphics are horrible, (N64-1.5 horrible) but it is obvious the game is in an early build. Avatar, three new screens and the game plays similar to X-men Legends. Rayman isn’t necessarily a Wario-ware like title as all the mini-games are part of the story. Barnyard will utlize the Wii-mote and you can do things like break boxes, shake jugs of milk to turn them into cream and in one screenshot it looks like a Golf mini-game feature as well.

• UPDATE 6: A four-page Madden NFL 07 feature. Most of it is known but the screenshots made me think of DS. Of course the graphics shown in video previews are a million times better than what is shown here. Game has as 2on2 Minigame where four athletes face off in a narrowed field and each team has four downs to make it to the end zone. Next mini-game is a Kicking Combine in which the player has to kick the ball and it has to land on what is displayed on the screen. Next is Y.A.C. Attack Minigame which rotates players into the quarterback position so you can pass and run. Defenders get points for stopping his own man and another. The game will look much better, it will have double the textures the GCN version had, more-realistic lighing/shadows and a higher polygon count. Grass is a great example which shows off a realistic treatment.

• UPDATE 7: Next is a three-page feature on Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz. A Banana Blitz poster is included in this issue! Few new screens. Game has eight themed worlds and additional worlds to be unlocked and each world consists of eight puzzle stages plus a boss. Bosses like a pirate-like ape and a sasquatch. The rest of the feature shows off mini-games we may have already seen, except perhaps Squash mini-game where you wield the Wii-mote like a tennis racket and the great part is it is not on rails! Meaning you can control the character with the analog stick while playing Squash.

• UPDATE 8: Next up is a three-page feature on Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. Many new screens. Game has 17 locations and Dr. Doom seems to be the main baddy. Rhino, Scropion, Shocker, Thunderball, Bulldozer, Piledriver, Mysterio and Dragon Man are some of the villains in the game. Galactus is in the game. Stan Lee interview reveals that The Watcher is in the game. Ultimate Alliance is Stan’s favorite game and a sequel will eventually happen. Nick Fury and Silver Surfer are two unlockable characters. Marvel Ultimate Comic Book fans will recognize some of the storylines and battles in the game.

• UPDATE 9: The Stuff of Legends (Zelda) Part 2 (continued from October Issue): Top 5 Minigames - Money Making, Fishing, Scenic Photo Spots, Private Oasis Puzzle and Tingle Tower Games. Top 5 Items/Weapons - Hookshot, Ocarina of Time, Mirror Shield, Master Sword and Bombs. Top 5 Dungeons - Death Mountain, Dark Palace, Forest Temple, Stone Tower Temple and Forsaken Fotress. Nintendo Power Playback features Ducktales (released September 1989) for the NES (definitely one of the greats). Mini-previews of Chip ‘N Dale Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck and Ducktales 2. Capcom is confirmed to support the VC, hopefully Ducktales will make it.

• UPDATE 10: Nintendo Power interviews Hawthorne Heights who are heading for the Fusion Tour. Matt from the group says “We already held the controller..it makes me happy that it’s not $8,000 like the other systems are going to be.“ JT (who is looking foward to Zelda) says “We were pretty impressed. I didn’t know that that’s what it was going to be like. I just thought it would just be, you know, the next Nintendo system. But it looks like it’s going to be something totally different than anybody’s done before.”

• UPDATE 11: Next Month - Countdown to Launch - “The Wii-volution is about to begin, and Nintendo Power is on the front lines. We’ll have complete coverage of launch plans, titles, and reasons why Wii will change gaming as we know it.”

This is the list of the 101 Nintendo Wii Games Revealed by Nintendo

• Elebits / Konami Digital Entertainment / Launch
• Ennichi no Tatsujin / Bandai Namco Games / Launch
• Hajimete no Wii: Your First Step to Wii / Nintendo / Launch
• Kororinpa / Hudson / Launch
• Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess / Nintendo / Launch
• Machi-Kuru Domino (Working Title) / Success / Launch
• Necro-Nesia / Spike / Launch
• Red Steel / Ubisoft / Launch
• SD Gundam Revolution (Working Title) / Bandai Namco Games / Launch
• Super Monkey Ball: Ukiuki Party Daisuugou / Sega / Launch
• Swing Golf Pangya / Tecmo / Launch
• Tamagotchi no Pikapika Daitouryou / Bandai Namco Games / Launch
• Trauma Center: Second Opinion / Atlus / Launch
• Wario Ware: Smooth Moves / Nintendo / Launch
• Wii Sports / Nintendo / Launch
• Wing Island / Hudson / Launch
• Bleach Wii / Sega / Dec-06
• Cooking Mama: Minna to Issho ni Oryouri Taikai! / Taito / Dec-06
• Crayon Shin-chan / Banpresto / Dec-06
• Furifuri (Working Title) / Taito / Dec-06
• Mahjong Wii (Working Title) / Koei / Dec-06
• Need For Speed Carbon / EA / Dec-06
• Pokemon Battle Revolution / Pokèmon / Nintendo / Dec-06
• Rayman (Working Title) / Ubisoft / Dec-06
• Sengoku Musou Wave / Koei / Dec-06
• Sudoku / Hudson / Dec-06
• Tsuri Master (Working Title) / Hudson / Dec-06
• 3D Action game (Working Title) / Takara Tomy / TBA
• 3D Boxing Action game (Working Title) / AQ Interactive / TBA
• Action Game (Working Title) / ASNetworks / 2007
• Action Game (Working Title) / Epoch / TBA
• Action game (Working Title) / Takara Tomy / TBA
• Action Game (Working Title) / Banpresto / TBA
• Action Game (Working Title) / From Software / TBA
• Action RPG (Working Title) / From Software / TBA
• Bachindaa / Hudson / Feb-07
• Barnyard (Working Title) / THQ Japan / TBA
• Baseball Game (Working Title) / Konami Digital Entertainment / TBA
• Battle Action game (Working Title) / Takara Tomy / TBA
• Biohazard Umbrella Chronicles (Working Title) / Capcom / TBA
• Bokujou Monogatari Wii (Working Title) / Marvelous Interactive / TBA
• Bomberman Land (Working Title) / Hudson / Mar-07
• Call of Duty 3 / Activision / TBA
• Cars (Working Title) / THQ Japan / TBA
• Crossword / Hudson / Mar-07
• Dairantou Smash Bros. X / Nintendo / 2007
• Densha de Go! (Working Title) / Taito / TBA
• Disaster (Working Title) / Nintendo / Spring 2007
• Donkey Kong Taru Jet Race (Working Title) / Nintendo / 2007
• Doubutsu no Mori (Working Title) / Nintendo / TBA
• Downhill Jam (Working Title) / Activision / TBA
• Dragon Ball Z Sparking! NEO / Bandai Namco Games / Jan-07
• Dragon Quest Swords / Square Enix / Spring 2007
• Excite Truck / Nintendo / Jan-07
• Eyeshield 21 (Working Title) / Nintendo / TBA
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearer (Working Title) / Square Enix / TBA
• Fire Emblem: Akatsuki no Megami / Nintendo / Feb-07
• Fishing Game (Working Title) / ASNetworks / Summer 2007
• Forever Blue (Working Title) / Nintendo / 2007
• GT pro series / MTO / TBA
• Gun Shooting game (Working Title) / Sega / TBA
• Harry Potter (Working Title) / EA / 2007
• Heroes / Spike / 2007
• Horce Racing Action game (Working Title) / Koei / TBA
• Hoshi no Kirby (Working Title) / Nintendo / TBA
• Java / Spike / Spring 2007
• Jigsaw Puzzle / Hudson / Mar-07
• Kawano Nushi-Tsuri Series (Working Title) / Marvelous Interactive / TBA
• Mario Party 8 (Working Title) / Nintendo / 2007
• Mario Strikers Charged (Working Title) / Nintendo / 2007
• Marvel Ultimate Alliance / Interchannel-Holon / TBA
• Metroid Prime 3 Corruption (Working Title) / Nintendo / 2007
• Mobile Suit Gundam (Working Title) / Bandai Namco Games / TBA
• Music simulation game (Working Title) / Konami Digital Entertainment / TBA
• New Action Adventure Game 1 (Working Title) / Konami Digital Entertainment / TBA
• New Action Adventure Game 2 (Working Title) / Konami Digital Entertainment / TBA
• New RPG (Working Title) / Koei / TBA
• Noumiso Konekone Puzzle Takoron / Compile Heart / Summer 2007
• One Piece: Unlimited Adventure / Bandai Namco Games / TBA
• Original Action game (Working Title) / D3 Publisher / 2007
• Original Simulation game (Working Title) / Marvelous Interactive / TBA
• Pac-Man Carnival (Working Title) / Bandai Namco Games / TBA
• Princess Company / Starfish SD / TBA
• Project Hammer (Working Title) / Nintendo / 2007
• RPG (Working Title) / Konami Digital Entertainment / TBA
• San-X Allstar for Wii (Working Title) / MTO / TBA
• Shooting Game (Working Title) / ASNetworks / Summer 2007
• Simple series (Working Title) / D3 Publisher / 2007
• Soccer Game (Working Title) / Konami Digital Entertainment / TBA
• Sonic and the Secret Rings / Sega / 2007
• Soothing character action game (Working Title) / MTO / TBA
• Sponge Bob (Working Title) / THQ Japan / TBA
• SSX (Working Title) / EA / 2007
• Super Mario Galaxy / Nintendo / 2007
• Super Paper Mario (Working Title) / Nintendo / 2007
• Sword Fighting Action game (Working Title) / Interchannel-Holon / TBA
• Sword of Legendia (Working Title) / Bandai Namco Games / TBA
• The Dog Island (Working Title) / Yukes / 2007
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour (Working Title) / EA / 2007
• Totsugeki Famicom Wars W (Working Title) / Nintendo / 2007
• Wii Music (Working Title) / Nintendo / 2007
• Wii Yawaraka Atama Juku (Working Title) / Nintendo / Spring 2007

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Vibe magazine Published that the Nintendo Wii Price will be $150, not normally a source for your pre-launch speculation, but still weighing in on what they think of the Wii.

In a supplement to the main magazine titled VStyle, they have this to say about the upcoming Nintendo Gamecube successor.

Nintendo’s Wii (pronounced Wee) has a crazy name and an even crazier premise–motion-sensitive wireless controllers that require you to flail about to control gameplay. But once you start whacking a virtual tennis ball using an actual swinging motion with your arm, you’re hooked. Small, sexy-looking, and affordable, Nintendo’s newest gaming system, which promises such motion-activated titles as Excite Truck and Wario Ware to Metroid and Madden 2007, is a winner. $150; www.nintendo.com

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Ubisoft, in collaboration with Thrustmaster, released the images of which will be first peripheral for Wii:the steering wheel; developed by an external company.

This wii pheripheral is a compatible steering wheel with the control functions of title GT Series. However, this peripheral will also be compatible with other titles, like Monster 4×4: World Circuit, Excites Truck, Cars and the phases of conduction of Sponge Bob SquarePants: Creature from the krusty Krab.

source: IGN

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