Nintendo Starts 2005 with a Bang

Jan. 10, 2005

Nintendo's lineup for 2005 comes loaded with innovative new games that take advantage of the touch-screen and wireless capabilities of the new Nintendo DS^TM. Likewise, owners of Nintendo GameCube^TM and Game Boy^® Advance SP will find new ways to enjoy new and favorite franchises. New tricks like using bongos to control characters in Donkey Kong^® Jungle Beat^TM for Nintendo GameCube and an internal gyro sensor in WarioWare^TM: Twisted! for Game Boy Advance SP enhance the game experience as only Nintendo can.

Here's a glimpse of what you'll be playing on Nintendo systems in the first part of 2005, along with dozens of unannounced titles that are now in development.

Nintendo DS

• Feb. 14: WarioWare^TM: Touched! from Nintendo

• March 14: Pokémon^® Dash from Nintendo

• March: Yoshi Touch & Go from Nintendo

• March: Retro Atari Classics^TM from Atari

• Q1: Need for Speed Underground^TM 2 from Electronic Arts

• May: Ultimate Card Games^TM from Telegames

• June: Ultimate Brain Games^TM from Telegames

• Q2: World Championship Poker^TM from Crave Entertainment

• And new titles from Nintendo like Metroid Prime^® Hunters and Polarium, as well as Nintendo franchise titles for Mario Kart^®, Animal Crossing^TM and Advance Wars^TM.

Nintendo GameCube

• Jan. 11: Resident Evil^® 4 from Capcom

• Jan. 11: Virtua Quest^TM from SEGA

• Feb. 8: NBA Street V3 from Electronic Arts

• Feb. 14: Star Fox^®: Assault from Nintendo

• February: Winnie the Pooh from Ubisoft

• March 14: Donkey Kong Jungle Beat from Nintendo

• March: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell^® Chaos Theory from Ubisoft

• March: Dragon Ball Z^® Sagas from Atari

• March: Mortal Kombat^®: Deception^TM from Midway

• April: Donkey Konga^TM 2 from Nintendo

• Q2: Geist^TM from Nintendo

• Spring 2005: Killer 7^TM from Capcom

• And an all-new adventure of The Legend of Zelda^® from Nintendo is in development.

Game Boy Advance SP

• Jan. 10: The Legend of Zelda^®: The Minish Cap from Nintendo

• January: Banjo Pilot^TM from THQ^®

• February: Shaman King: Legacy of the Spirits - Soaring Hawk from Konami

• February: Shaman King: Legacy of the Spirits - Sprinting Wolf from Konami

• February: Ace Combat Advance^TM from Namco

• February: Klonoa^® 2 from Namco

• February: Winnie the Pooh from Ubisoft

• March 21: WarioWare: Twisted! from Nintendo

• March 28: Mario Party^® Advance from Nintendo

• March: Backyard Baseball from Atari

• April 25: Pokémon^® Emerald from Nintendo

• Q2: Fire Emblem^TM: The Sacred Stones from Nintendo

• Q2: Ultimate Pocket Games^TM from Telegames