WarioWare Fronts Nintendo's Q1 Line Up News

In the post-Christmas slump, there's always going to be something of a quiet period - but perhaps Wii owners weren't quite expecting the line-up for their sought after console to be quite as barren.

Nintendo has today released its first quarter 2007 line-up for Wii and Nintendo DS, which has confirmed that WarioWare: Smooth Moves is the sole Wii release throughout January...so far. In a list that takes us through to the end of March 2007, there are several titles with broad "Q1 2007" launch periods, but most have already been set in stone. Following WarioWare's January 12th release, Excite Truck will be launched on Wii on February 16th, with a small slew of titles from Conspiracy Games, Buena Vista Games, and Hudson (Baja Racing, Disney's Chicken Little: Ace in Action, and Kororinpa respectively) released the week after.

From there, another month passes before the build up to Easter breaks into a full head of steam, with the likes of SSX Blur, Wing Island, Bionicle Heroes, released towards the end of March. One surprising addition to the late-March releases is Mario Party 8, marking the moustached one's debut on Wii...

The complete list of first quarter Wii titles to date are:

Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (Nintendo) - 12 Jan 2007 Excite Truck (Nintendo) - 16 Feb 2007 Kororinpa (Hudson) - 23 Feb 2007 Baja Racing (Conspiracy) - Feb 2007 Disney's Chicken Little: Ace in Action (Disney / Buena Vista Games) - Feb 2007 Wing Island (Hudson) - 23 March 2007 BIONICLE Heroes (Eidos) - 23 March 2007 SSXTM Blur (EA) - March 2007 Mario Party 8 (Nintendo) - March 2007 Tiger Woods PGA TOUR (EA) - March 2007 Bust a Move Wii (505Games) - March 2007 Dragonball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 2 (Namco Bandai Games) - March 2007 Disney's Meet the Robinsons (Disney / Buena Vista Games) - March 2007 Sonic and the Secret Rings (SEGA) - March 2007 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Ubisoft) - March 2007 Heatseaker (Codemasters) - Q1 2007 Metal Slug Anthology (Ignition) - Q1 2007 Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (Midway Games) - Q1 2007 Rampage Total Destruction (Midway Games) - Q1 2007 The Ant Bully (Movie License) (Midway Games) - Q1 2007 The Grim Adventure of Billy and Mandy (Midway Games) - Q1 2007 Impossible Mission (System 3) - Q1 2007 Leaderboard Golf (System 3) - Q1 2007 Puzzle Balls (System 3) - Q1 2007 Tennis Masters (System 3) - Q1 2007 Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII (Ubisoft) - Q1 2007

The same cannot be said of the Nintendo DS first quarter line-up however, which has a catalogue of titles longer than most kid's Christmas lists! Hitting the ground running from January when a dozen games will hit store shelves, the release schedule for Nintendo's handheld never stops for breath. Star Fox Command, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, Gunpey, Mario vs Donkey Kong 2, and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice For All are a tiny sample of the games set for release between New Year's Day and the end of March.

The full list of Nintendo DS titles for the first quarter is:

Children of Mana (Nintendo) - 12th Jan 2007 Star Fox Command (Nintendo) - 26th Jan 2007 Actionloop (Nintendo) - 26th Jan 2007 Freedom Wings (ZOO Digital) - 26th Jan 2007 Guru Guru (505Games) - Jan 2007 Labyrinth (505Games) - Jan 2007 Monster Puzzle (505Games) - Jan 2007 Mystery Detective (505Games) - Jan 2007 The Professors Brain Trainer: Logic (505Games) - Jan 2007 The Professors Brain Trainer: Memory (505Games) - Jan 2007 Mech Assault Phantom War (Majesco) - Jan 2007 Flipper Critters (Conspiracy) - Jan 2007 Contact (Marvelous/Rising Star Games) - 2nd Feb 2007 New Zealand Story (Marvelous/Rising Star Games) - 2ndFeb 2007 Uno/Skipbo Compilation/Uno Freefall (ZOO Digital) - 2nd Feb 2007 Disney's Kim Possible Global Gemini (Disney/Buena Vista Games) - 8th Feb 2006 Magical Starsign (Nintendo) - 9th Feb 2007 Mario Slam Basketball (Nintendo) - 16th Feb 2007 Lionel Trains "On Track" (ZOO Digital) - 16th Feb 2007 Guilty Gear Dust Strikers (Majesco/THQ) - 20th Feb 2007 Fossil League (D3Publisher of Europe) - 23rd Feb 2007 Bomberman Land (Marvelous/Rising Star Games) - 23rd Feb 2007 Uno 52 (ZOO Digital) - 23rd Feb 2007 Monster Bomber (505Games) - Feb 2007 Touch Party Game (505Games) - Feb 2007 Turn it Around (505Games) - Feb 2007 Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses (Activision) - Feb 2007 Shrek Smash 'N Crash Racing (Activision) - Feb 2007 Party Carnival (D3Publisher of Europe) - Feb 2007 Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (Konami) - Feb 2007 Death Jr. And The Science Fair of Doom (Konami) - Feb 2007 Lunar Knights (Konami) - Feb 2007 My Frogger Toy Trials (Konami) - Feb 2007 Xiaolin Showdown (Konami) - Feb 2007 Dino Master (Majesco) - Feb 2007 Super Black Bass Fishing (Majesco) - Feb 2007 Gunpey (Namco Bandai Games) - Feb 2007 Danny Phantom Urban Jungle (THQ) - 2nd Mar 2007 Actua Pool (ZOO Digital) - 2nd Mar 2007 Princess Natasha "Student-Secret Agent-Princess" (ZOO Digital) - 2nd Mar 2007 Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (Nintendo) - 9th March 2007 Spectrobes (Disney/Buena Vista Games) - 15th Mar 2007 Rayman Raving RabbidsTM (Ubisoft) - 15th Mar 2007 Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (D3Publisher of Europe) - 16th Mar 2007 Bubble Bobble Double Shot (Marvelous/Rising Star Games) - 16th Mar 2007 Schach (dtp) - 16th Mar 2007 Best Friends - Hunde & Katzen (dtp) - 23rd Mar 2007 Hello Kitty (Empire) - 23rd Mar 2007 Pokémon Ranger (Nintendo) - 30th March 2007 Mein Gestüt (tentative name) - 30th Mar 2007 Kameleon DS (505Games) - Mar 2007 Touch Detective (505Games) - French version - Mar 2007 Disney's Meet The Robinsons (Disney/Buena Vista Games) - Mar 2007 Diner Dash (Eidos) - Mar 2007 Zendoku (Eidos) - Mar 2007 SEGA Presents Touch Darts (working title) (SEGA) - Mar 2007 Petz Vet (Ubisoft) - Mar 2007 The Settlers (Ubisoft) - Mar 2007 Teenage Mutant Minja Turtles (Ubisoft) - Mar 2007 Theme Park (EA) - Spring 2007 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice For All (Capcom) - Q1 2007 Micro Machines V4 (Codemasters) - Q1 2007 Rafa Nadal Tennis (Codemasters) - Q1 2007 Garfield Nightmare (Classic) (Game Factory/K.E. Media) - Q1 2007 Harlem Globetrotters World Tour (ZOO Digital) - Q1 2007 March of the Penguins (ZOO Digital) - Q1 2007 Wiffle Ball Advance (ZOO Digital) - Q1 2007

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