More European Wii launch info

Author: Brett Thomas
Published: 1st November 2006
Comments (17) Stumble
The 8th of December is coming quick! Are you excited? Wii are.

The 8th of December is coming quick! Are you excited? Wii are.

We're just over a month away from the December 8th launch of the Wii in Europe, and a title list is starting to form. Nintendo has acknowledged 27 different games that will be available before the end of the year (most of which will be ready at launch), and promised another 31 games available on the virtual console.

Rather than try to force this into paragraphs, here's a quick run-down by publisher:
  • Nintendo - Wii Sports (bundled), Zelda: Twilight Princess, Wii Play;
  • Activision - Call of Duty 3, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam;
  • EA - Need for Speed: Carbon, Madden NFL 07;
  • Midway - Happy Feet, Rampage: Total Destruction;
  • THQ - Cars, Barnyard, Spongebob Squarepants: Creature from the Krusty Krab;
  • Ubisoft - Blazing Angels, Far Cry: Vengeance, GT Pro Series, Monster 4x4 World Circuit, Open Season, Rayman Raving Rabbids, Red Steel, and the big one - Splinter Cell: Double Agent.
Other titles to be on the lookout for include WarioWare in January and ExciteTruck in February.

The virtual console will have its own love, with 31 more titles slated so far. The more notable ones include:
  • NES - Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Mario Bros., Solomon's Key, The Legend of Zelda, Urban Champion,Wario's Woods, Baseball, Pinball, Soccer, Tennis, Ice Hockey;
  • SNES - Donkey Kong Country, F-Zero,Sim City;
  • N64 - Super Mario 64;
  • SEGA - Sonic the Hedgehog, Altered Beast, Golden Axe, Columns, Gunstar Heroes, Ecco the Dolphin, Space Harrier II, Toe Jam and Earl, Ristar, Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine;
  • Turbografx - Bonk's Adventure, Super Star Soldier, Victory Run, Bomberman '93, Dungeon Explorer.
The virtual console pricing is the big news - NES games will run about 500 Wii points (5 euros), Turbografx will be 600, SNES and Sega will be 800, and N64 will be 1000. The games will be stored on the unit's internal flash memory, which will hopefully not fill up too quickly - Nintendo promises that this collection will continue to grow.

Are you looking forward to the upcoming release? Tell us about which titles you'll be looking forward to in our forums.
Quote Bindibadgi 1st November 2006, 16:16
Flash memory wont fill too quickly, Ive got several hundred nes roms and they take very little space. Im sure there must be some sort of backup option though.

No Streets of Rage makes Bindi a sad sad person.
Quote M4RTIN 1st November 2006, 16:29
pricing of the games looks alright, comparable with xbox arcade. mybrother is getting one for xmas so it should be a good time as log as wii can get the games anyway lol
Quote FredsFriend 1st November 2006, 16:33
Oh No goldeneye on the list yet :(
Quote DougEdey 1st November 2006, 16:43
I don't think Goldeneye or PD will be on this system, because they are Rare made and Rare are now Microsofts employees
Quote Chuff_72 1st November 2006, 16:57
It's great to see all these wonderful developers and publishers joining in with the innovative spirit of the Wii and producing incredible exclusive titles, I for one am nearly wetting myself with uncontainable joy with the announcement that I can finally, FINALLY play Cars and Barnyard the way God intended, with a wireless pointer and an analogue potato.
Quote BioSniper 1st November 2006, 16:57
The internal flash is only 512MB though is it not? And N64 roms are relatively large, Golden eye is 16MB and Zelda is 25MB (uncompressed) of course though I guess they will use compression or something anyway.
Still nice to have more info and great to see the Sega games are pretty good ones too.
Quote keir 1st November 2006, 17:07
flash cards arn't that much, its all good :)
Quote M4RTIN 1st November 2006, 17:14
1gb sd card is only a few quid so is pretty much a guaranteed purchase
Quote Paradigm Shifter 1st November 2006, 18:02
I just want the old Squaresoft back catalogue on the Wii, then I'll be happy with the downloadable content. :D
Quote Fophillips 1st November 2006, 18:36
I want Super Metroid and Super Mario World.
Quote _DTM2000_ 1st November 2006, 19:48
Where's Mario Cart, that was the best game ever. :'(
Quote Lazarus Dark 1st November 2006, 20:32
^^ my first thought too and goldeneye , I hope your wrong that they wont have it.

"analogue potato"
lmfao -- yes thats it! I couldnt figure out what it looked like- a potato!

Im looking forward to trying original zelda. I actually have only played link to the past, ocarina, majora and links awakening.
Quote Veles 1st November 2006, 22:10
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Originally Posted by DougEdey
I don't think Goldeneye or PD will be on this system, because they are Rare made and Rare are now Microsofts employees

But Rare made Donkey Kong Country on the SNES too and that coming out, I suppose it's because DK is nintendo's IP, so they still own the rights to it even though Rare made it. But Rare own the IP to things like Prefect Dark and Conker.
Quote Darv 2nd November 2006, 11:30
You don't need to worry about running out of space. WHen you buy a VC game the transaction is stored on a database, so you can simply download it again whenever you like. :D
Quote dullonien 3rd November 2006, 10:06
Noo I really hope Goldeneye and Perfect Dark will come out, 2 of the best games ever.

Mario Cart 64 is another one I can't wait for. Dec 12 is geting closer and closer.
Quote Bindibadgi 3rd November 2006, 10:24
Quote:
Originally Posted by Darv
You don't need to worry about running out of space. WHen you buy a VC game the transaction is stored on a database, so you can simply download it again whenever you like. :D

You see, I dont like to trust other people. If someone hacks the account details like Steam you've lost all your purchased games. Boo Hoo Hoo cause Valve doesn't give a **** and Nintendo are a slightly larger organisation. Sure, it's coupled to your credit card or whatever but supposen you change your card? And you still have to download it all again.

There's no way in hell you'll be able to take your games off of the internal flash onto an SD card or whatever, just think of the piracy implications and Nintendo wont want you to take the card to someone elses house and load it on their Wii, they'll want your mate to buy it too etc

It's a fantastic way to stop game sharing/lending and rape everyone out of more cash. It's just like DRM.
Quote DougEdey 3rd November 2006, 11:09
Every Wii has a unique Identifying number, it wouldn't surprise me if this number was embedded in each ROM so you could only play it on your Wii. Or even if it linked it to your Mii on your Wiimote so only if your Wiimote was connected would you be able to play it, prevents theft and uses it like the original cartridges.
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