Nintendo of Europe reveals key title dates for 2006
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NoE's Game Schedule for the rest of the fiscal year has been released - revealing the release date of Animal Crossing on the DS among others.
Europeans will be able to buy a copy of Animal Crossing: Wild World (still a tentative title according to NoE) on March 31st 2006 according to today's latest Press Release.
Also important in the listings are Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, on January 27th; Brain Training (Known as Brain Training for Adults in Japan) in March along with Trauma Centre: Under the Knife and Pheonix Wright: Ace Attorney - out on March 10th, all for the DS.
For the Gamecube, Mario Party 7 will be out on January 27th and Viewtiful Joe Red Hot Rumble, a multiplatform title being published by Nintendo themselves for the Gamecube, will be available from February.
The Gameboy Advance/Micro's key titles in the list are Wario Ware Twisted - out on February 24th, Tales of Phantasia - out on March 31st and Final Fantasy 4 Advance, out simply 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, beginning in April and thus is due to appear in the next schedule list.
None of the current Pokemon titles being released in Japan at the moment, such as Mysterious Dungeon, were on the list - indicating that whilst it's likely NoA's list will have them, they will not be translated simultaneously for European audiences and the games are unlikely to reach European shores before next Hallowe'en.
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) 20th January 2006
Mario & Luigi : Partners in Time (Nintendo) 27th January 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) 3rd March 2006
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Capcom/Nintendo) 10th March 2006
Mini R/C Racing (Game Factory/K.E. Media) 15th March 2006
Finding Nemo (THQ) 17th March 2006
Tamagotchi (ATARI) 17th March 2006
Worms (THQ) 17th March 2006
Animal Crossing: Wild World (tentative) (Nintendo) 31st March 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) 27th January 2006
Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble (Capcom/Nintendo) February 2006
Spongebob Squarepants and Friends: Unite (THQ) 17th February 2006
Tak 3: The Great Juju Challenge (THQ) 17th February 2006
Harvest Moon Magical Melody (Marvelous/Rising Star Games) March 2006
FIFA Street 2 (EA) 3rd March 2006
Odama (Nintendo) 31st March 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) 10th February 2006
Spongebob Squarepants and Friends: Unite (THQ) 17th February 2006
Tak 3: The Great Juju Challenge (THQ) 17th February 2006
Wario Ware Twisted! (Nintendo) 24th February 2006
Final Fantasy 4 Advance (Square-Enix) Early 2006
Postman Pat (Game Factory/K.E. Media) 17th March 2006
Tales of Phantasia (Namco) 31st March 2006
