Nintendo Announces Release Dates For First Half of 2008

Wondering what is coming up for the Nintendo Wii?   Nintendo has released their schedule for the first two quarters of the New Year:

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™ 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™ from Namco Bandai Games America Inc.

Q2: Wii Fit from Nintendo

Anything you plan on purchasing?

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Nintendo Game Releases – January 8, 2007

Here are this weeks Nintendo releases:

Nintendo Wii

• Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
• Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law
• Luxor: Pharaoh’s Challenge

Nintendo DS

• Jackass the Game
• Sea Monsters

Top Virtual Console Downloads

We’ve had the virtual console for more than a year now.   Have you ever wondered what the most popular downloads are?  Here are the Top 20, with parenthesis showing where they were previously:

1 (1) Super Mario Bros 3
2 (2) Mario Kart 64
3 (3) Super Mario Bros
4 (6) Super Mario 64
5 (7) Super Mario World
6 (8) Street Fighter 2 Turbo
7 (9) The Legend of Zelda : Ocarine of Time
8 (4) Pokemon Snap
9 (5) Megaman 2
10 (10) Paper Mario
11 (15) Bomberman 93
12 (11) The legend of Zelda : A Link to the past
13 (E) Donkey Kong Country 3
14 (17) Super Mario Bros 2
15 (12) Yoshi’s Story
16 (16) Sonic 3
17 (13) Bubble Bobble
18 (20) Sonic
19 (18) The Legend of Zelda
20 (14) The King of fighters 94

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Virtual Console Games – Monday, January 1, 2007

Happy New Year everyone! 2007 was good, but I’m really looking forward to 2008. Here are this weeks virtual console games:

• Bubble Bobble – NES – 500 Wii Points
• Light Crusader – Genesis – 800 Wii Points
• Top Hunter – NEOGEO – 900 Wii Points

Bubble Bobble was a good game, but they are getting to slim pickins now.

Compilation of Nintendo Wedding Cakes!

I always love wedding cakes because the give the creator an opportunity to be as creative as they want to be.  Here are some examples of creative Nintendo-related wedding cakes.   Enjoy!