Nintendo of Europe reveals key title dates for 2006
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Nintendo of Europe's game schedule for the rest of the fiscal year has been released, revealing the release date of Animal Crossing on the DS, among other games. No Pokémon games were announced.
Europeans will be able to buy a copy of Animal Crossing: Wild World (still a tentative title according to NoE) on March 31, 2006, according to today's latest press release.
Other DS games in the listings are Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time on Jan. 27, Brain Training (known as Brain Training for Adults in Japan), Trauma Centre: Under the Knife and Pheonix Wright: Ace Attorney out on March 10.
For the GameCube, Mario Party 7 will be out on Jan. 27 and Viewtiful Joe Red Hot Rumble, a Nintendo-developed multiplatform title will be available in February.
The Game Boy Advance/Micro's key titles in the list are Wario Ware Twisted on Feb. 24, Tales of Phantasia on March 31 and Final Fantasy 4 Advance out "before April."
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess was not on the list but was not expected. The game will not be out before the next fiscal year, which begins in April, and thus is due to appear in the next schedule list.
None of the current Pokémon titles being released in Japan at the moment, such as Dungeon of Mystery, were on the list, indicating that while it is likely Nintendo of America's list will have them, they will not be translated simultaneously for European audiences. As a result, the games are unlikely to reach European shores before next fall.
A full list of all release information follows.
Nintendo DS
- Resident Evil Deadly Silence (Capcom) Early 2006
- Megaman Battle Network 5: Double Team DS (Capcom/Nintendo) Early 2006
- Bust a Move DS (Digital Bros) January 2006
- World Poker Tour (2K Sports) January 2006
- Dragonball Z Supersonic Warriors 2 (ATARI) Jan. 20, 2006
- Mario and Luigi : Partners in Time (Nintendo) Jan. 27, 2006
- Beetle King (D3DB) February 2006
- Brick’em All (D3DB) February 2006
- Frogger: Helmet Chaos (Konami) February 2006
- Rainbow Island Revolution (Marvelous/Rising Star/ATARI) February 2006
- Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble (Capcom/Nintendo) February 2006
- Spongebob Squarepants and Friends: Unite (THQ) 17th February 2006
- Tak 3: The Great Juju Challenge (THQ) 17th February 2006
- Brain Training (tentative title) (Nintendo) March 2006
- Dragon Booster (working title) (Konami) March 2006
- Trauma Centre: Under the Knife (Nintendo) March 2006
- WWE (THQ) March 2006
- Harvest Moon (Marvelous/Rising Star Games) March 2006
- FIFA Street 2 (EA) March 3, 2006
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Capcom/Nintendo) March 10, 2006
- Mini R/C Racing (Game Factory/K.E. Media) March 15, 2006
- Finding Nemo (THQ) March 17, 2006
- Tamagotchi (ATARI) March 17, 2006
- Worms (THQ) March 17, 2006
- Animal Crossing: Wild World (tentative) (Nintendo) March 31, 2006
Nintendo GameCube
- Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Arcade Collection (Namco/EA) January/February 2006
- PAC-MAN World 3 (Namco/EA) January/February 2006
- Mario Party 7 (Nintendo) Jan. 27, 2006
- Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble (Capcom/Nintendo) February 2006
- Spongebob Squarepants and Friends: Unite (THQ) Feb. 17, 2006
- Tak 3: The Great Juju Challenge (THQ) Feb. 17, 2006
- Harvest Moon Magical Melody (Marvelous/Rising Star Games) March 2006
- FIFA Street 2 (EA) March 3, 2006
- Odama (Nintendo) March 3, 2006
Game Boy Advance
- Brick’em All (D3DB) January 2006
- Funny Cards (D3DB) January 2006
- Top Spin (2K Games) January 2006
- Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Arcade Collection (Namco/EA) January/February 2006
- Dora The Explorer (Game Factory/K.E. Media) Feb. 10, 2006
- Spongebob Squarepants and Friends: Unite (THQ) Feb. 17, 2006
- Tak 3: The Great Juju Challenge (THQ) Feb. 17, 2006
- Wario Ware Twisted! (Nintendo) Feb. 24, 2006
- Final Fantasy 4 Advance (Square-Enix) Early 2006
- Postman Pat (Game Factory/K.E. Media) March 17 2006
- Tales of Phantasia (Namco) March 31, 2006
