For the second year in a row, Nintendo Wii video game consoles have flown out of stores before they even reached a shelf. Online retailer Amazon.com sold an average of 17 Wiis per second in 2007. There is apparently no slowing down the cost-friendly giant, even as competitors scramble to develop their own answer to the Wii Remote and Nunchuck.
Now that Nintendo is predicting 14 million Wii consoles sold through March 2008, the bigger question becomes “what games do I plan on it?” Besides the obvious hot hits, there are approximately 65 new games in the pipeline for the first half of this year, and Nintendo has been kind enough to let everyone know what they are.
The list reveals some previously postponed games have been given a new time line for release. Wii Fit, originally slated for this month, has now been lumped into Q2 2008. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, is on tap for this summer. And Mario Kart is on tap for this spring.
Click here to shop for pre-orders of these Wii games at Amazon.com.
As with any list, even one generated from Mario’s own mouth, anything is subject to change.
- Jan. 7: Kidz Sports Ice Hockey from Destineer
- Jan. 8: Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law from Capcom
- Jan. 15: SAMURAI WARRIORS: KATANA from KOEI CORPORATION
- Jan. 15: Furu Furu Park from Majesco Entertainment
- Jan. 21: Endless Ocean from Nintendo
- Jan. 22: One Piece: Unlimited Adventure from Namco Bandai Games America Inc.
- Jan. 29: Bomberman Land from Hudson
- January: No More Heroes from Ubisoft
- January: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence from Ubisoft
- Feb. 8: Kawasaki Jet Ski from Destineer
- Feb. 11: Go Diego Go!: Safari Rescue from 2K Play
- Feb. 12: WWII Aces from Destineer
- Feb. 12: Dream Pinball 3D from SouthPeak Games
- Feb. 18: MX vs. ATV Untamed from THQ
- Feb. 25: Agatha Christie And Then There Were None from DreamCatcher Games
- Feb. 26: Baroque from Atlus USA
- Feb. 26: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors from Square Enix
- Feb. 27: Kidz Sports Soccer from Destineer
- Feb. 27: London Taxi: Rush Hour from Destineer
- February: Garfield Gets Real from DSI Games
- February: Yamaha Supercross from DSI Games
- February: Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore from Konami
- February: Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30(TM) from Ubisoft
- February: BALLOON POP from UFO INTERACTIVE GAMES
- March 3: Destroy All Humans: Big Willy Unleashed from THQ
- March 9: Super Smash Bros. Brawl from Nintendo
- March 10: Worms: A Space Oddity from THQ
- March 25: Okami from Capcom
- March 25: OPOONA from KOEI CORPORATION
- March: MiniCopter: Adventure Flight from Aksys Games
- March: Alone in the Dark from Atari
- March: Ninja Reflex from Electronic Arts
- March: Obscure: The Aftermath from Ignition Entertainment
- March: Target: Terror from Konami
- March: Nitro Bike from Ubisoft
- March: Emergency Heroes from Ubisoft
- March: HEAVENLY GUARDIAN from UFO INTERACTIVE GAMES
- March: Rebel Raiders from XS Games
- April 15: Castle of Shikigami III from Aksys Games
- April: Pro Evolution Soccer from Konami
- April: Wild Earth: African Safari from Majesco Entertainment
- April: THE MONKEY KING-THE LEGEND BEGINS from UFO INTERACTIVE GAMES
- April: Super Pick Ups from XS Games
- May 6: Speed Racer from Warner Bros. Games
- May 13: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian from Disney Interactive Studios
- May: BlastWorks: Build, Trade, Destroy from Majesco Entertainment
- May: King of Fighters: The Orochi Saga from SNK Playmore
- May: THE DOG Island from Ubisoft
- June 8: Wonderworld Amusement Park from Majesco Entertainment
- June: Catch of the Day from Electronic Arts
- June: Ford Racing Off Road from Empire Interactive
- June: Cooking Mama Cook Off 2 from Majesco Entertainment
- June: Rygar: The Battle of Argus from Tecmo, Inc.
- June: DeBlob from THQ
- June: Wall-E from THQ
- Spring: Mario Kart Wii with Wii Wheel from Nintendo
- Spring: Major League Baseball 2K8 from 2K Sports
- Spring: Don King Presents: Prizefighter from 2K Sports
- Spring: Top Spin 3 from 2K Sports
- Spring: Kung Fu Panda from Activision
- Spring: LEGO: Indiana Jones from LucasArts
- Summer: Deca Sports from Hudson
- Summer: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed from LucasArts
- Summer: Active Life: Outdoor Challenge(TM) from Namco Bandai Games America Inc.
- Q2: Wii Fit from Nintendo
