Nintendo announces new Nintendo DS and Wii line up for spring 2008

Nintendo announces new Nintendo DS and Wii line up for spring 2008

24th April 2008. As spring bounds in and summer edges closer, a range of new titles make their way on to the Nintendo DS and Wii. With some familiar faces, as well as brand new experiences on both consoles, there will be something for everyone to enjoy over the coming months

From fitness to finding the ultimate brawler, an exciting line up of titles is heading to the Wii over the next few months! 25th April will see the much-anticipated European launch of Wii Fit arrive on Wii, bundled with the pressure sensitive Wii Balance Board. This new dimension to Wii will bring a fun way to help the user and their family exercise in the comfort of their own home. Fans favourite, Mario, will also be found brawling with numerous heroes from Nintendo and third party titles in the eagerly anticipated Super Smash Bros. Brawl!

May will see the introduction of two new exciting elements to the Wii Channels. WiiWare will storm onto the Wii Shop Channel offering brand new first and third party titles to download directly to the Wii from 500 Wii Points. Nintendo Channel will also be arriving at the end of May, keeping everyone up-to-date on all the latest information for past, present and future games on all Nintendo platforms.

For the Nintendo DS, a new companion for the kitchen will be making its debut as Cooking Guide: Can’t Decide What to Eat? arrives in Europe. Providing numerous mouth watering recipes, step-by-step guides to preparing dishes from all around the world, this title is guaranteed to parallel your taste buds into food heaven! A new face in the world of justice will also take centre stage as Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice launches. Solving mysteries and heading back to the courtroom to nail the criminal, Apollo Justice will have puzzle fans searching out all the essential clues! In July, Pokémon fans will be in for a treat as they get ready to be transformed into a Pokémon and battle through dungeons with the arrival of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness on the Nintendo DS.

For the full updated 2008 line up for both the Nintendo DS and Wii, please see the tables below:

Wii Software 2008

Release Date
Alone In The Dark (ATARI) Q1 2008
Godzilla: Unleashed (ATARI) Q1 2008
Worms: A Space Oddity (THQ) Q1 2008
Yamaha Supercross (ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd) Q1 2008
Wii Fit (with Wii Balance Board accessory) (Nintendo) 25th April
Radio Helicopter (505 Games) 25th April
Legend of Sayuki (505 Games) 9th May
Top Spin 3 (2K Sports) May 2008
Monster Truck Jam (Activision) May 2008
Boom Blox (EA) May 2008
Speed Racer (Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment) May 2008
DRAGON QUEST® SWORDS: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors® (SQUARE ENIX) End May 2008
Hannah Montana – Music Jam (Disney Interactive Studios) Spring 2008
Iron Man (SEGA) Spring 2008
Ford Off Road Racing (Empire Interactive) 6th June
Family Ski (Namco Bandai / Nintendo) 13th June
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) 27th June
Lego: Indiana Jones the Original Adventures (LucasArts / Activision) June 2008
Monster Lab (Eidos) June 2008
Wacky Races (Eidos) June 2008
Mummy Tomb of the Emperor (Vivendi Games) July 2008
Blast Works – Build, Trade, Destroy (Majesco / Eidos) Q2 2008
de Blob (THQ) Q2 2008
Sports Island (Hudson Soft / Konami) Q2 2008
Chess Crusade (ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd) Q2 2008
Garfield Gets Real (ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd) Q2 2008
Garfield’s Fun Fest (ZOO digital Publishing Ltd) Q2 2008
Jeep Let’s Off Road (ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd) Q2 2008
Margots Word Brain (ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd) Q2 2008
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts / Activision) Summer 2008
We Love Golf (Capcom) Summer 2008
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Disney Interactive Studios) Summer 2008
Pipemania (Empire Interactive) 14th September
Brave: A Warrior’s Tale (SouthPeak Games) Q3 2008
Crash (tentative title) (Vivendi Games) October 2008
Spyro (tentative title) (Vivendi Games) October 2008
Bratz Kids (The Game Factory) Q4 2008
Build-A-Bear Workshop (The Game Factory) Q4 2008
RUBIKS (The Game Factory) Q4 2008
Wii Channels 2008

Release Date
WiiWare (Nintendo) 20th May 2008
Nintendo Channel (Nintendo) 30th May 2008

Nintendo DS Software 2008

Release Date
Godzilla: Unleashed (ATARI) Q1 2008
Fish Tycoon (Majesco / Eidos) Q1 2008
Holly Hobbie (Majesco / Eidos) Q1 2008
Nancy Drew (Majesco / Eidos) Q1 2008
Crayola: Treasure Adventures (Ignition) Q1 2008
GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE (Ignition) Q1 2008
Teenage Zombies (Ignition) Q1 2008
Mystery Mansion (505 Games) 4th April
Draglade (505 Games) 11th April
Mystery Detective II (505 Games) 18th April
Starz (505 Games) 18th April
King of Clubs (Oxygen Games) 18th April
Dream Pinball 3D (SouthPeak Games) 18th April
The World Ends With You (SQUARE ENIX) 18th April
Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice (Capcom / Nintendo) 9th May
Subbuteo (505 Games) 30th May
Monster Truck Jam (Activision) May 2008
Race Driver GRID (Codemasters) May 2008
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Disney Interactive Studios) May 2008
City Life (Monte Cristo Multimedia) May 2008
ArchimDS (Rising Star Games) May 2008
Ecolis (Rising Star Games) May 2008
Speed Racer (Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment) May 2008
Hannah Montana – Music Jam (Disney Interactive Studios) Spring 2008
Iron Man (SEGA) Spring 2008
Etrian Odyssey (Atlus / Nintendo) 6th June
Code Lyoko 2 (The Game Factory) 9th June
Bratz Ponyz 2 (The Game Factory) 11th June
Pipemania (Empire Interactive) 20th June
Cooking Guide: Can’t Decide What to Eat? (Nintendo) June 2008
Lego: Indiana Jones the Original Adventures (LucasArts / Activision) June 2008
Looney Tunes (Eidos) June 2008
Monster Lab (Eidos) June 2008
Wacky Races (Eidos) June 2008
Zoo Hospital (Majesco / Eidos) Q2 2008
Hello Kitty: Big City Dreams (Empire Interactive) Q2 2008
New International Track & Field (Konami) Q2 2008
Nanostray 2 (Majesco) Q2 2008
Chess Crusade (ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd) Q2 2008
Margots Word Brain (ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd) Q2 2008
Shining Star (ZOO Digital Publishing Ltd) Q2 2008
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (Nintendo) 4th July
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (Nintendo) 4th July
Mummy Tomb of the Emperor (Vivendi Games) July 2008
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts / Activision) Summer 2008
Bratz Kidz (The Game Factory) Q3 2008
RUBIKS Classic (tentative title) (The Game Factory) Q3 2008
Brave: Shaman’s Challenge (SouthPeak Games) Q3 2008
Ninjatown (SouthPeak Games) October 2008
Crash (tentative title) (Vivendi Games) October 2008
Ghostbusters (Vivendi Games) October 2008
Spyro (tentative title) (Vivendi Games) October 2008
ELEMENTS (The Game Factory) Q4 2008

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The worldwide innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii™, Nintendo DS™, Game Boy® Advance and Nintendo GameCube™ systems. Since 1983, Nintendo has sold more than 2.5 billion video games and more than 430 million hardware units globally, and has created industry icons like Mario™, Donkey Kong®, Metroid®, Zelda™ and Pokémon®. As a wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of Europe, based in Grossostheim, Germany, was established in 1990 and serves as headquarters for Nintendo’s operations in Europe.