Nintendo Reveal Spring/Summer Releases News

As spring continues unabated (in the northern hemisphere at least), Nintendo has released a list of first and third-party titles coming to Wii, Nintendo DS, and GameBoy Advance over the coming months. With titles including Mario Strikers Charged Football and Wing Island on Wii, Hotel Dusk: Room 215 on DS, and Final Fantasy V Advance on GBA, the coming period will see a small slew of games - although the omissions of Metroid Prime 3 and Trauma Center: Second Opinion are all too glaring.

Wii Hardware and Software - Release Date Q2 2007
• Wing Island (Nintendo / Hudson) - 13th April 2007
• Chicken Little: Ace in Action (Disney Interactive Studios) - 20th April 2007
• Cooking Mama Wii (505 Games) - April 2007
• Elevator Action (505 Games) - April 2007
• Pop'n Pop (505 Games) - April 2007
• Heatseeker (Codemasters) - April 2007
• BIONICLE Heroes (Eidos / TT Games) - April 2007
• Eledees (Konami) - April 2007
• Impossible Mission (System 3) - April 2007
• Mario Strikers Charged Football (Nintendo) - 25th May 2007
• Brunswick Bowling Wii (505 Games) - May 2007
• World Championship Poker Featuring Howard Lederer: All In Wii (505 Games) - May 2007
• Spider-Man The Movie 3 (Activision) - May 2007
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Disney Interactive Studios) - May 2007
• Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (Midway) - May 2007
• Puzzle Balls (System 3) - May 2007
• Chicken Shoot + Egg Catcher (ZOO Digital Publishing) - May 2007
• Pangya! Golf with Style (Nintendo) - June 2007
• Dave Mirra Racing Wii (505 Games) - June 2007
• Transformers - June 2007
• Mercury Meltdown Revolution (Ignition) - Q2 2007
• Metal Slug Anthology (Ignition) - Q2 2007

Nintendo DS Hardware and Software - Release Date Q2 2007

• Pokémon Ranger (Nintendo) - 13th April 2007
• Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (Nintendo) - 13th April 2007
• Harvest Moon DS (Nintendo / Rising Star Games) - 13th April 2007
• The Settlers (Ubisoft) - 19th April 2007
• Diddy Kong Racing DS (Nintendo) - 20th April 2007
• Jin Jin (505 Games) - April 2007
• Wild Wild Western (505 Games) - April 2007
• Zendoku (Eidos) - April 2007
• Lunar Knights (Konami) - April 2007
• Lost in Blue 2 (Konami) - April 2007
• Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2007 (Konami) - April 2007
• Impossible Mission (System 3) - April 2007
• Final Fantasy III (Square Enix) - 4th May 2007
• Nicktoons Battle Volcano Island (THQ) - 4th May 2007
• Chicken Shoot + Egg Catcher (ZOO Digital Publishing) - 4th May 2007
• Picross DS (Nintendo) - 11th May 2007
• Custom Robo Arena (Nintendo) - 25th May 2007
• Fishing DS (505 Games) - May 2007
• Tangram (505 Games) - May 2007
• Spider-Man The Movie 3 (Activision) - May 2007
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Disney Interactive Studios) - May 2007
• Pony Friends (Eidos) - May 2007
• Death Jr and the Science Fair of Doom (Konami) - May 2007
• Marvel Trading Card Game (Konami) - May 2007
• Steel Horizon (Konami) - May 2007
• Power Play Pool (System 3) - May 2007
• Super Fruit Fall (System 3) - May 2007
• Herbie: Fully Loaded (Disney Interactive Studios) - 1st June 2007
• ANNO 1701 (Disney Interactive Studios) - 8th June 2007
• 8 Ball All Stars (Oxygen) - 8th June 2007
• Powershot Pinball Constructor (Oxygen) - 8th June 2007
• Mahjong (dtp) - 15th June 2007
• Wario: Master of Disguise (Nintendo) - June 2007
• Kirby Mouse Attack (Nintendo) - June 2007
• Metroid Prime Pinball (Nintendo) - June 2007
• Puzzle League DS (tentative title name) (Nintendo) - June 2007
• Shrek The Third (Activision) - June 2007
• Meteos: Disney Magic (Disney Interactive Studios) - June 2007
• Best of tests DS (Neko Entertainment) - June 2007
• Code Lyoco (Game Factory/K.E. Media) - Q2 2007
• Pet Alien (Game Factory/K.E. Media) - Q2 2007
• Panzer Tactics DS (10tacle Studios) - Q2 2007
• Dino Master (Majesco) - Q2 2007
• F24 Stealth Fighter (Majesco) - Q2 2007
• Mech Assault Phantom War (Majesco) - Q2 2007
• Nacho Libre (Majesco) - Q2 2007
• Super Black Bass Fishing (Majesco) - Q2 2007
• Guilty Gear Dust Strikers (Majesco / THQ) - Q2 2007
• B-17 Fortress in the Sky (ZOO Digital Publishing) - Q2 2007
• Frisbee Freestyle/Frisbee Golf (ZOO Digital Publishing) - Q2 2007

Game Boy Advance Hardware and Software - Release Date Q2 2007

• Final Fantasy V Advance (Nintendo) - 13th April 2007
• Another World (ZOO Digital Publishing) - 27th April 2007
• Nicktoons Battle for Volcano Island (THQ) - 4th May 2007
• Final Fantasy VI Advance (Nintendo) - June 2007
• F24 Stealth Fighter (Majesco) - Q2 2007
• Teen Titans (Majesco) - Q2 2007
• Teen Titans 2 (Majesco) - Q2 2007

Speaking to Newsweek's N'Gal Croal, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime spoke about a revised released for Metroid Prime 3, which had been due out early this year:

"Where is Metroid? Metroid is not going to ship by June. We've announced all of our games through the end of June. And the fact with Metroid is we want to make sure that that game is perfect. Unfortunately, Metroid Prime 2 didn't live up to our expectations...We want the sell-through as well as the critical acclaim for Metroid Prime 3: Corruption to be the best in the series, and that's a lofty bar. To do that is taking a little bit more time than we had anticipated. But it's coming. And it will be great."

So Metroid is on its way, but not until late summer at the earliest - perhaps Metroid Prime 3: Corruption will arrive in time to corrupt the Christmas line-up?