Nintendo confirms 2007 release for key titles in Japan
Nintendo has confirmed that more than a dozen Wii software titles will be released in Japan this year, including key titles Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3.
Nintendo has confirmed that more than a dozen Wii software titles will be released in Japan this year, including key titles Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3.
As reported by IGN, the news emerged in a set of financial documents released by Nintendo.
A spokesperson has since told GamesIndustry.biz, "I can confirm the information is correct - it was distributed in the 'Supplementary Information about Earnings Release' which was part of the overall information distributed at the recent year-end financial announcement."
The full list of Wii games due for a 2007 release is as follows:
- Donkey Kong Taru Jet Race
- Wii Health Pack
- Disaster: Day of Crisis
- Mario Party 8
- Project H.A.M.M.E.R.
- Wii Music
- Super Mario Galaxy
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl
- Battalion Wars II
- Forever Blue
- Mario Strikers: Charged
- Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
- Mario and Sonic at the Olympics
The financial documents listed Animal Crossing Wii and Hoshi no Kirby as still "to be announced".
So far, only one of the games on the list has been confirmed for a 2007 release in Europe - Mario Strikers: Charged, which is due out on May 25.