Nintendo Announces Fall Release Schedule

GBA

August 26, 2004, 6:12 am EDT
Total comments: 20

Includes confirmation of a Star Fox delay, plus an English release of Final Fantasy I&II. Mario Tennis and Mario Party 6 due this year.

Nintendo News: Nintendo Announces Extensive Q4 Software Lineup

In addition to the previously announced software titles in development

for the upcoming Nintendo DS(TM), Nintendo has an extensive list of

games planned for the fourth quarter of 2004 for both Nintendo

GameCube(TM) and Game Boy(R) Advance. The first- and third-party

titles cover all genres, from sports games to adventure games.

These games will carry Nintendo through a strong holiday season and

into January, when two big games launch: Capcom's Resident Evil(R) 4

for Nintendo GameCube and The Legend of Zelda(R): The Minish Cap for

Game Boy Advance. These will be followed in 2005 by the release of

highly anticipated games like Star Fox(R), Geist(TM), Donkey Kong(R)

Jungle Beat and many more.

Nintendo GameCube already is enjoying a dramatic surge in popularity.

In its first week of sales, the Metroid(R) Prime Bonus Bundle caused a

spike in Nintendo GameCube sales of 48 percent over the previous week.

The bundles accounted for almost 80 percent of all Nintendo GameCube

systems sold by top retailers.

Nintendo GameCube

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Date Title Publisher

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Oct. 5 NBA Live 2005 Electronic Arts

Oct. 11 Paper Mario(TM): The Thousand-Year Door Nintendo

Oct. 12 Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams THQ

Oct. 14 Midway Arcade Treasures 2 Midway

October Disney Presents a Pixar Film The Incredibles THQ

October SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie THQ

October Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus Konami

October Ten Pin Alley 2 XS Games

Nov. 2 Spyro: A Hero's Tail Vivendi Universal Games

Nov. 8 Mario Tennis(TM) Nintendo

Nov. 15 Metroid(R)Prime 2 Echoes Nintendo

Nov. 16 Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean Namco

Nov. 23 Viewtiful Joe 2 Capcom

November Git On Da Floor XS Games

November Git On Da Mic XS Games

November Need for Speed Underground 2 Electronic Arts

November The Polar Express THQ

November Prince of Persia Warrior Within Ubisoft

Dec. 6 Mario Party(R)6 Nintendo

Pre-holiday King Arthur Konami

Fall 2004 FIFA Soccer 2005 Electronic Arts

Fall 2004 GoldenEye: Rogue Agent Electronic Arts

Fall 2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age Electronic Arts

Fall 2004 Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue Electronic Arts

Fall 2004 The URBZ: Sims in the City Electronic Arts

Q4 Call of Duty: Finest Hour Activision

Q4 Intellivision Lives! Arcade Classic Crave

Q4 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Activision

Q4 Mini-Golf Mayhem Crave

Q4 Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Activision

Q4 World Championship Poker Crave

Game Boy Advance

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Date Title Publisher

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Oct. 4 Mario Pinball Land(TM) Nintendo

Oct. 5 Hot Wheels Stunt Track Challenge THQ

Oct. 5 Mega Man Zero 3 Capcom

Oct. 5 Rave Master: Dual Explosion Konami

Oct. 12 Boktai: Solar Boy Django Konami

Oct. 18 Kirby(TM)& The Amazing Mirror Nintendo

Oct. 19 Grand Theft Auto Advance Rockstar

Oct. 19 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 Konami

Oct. 25 Classic NES(R)Series 2: Zelda II(TM): The Adventure of Link(R),

Dr. Mario(R), Metroid(R) and Castlevania(R) Nintendo

Oct. 26 Ice Nine BAM!

October All Grown Up! Express Yourself THQ

October Disney Presents a Pixar Film The Incredibles THQ

October Golden Nugget Majesco

October LEGO: Knight's Kingdom THQ

October Monster Trucks Majesco

October Pac-Man World Namco

October SD Gundam Force Bandai

October SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie THQ

October Strawberry Shortcake Majesco

October Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams THQ

October Texas Hold 'Em Majesco

October WWE Survivor Series THQ

October Yu-Gi-Oh! Destiny Board Traveler Konami

Nov. 2 Barbie Super Spy Vivendi Universal Games

Nov. 2 Duel Masters 2: Kaijudo Showdown Atari

Nov. 9 Mega Man Anniversary Collection Capcom

Nov. 15 Donkey Kong(R)Country 2 Nintendo

Nov. 16 Yu Yu Hakusho: Tournament Tactics Atari

Nov. 29 Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls Nintendo

November Beyblade G-REVOLUTION Atari

November Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2005 Activision

November Dead to Rights Destination

November Gundam Seed: Battle Assault Bandai

November I-Ninja Destination

November The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age Electronic Arts

November Need for Speed Underground 2 Electronic Arts

November The Polar Express THQ

November Prince of Persia Warrior Within Ubisoft

November Santa Claus saves the Earth Telegames

November The URBZ: Sims in the City Electronic Arts

Dec. 6 Mario Party(R)Advance Nintendo

December Hardcore Pool Telegames

Q4 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Activision

Q4 Tokyo Xtreme Racer World Crave

Q4 Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Activision

Fall 2004 Disney's Lilo & Stitch 2 Disney

Fall 2004 Disney's Lizzie McGuire 2 Disney

Fall 2004 Disney's That's So Raven Disney

Fall 2004 FIFA Soccer 2005 Electronic Arts

Fall 2004 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King Buena Vista

Fall 2004 TRON 2.0 Buena Vista

Fall 2004 Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue Electronic Arts
Holiday '04 Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories Square Enix

Talkback

KDR_11kAugust 26, 2004

The formatting with multiline titles is off.

couchmonkeyAugust 26, 2004

I can really feel the difference in third party support for GameCube this year. There are still half a dozen games from last year that I have yet to play, but there are only two or three third party titles that I really desire to play in that list. Kind of disappointing on the one hand, but a chance to catch up with all the games I never played on the other hand.

IwantanIpodAugust 26, 2004

Am I the only one who noticed GTA:Advance?

Was that game announced? This is the first I've heard of it besides rumors, but the rumors were a few years ago.

Jonnyboy117Jonathan Metts, Associate EditorAugust 26, 2004

I fixed up the formatting, so it should be easier to read now.

GameCube has 31 titles in these three months. That's really not very many at all. As couchmonkey says, you can really see the toll that has been taken to GameCube's support from publishers. It's kind of sad to see the completely unproven DS getting more and better third-party support than the well established GameCube platform.

GTA Advance has been in development for quite a while, although not much is known about the title.

Ian SaneAugust 26, 2004

The Cube may only have 31 titles coming out in three months but that lineup is a million times better than the larger GBA lineup. I count at least six really amazing Cube titles in that list and really why would I need to buy more than two titles a month? The GBA list is full of ports and sh!tty licensed titles. The Cube needs more support because it needs more variety and it needs more titles to attract more buyers. But in just the amount of titles released I don't see why us Cube owners would need more. Still it is a noticable drop but at the very least it's better than the N64.

Bill AurionAugust 26, 2004

MARIO TENNIS COMES OUT THIS YEAR! YES!

*but is upset that Minish Cap isn't on the list ;_;*

"That's really not very many at all."

Whatever! Not only do I have too many GC games to get as it is, I have to somehow get the few GBA games I want AND a DS/games... ;_;

BlkPaladinAugust 26, 2004

Megaman Anniversy Edition has been moved back again. :/ (Last time I checked it was September...)

Were's the DS release list?

jarobAugust 26, 2004

You may only buy 2 titles, but having a variety of games to choose from is nice. 31 games is not a lot. Looks like GameCube is winding down.

Bill AurionAugust 26, 2004

Not if it's a variety of CRAP...

SylAugust 26, 2004

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (October 11th, 2004: Nintendo)
Metroid Prime 2 Echoes (November 15th, 2004: Nintendo)
Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean (November 16th, 2004: Namco)
Viewtiful Joe 2 (November 23rd, 2004: Capcom)
Prince Of Persia Warrior Within (November 2004: Ubisoft)
+Pikmin II
+Donkey Konga

Kirby & The Amazing Mirror (October 18th, 2004: Nintendo)
Mega Man Anniversary Collection (November 9th, 2004: Capcom)
+F-Zero GP Legend
+Pokemon Leaf green
+Astro Boy

I have enough titles to last me. (espicially with the PC i'm getting and the DS)

NinGurl69 *hugglesAugust 26, 2004

MOTHER FORKER

MARIO TENNIS IS A COMING

joshnickersonAugust 26, 2004

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
why would I need to buy more than two titles a month?

Try telling that to IGN. Of course, they'll just turn it around and call you a blind fanboy.

nickmitchAugust 26, 2004

Unlike some of these negative nacies I'll be rejoicing from this list and then get depressed because there's no way I'll be able to afford to buy all those games. . .

NinGurl69 *hugglesAugust 26, 2004

u save now!

BloodworthDaniel Bloodworth, Staff AlumnusAugust 26, 2004

I'm with TVman. I had to make a list of games and prioritize them to ensure I don't make myself go broke.

dafunkk12August 26, 2004

"Get On Da Floor?" Does anyone else smell dance pad? If so, maybe with the hardware barrier broken, Konami may consider porting over DDR. "May."

Infernal MonkeyAugust 26, 2004

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Originally posted by: jarob
You may only buy 2 titles, but having a variety of games to choose from is nice. 31 games is not a lot. Looks like GameCube is winding down.

Er, since when is thirty one different games not alot? I WISH THERE WAS FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND GAMECUBE GAMES RELEASED A WEEK!

DrZoidbergJuan Schwartz, Staff WriterAugust 27, 2004

My entire collection is only 31 games.

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"Get On Da Floor?" Does anyone else smell dance pad? If so, maybe with the hardware barrier broken, Konami may consider porting over DDR. "May."

I'll be glad if it causes an unbutchered version of DDR to make it to Australia, even on ps2 (I own all systems holla)

norebonomisAugust 30, 2004

wasn't LoZ:TMC supposed to come out in november? now it's january '05? POOPCAKES!

Hostile CreationSeptember 01, 2004

My list looks like:
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Maybe Mario Party 6
Maybe Paper Mario
Kirby and the Amazing Mirror

And "Oct. 26 Ice Nine BAM!"? Eh? Are they making a video game about Cat's Cradle. That would be freaking retarded, but it really couldn't be much else.

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