Topic: 27 Titles...

[UncleBob]

Okay, let's work together here and try to figure out what the 27 Wii titles that will be playable will be.  Bold means highly likely.  Otherwise, blind speculation

1. Super Mario Galaxy
2. Zelda: Twilight Princess
3. Wii Sports
4. Metroid Prime 3
5. Wario Ware
6. Red Steel
7. Rayman: Raving Rabbids
8. Excitetruck
9. Sonic Wild Fire
10. Dragon Quest
11. Madden
12. Tony Hawk: Downhill Jam
13. Pilotwings
14. Dragon Ball Z Tenkaichi 2
15. Super Swing Golf PANGYA
16. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
17. GUNDAM
18. One Piece
19. Elbits
20. Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
21. SpongeBob: Creature from the Krusty Krab
22. Godzilla
23. Snoopy vs. the Red Baron
24. Super Smash Bros.
25. Disaster: Day of Crisis
26. Project H.A.M.M.E.R.
27. Fire Emblem    

[Arbok]

Toss up "Godzilla" and "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" as likely games:

http://www.revolutionreport.com/articles/read/440

[Michael8983]

I still think Smash Bros Melee will be shown.
It's possible Nintendo chose not to reveal it in the conference on account of it being one of the few games that doesn't use the Wii-mote. It wouldn't have fit in with the conference's theme,

I think it's also a safe bet we'll see Sonic Wild Fire in action.

WTF is with Excite Truck anyway? Why not Excite Bike? The only explanation I can think of is that the Wii-Mote will work as a gear-shift and the the analog attachment as the steering wheel. Or this could just be Nintendo's sad attempt at being butch.

[Requiem]

I would of loved a SSB trailer reminscent of the one they had at the GC's E3 event. You know....the one that become the opening scene to the game.

[The Omen]

Madden
Tiger Woods (or I was lead to believe it would be there)
Perhaps a peek at Fight Night
Anything from Capcom or Namco?  Hmm.........

[UncleBob]

I haven't seen anything about Tiger Woods or Fight Night...?

[The Omen]

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I haven't seen anything about Tiger Woods or Fight Night...?

I have.  : )

And really, what about Capcom and Namco?  I know they have something cooking.

[UncleBob]

I added to Namco games, Capcom?  Maybe something Resident Evil... but I just dunno.

[wandering]

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WTF is with Excite Truck anyway? Why not Excite Bike? The only explanation I can think of is that the Wii-Mote will work as a gear-shift and the the analog attachment as the steering wheel. Or this could just be Nintendo's sad attempt at being butch.

You hold the wiimote sideways and control the truck with motion. I thought it looked good. Wave Race good. Pretty environments and ridiculous amounts of air time.

Anyway. It'd be nice if there was a bombshell in our near future, but I'm not holding my breath.

[The Omen]

Pilotwings

[Michael8983]

"You hold the wiimote sideways and control the truck with motion. I thought it looked good. Wave Race good. Pretty environments and ridiculous amounts of air time."

It does look good but, again, why trucks?
Is there anyone who honestly wouldn't have preferred a new Excite Bike over this?

[Athrun Zala]

you're forgeting Dragon Ball Z Tenkaichi 2....

[Requiem]

You guys should check out IGN for impressions. For once, he does a damn good job of illustrating how intuitive the controller really is with quotes like "by the time we had advanced more than a couple of mini-games in, we had completely forgotten we were using a new control method to play" while not seeming biased.

Also, big questions about games.

We are missing some very big developers. Have they jumped ship? Or is there something we don't know about?

Also, what about that footage of the game with the dude holding a flash light....what was that game?

[wandering]

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It does look good but, again, why trucks?
Is there anyone who honestly wouldn't have preferred a new Excite Bike over this?

Eh...uh...apart from sentimental reasons, does it really matter? Excitebike's style was sort of defined with the n64 title, and they probably didn't want to go against that. with this one. Besides, weren't you guys saying you wanted Nintendo to make more new franchises?

[The Omen]

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We are missing some very big developers. Have they jumped ship? Or is there something we don't know about?

I would say Capcom and Namco have something to offer.  As to why it wasn't revealed yet, I guess it can't hurt to have more announcements over the summer.

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Also, what about that footage of the game with the dude holding a flash light....what was that game?

I know Nibris, developers of Sadness have said numerous times that Sadness would include controlling the flashlight with the wiimote...but that game is in B & W, and this preview wasn't....

I know nothing of anime, but isn't Gundam One Piece one game?  

[Terranigma Freak]

Where'd you guys get Godzilla from? I didn't see Godzilla. I saw a Disater based game, but not Godzilla.

[UncleBob]

nono... GUNDAM is about giant robots, One Piece is about pirates.

[RickPowers]

Don't get your hopes up for Smash Bros.  It's not on Nintendo's list, and I'm hearing that it won't even make launch.

[Arbok]

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Originally posted by: Terranigma Freak
Where'd you guys get Godzilla from? I didn't see Godzilla. I saw a Disater based game, but not Godzilla.

http://www.revolutionreport.com/articles/read/440

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Originally posted by: RickPowers
Don't get your hopes up for Smash Bros.  It's not on Nintendo's list, and I'm hearing that it won't even make launch.

What... what? No... NOOOOOOOOOO!  

[UncleBob]

Rick, talk like that'll get you killed around here...

[Athrun Zala]

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Originally posted by: RickPowers
Don't get your hopes up for Smash Bros.  It's not on Nintendo's list, and I'm hearing that it won't even make launch.

WHAT??

T_T

[Arbok]

The Rev report mentions that:

"According to EGM, Wii versions of Mario and Super Smash Bros. titles will launch this fall, but Metroid Prime 3 now carries a tentative 2007 release date." Which was posted this morning before the conference... so by not launching, do you think it might be something similar to SSB:M where it's released not long after?

[wandering]

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Originally posted by: RickPowers
Don't get your hopes up for Smash Bros.  It's not on Nintendo's list, and I'm hearing that it won't even make launch.

Now all that talk about spreading their releases out makes sense....they were just saving face for SSB's delay!

[couchmonkey]

Dear guys...don't get your hopes up.

[Smash_Brother]

Hmm, I hope it's this YEAR, at least...

[couchmonkey]

If by this year you mean before next E3, maybe... of course what do I know? I just subscribe to the "don't expect too much and you won't be disappointed" theory of fanboyism.

[MaryJane]

anyone else feel the need to get up and dance after hearing about all the games?

My personal favorites were:

Super Mario Galaxy
Disaster: whatever the subtitle was
MP:3
Wii sports
Madden
Red Steel
Excite Truck

[IceCold]

I want Mario NOW

Deep down, I had a feeling that SSBR wouldn't be shown, what with Sakurai taking office only recently.. still disappointing though.

[Crimm]

Here is are some "other games."

Resident Evil game is in the works as is a Tramua Center game

[JoeSmashBro]

Let's see... Mario, Zelda, and Red Steel are all coming at launch... Metroid is likely a 1Q 2007 release. So it looks like SSB is going to have to wait. Otherwise this launch would simply be too crowded with big name titles. If SSB launched with the system, that would probably cripple Warioware and WiiSports sales as well.  

[zakkiel]

Also, CoD 3, which might or might not be noteworthy, and a ton of mysterious stuff.

Edit: but SSB at launch would be a huge system-seller, which at that point is far, far more important than first-party game sales. I think they just haven't been able to develop it far enough. Hopefully they're taking the time to playtest the bejeesus out of it.

[wandering]

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Also, what about that footage of the game with the dude holding a flash light....what was that game?

Necro-Nesia by Spike (no idea).  

[Zach]

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Originally posted by: The Omen
I know Nibris, developers of Sadness have said numerous times that Sadness would include controlling the flashlight with the wiimote...but that game is in B & W, and this preview wasn't....

YOu found one flaw in that logic, the other is that sadness takes place pre WWI.  I believe that nibris said sadness would be controlling a torch.

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From the Nibris website
Imagine driving away rats with a torch

 

[jasonditz]

It makes some sense. For practical purposes you really probably shouldn't launch Zelda, Mario, Red Steel, two Square Enix titles, SSB, AND MP3 all on the same day.

Plus they've made a semi-big-deal out of not having the patented Nintendo long-assed drought after launch. Spreading out the releases a bit so as not to allow some interesting games to get sort of written off as an afterthought isn't that bad a thing. It seems like there are enough games in the pipeline here to get off your 20 launch titles with 5 or 6 big names and still have at least one major release every month up to the next E3.

Assuming we get a November launch, we could see

Launch: Mario, Zelda, Disaster, Pilotwings, Wii Sports, Two SE titles, Red steel, a dozen or so other titles
December: SSB
January: Resident Evil: Whatever Edition, Wario Ware
February: MP3
March: New Sonic Title, Fire Emblem
April: Namco RPG, Excite Truck
May: E3 2007

[JoeSmashBro]

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Assuming we get a November launch, we could see

Launch: Mario, Zelda, Disaster, Pilotwings, Wii Sports, Two SE titles, Red steel, a dozen or so other titles
December: SSB
January: Resident Evil: Whatever Edition, Wario Ware
February: MP3
March: New Sonic Title, Fire Emblem
April: Namco RPG, Excite Truck
May: E3 2007

Ehhh. I'd alter that quite a bit. Pilotwings seems more like a December release to me. Disaster could be a long way away, I think. All we saw was 5 seconds of CGI. Also, I think Crystal Chronicles could be pretty far off... SSB might be too, despite what Iwata has said in the past.

Launch: Mario, Zelda, WiiSports, Excite Truck, WarioWare, Project HAMMER, Red Steel, and I'm hoping that there is some musical game, too (we saw lots of people using the wiimote in this way, but no game footage)
December: Pilotwings, Sonic
January: probably not much...
February: MP3, Crystal Chronicles
March: Disaster, Resident Evil(?)
April: Super Smash Brothers

[silverwings07]

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Originally posted by: JoeSmashBro

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Assuming we get a November launch, we could see

Launch: Mario, Zelda, Disaster, Pilotwings, Wii Sports, Two SE titles, Red steel, a dozen or so other titles
December: SSB
January: Resident Evil: Whatever Edition, Wario Ware
February: MP3
March: New Sonic Title, Fire Emblem
April: Namco RPG, Excite Truck
May: E3 2007

Ehhh. I'd alter that quite a bit. Pilotwings seems more like a December release to me. Disaster could be a long way away, I think. All we saw was 5 seconds of CGI. Also, I think Crystal Chronicles could be pretty far off... SSB might be too, despite what Iwata has said in the past.

Launch: Mario, Zelda, WiiSports, Excite Truck, WarioWare, Project HAMMER, Red Steel, and I'm hoping that there is some musical game, too (we saw lots of people using the wiimote in this way, but no game footage)
December: Pilotwings, Sonic
January: probably not much...
February: MP3, Crystal Chronicles
March: Disaster, Resident Evil(?)
April: Super Smash Brothers

But I thought Square-Enix said that FF:CC and DQ would be launch titles?

[IceCold]

Maybe they mean "launch window" titles..

Anyway, as much as I want Mario at launch, I also want it to be a brilliant game. I want it to blow me away, and that can't happen if it's rushed. With Zelda out for launch, even though it's also a GameCube game, it takes some pressure off Mario, so that it doesn't need to be out so soon. And with so many other games, I think they should hold off on Mario and SSB for later on..