Wii launch window and VC games for Europe revealed

Wii News | Commendably close to the US list, actually.

Nintendo has revealed that Europe will see 27 Wii games released by the end of 2006, five less than the number of titles due in North America by the end of the year. Meanwhile, European consumers will also be offered a selection of 31 retro titles on the Wii's Virtual Console service by Christmas, in comparison to the 29 that will be made available to the folks over the pond. There's barely any difference then, though the news that Europe's list of 2006 titles matches that of the US is a promising sign, particularly considering how shoddily Nintendo has treated PAL regions in the past.

Here's the full list for your reading pleasure, and stand by for the Aussie list, which we should be getting any day now:

Wii titles

Wii Sports (bundled with console)
Wii Play
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Madden NFL 07
Need for Speed Carbon
Cars
Barnyard
Spongebob Squarepants: Creature from the Krusty Krab
Call of Duty 3
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
Happy Feet
Rampage: Total Destruction
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
Gottlieb Pinball Classics
Super Fruit Fall
Blazing Angels
Far Cry Vengeance
GT Pro Series
Monster 4x4 World Circuit
Open Season
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Red Steel
Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Impossible Mission
Leaderboard Golf
Tennis Masters

Virtual Console titles

Donkey Kong (NES)
Donkey Kong Jr. (NES)
Mario Bros. (NES)
Solomon's Key (NES)
The Legend of Zelda (NES)
Urban Champion (NES)
Wario's Woods (NES)
Baseball (NES)
Pinball (NES)
Soccer (NES)
Tennis (NES)
Ice Hockey (NES)
Donkey Kong Country (SNES)
F-Zero (SNES)
Sim City (SNES)
Super Mario 64 (N64)
Sonic the Hedgehog (Mega Drive)
Altered Beast (Mega Drive)
Golden Axe (Mega Drive)
Columns (Mega Drive)
Gunstar Heroes (Mega Drive)
Ecco the Dolphin (Mega Drive)
Space Harrier II (Mega Drive)
Toe Jam and Earl (Mega Drive)
Ristar (Mega Drive)
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (Mega Drive)
Bonk's Adventure (Turbografx)
Super Star Soldier (Turbografx)
Victory Run (Turbografx)
Bomberman '93 (Turbografx)
Dungeon Explorer (Turbografx)

And that's your lot, though we've got all our fingers and toes crossed that a Virtual Console version of Pilotwings 64 is in the works. We'll get back to you with the Aussie list as soon as we have it, though frankly there's every chance it could again look very similar.

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17 Comments

Zarnoss

5 years ago

I wonder if 2 player co-op games like toejam and earl will have online support for co-op?

ugh the boot

5 years ago

Man only one game out of that whole list I want....it's not looking very good to me....i'm wondering if it's even worth getting one (especially seeing as i'll have enough games to play around that time anyways). I hope Red Steel turns out good so I have to buy that aswell. It also sux they dropped Metal Slug Anthology for the launch.

Zarnoss

5 years ago

/\ You're talking about Happy feet.. am i right?!?!

döppelgangbang

5 years ago

Solomon's Key! I actually voted for that one in the PALGN top 100! I have fond memories of that on the C64. I wonder if its as good as I remember it!

Toejam and Earl: boom shaka clap and Gunstar Heros = Lush! Looks like some gooD ol' fashioned 2player VCing for me! Dont forget the secret Island in the bottom left of L1 of TJ and E, you'll need rocket skates or an inner tube!

David

5 years ago

Espescially impressive:

# Bonk's Adventure (Turbografx)
# Super Star Soldier (Turbografx)
# Victory Run (Turbografx)
# Bomberman '93 (Turbografx)
# Dungeon Explorer (Turbografx)

The PC Engine/Turbografx was not released in PAL territories, yet Europe is getting the games. So there we have it - VC games are not limited to where they were originally released, or to PAL versions (since there is no such thing as a PAL version of a turbografx game).

Zarnoss

5 years ago

I hope that turbografx/PCengine version of the monsters trap comes out also! That was the best!

Gunstar heores is also a given.

Never found that secret island in TJ&E though!

Maybe i did, was sooooo long ago.

Also i remember that Solomos key on C64, i used to play it heaps.It was a kind of platform/puzzler right?

Also a version of Wardner(megadrive/arcade) would be the bees knees.
*fingers crossed*

ret the roman

5 years ago

I just hope WII gets the megaman X series or better yet Rockman & Forte(megaman & Bass)

Karai Pantsu

5 years ago

Thats some great news! Can't wait for some more Turbografx games to be released on to the Virtual Console.

Also Gunstar = YES!

Solid_Snake

5 years ago

Haha, Super Mario 64. I still haven't passed that.

I hope we get that here too.

camds

5 years ago

I hope we get to see NBA Hang Time from the 64 on VC. Spent hours (and hunderds of $) on this at the arcades when I was as uni... One of my friends still has his 64 just for that game...

legend166

5 years ago

Haha cam, I've got Hangtime. That game was awesome. Loved it so much.

Also, that's a pretty solid list for launch. I mean, it's actually better than the US list, seeing as we get DONKEY FREAKING KONG COUNTRY, which is one of my all time favourite games.

5 years ago

Need for Speed Carbon, Cars, Barnyard, Call of Duty 3, Far Cry, Gottlieb Pinball Classics - OK so all thes games are finally coming to gamecube - but what are we getting on the Wii besides Spongebob Squarepants?

camds

5 years ago

legend166 wrote

Haha cam, I've got Hangtime. That game was awesome. Loved it so much.

Yeah think I might give him a call see if I can get some Hang Time action on the weekend!

Nova Prime

5 years ago

David wrote

The PC Engine/Turbografx was not released in PAL territories, yet Europe is getting the games. So there we have it - VC games are not limited to where they were originally released, or to PAL versions (since there is no such thing as a PAL version of a turbografx game).

Sadly, I don't think that's the case:
TurboGrafx-16
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The PC Engine is a video game console first released in Japan by NEC on October 30, 1987. The system was released in late August, 1989 as TurboGrafx-16 for the North American market. A PAL version of the system also saw a very limited release in the UK and continental Europe in 1990 as "Turbografx"

David

5 years ago

Nova Prime wrote

David wrote

Wikipedia is wrong.

There were a few machines distributed to Mainland Europe, but not the UK.

However, these machines were not PAL, they were NTSC machines with a colour converter module. No PAL machine was ever produced.

I suppose I should edit Wikipedia, actually.

Sin Ogaris

5 years ago

This is why you should never use Wikipedia as a source for anything. Uncyclopedia is about as accurate as that thing.

Nova Prime

5 years ago

That's awesome then. Still, Nintendo Australia sucks, so what are the chances local Wiis will ever be able to play TurboGrafx games?

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