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That enormous list from Japan.

Closer examination of Nintendo Japan's enormous list of software titles in development for Wii reveals that Big Brain Academy, Super Paper Mario, Kirby and others will be making the leap in 2007.

The full list mentions Super Paper Mario (previously a Cube-only title - we've asked Nintendo what that version's fate is), Donkey Kong Taru Jet Race, Hoshi no Kirby, Mario Party 8, Eyeshield 21, a new light-gun style title from SEGA and "Wii Music".

It also pegs the Japanese release of Fire Emblem as February.

Big Brain Academy will form part of Nintendo's "Touch! Generations" push for Wii, and will include multiplayer versus and co-op modes for two players, along with brain-training activities similar to those of the DS version.

The full list of Japanese titles, which I had an enormous amount of fun formatting, follows.

Launch titles

Elebits (Konami)
Ennichi no Tatsujin (Namco Bandai)
Hajimete no Wii aka "Wii Play" (Nintendo)
Kororinpa (Hudson)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo)
Machi-Kuru Domino (Success)
Necro-Nesia (Spike)
Red Steel (Ubisoft)
SD Gundam Revolution (Namco Bandai)
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (SEGA)
Swing Golf Pangya (Tecmo)
Tamagotchi no Pikapika Daitouryou (Namco Bandai)
Trauma Centre: Second Opinion (Atlus)
Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (Nintendo)
Wii Sports (Nintendo)
Wing Island (Hudson)

December 6th titles

Bleach Wii (SEGA)
Cooking Mama (Taito)
Crayon Shin-chan (Banpresto)
Furifuri (Taito)
Mahjong Wii (KOEI)
Need For Speed: Carbon (EA)
Pokemon Battle Revolution (Nintendo)
Rayman Raving Rabbids (Ubisoft)
Sengoku Musou Wave (KOEI)
Sudoku (Hudson)
Tsuri Master (Hudson)

2007 (working titles where staggeringly obvious)

3D Action game (Takara Tomy)
3D Boxing Action game (AQ Interactive)
Action Game (ASNetworks)
Action Game (Epoch)
Action game (Takara Tomy)
Action Game (Banpresto)
Action Game (From Software)
Action RPG (From Software)
Bachindaa (Hudson, February)
Barnyard (THQ)
Baseball Game (Konami)
Battle Action game (Takara Tomy)
Biohazard: Umbrella Chronicles (Capcom)
Bokujou Monogatari Wii (Marvelous Interactive)
Bomberman Land (Hudson, March)
Call of Duty 3 (Activision)
Cars (THQ)
Crossword (Hudson, March)
Dairantou Smash Bros. X (Nintendo)
Densha de Go! (Taito)
Disaster (Nintendo, spring)
Donkey Kong Taru Jet Race (Nintendo)
Doubutsu no Mori (Nintendo)
Dragon Ball Z Sparking! NEO (Namco Bandai, January)
Dragon Quest Swords (Square Enix, spring)
Excite Truck (Nintendo, January)
Eyeshield 21 (Nintendo)
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearer (Square Enix)
Fire Emblem: Akatsuki no Megami (Nintendo, February)
Fishing Game (ASNetworks, summer)
Forever Blue (Nintendo)
GT pro series (MTO)
Gun Shooting game (SEGA)
Harry Potter (EA)
Heroes (Spike)
Horse Racing Action game (KOEI)
Hoshi no Kirby (Nintendo)
Java (Spike, spring)
Jigsaw Puzzle (Hudson, March)
Kawano Nushi-Tsuri Series (Marvelous Interactive)
Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
Mario Strikers Charged (Nintendo)
Marvel Ultimate Alliance (Activision)
Metroid Prime 3 Corruption (Nintendo)
Mobile Suit Gundam (Namco Bandai)
Music simulation game (Konami)
New Action Adventure Game 1 (Konami)
New Action Adventure Game 2 (Konami)
New RPG (KOEI)
Noumiso Konekone Puzzle Takoron (Compile Heart, summer)
One Piece: Unlimited Adventure (Namco Bandai)
Original Action game (D3 Publisher)
Original Simulation game (Marvelous Interactive)
Pac-Man Carnival (Namco Bandai)
Princess Company (Starfish SD)
Project Hammer (Nintendo)
RPG (Konami)
San-X Allstar for Wii (MTO)
Shooting Game (ASNetworks, summer)
Simple series (D3 Publisher)
Soccer Game (Konami)
Sonic and the Secret Rings (SEGA)
Soothing character action game (MTO)
SpongeBob SquarePants (THQ)
SSX (EA)
Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
Super Paper Mario (Nintendo)
Sword Fighting Action game (Interchannel-Holon)
Sword of Legendia (Namco Bandai)
The Dog Island (Yuke's)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour (EA)
Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam (Activision)
Totsugeki Famicom Wars W (Nintendo)
Wii Music (Nintendo)
Wii Yawaraka Atama Juku (Nintendo, spring)

Dunno about you, but I'm looking forward to Soothing Character Action Game, although I might buy New Action Adventure Game 2 instead.

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the_dudefather #1 5 years ago

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New Action Adventure Game 2: legend of New Action Adventure Game 1
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richardiox #2 5 years ago

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Wii Music please uncle
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jmctavish #3 5 years ago

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That's a lorra lorra games.

Metroid's the one I'm anticipating the most.
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varsas #4 5 years ago

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Soccer Game - Konami! ;D
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HoriZon #5 5 years ago

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hmmmm

Not sure about half of those.

Edited by 2 at 15/09/06 @ 18:16
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smelly #6 5 years ago

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Notice Super Paper Mario is on that list.. I presume it's no longer a gcube game?

>Not sure about half of those.

how do you mean? Half of them dont even have a name! And as for the other half, how can u tell anything from just a name?

Still .. Im a lot more excited by most of those than i was by the whole year of 360 titles.

Edited by 1 at 15/09/06 @ 18:18
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Rociel #7 5 years ago

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Wait a minute. Where's SSB?
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Xerx3s #8 5 years ago

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6 games that interest me within the first 12 months, a good start i would say.
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SenselessThing #9 5 years ago

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"Donkey Kong Taru Jet Race"

Wasn't this a GC game at E3 as well as super paper mario?
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scoobii #10 5 years ago

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Really looking forward to 2007 now, was dreading a March release date.

@ Rociel
check Dairantou Smash Bros. X
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skillian #11 5 years ago

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That's a hell of a lot of games, even if some are bound to be a little crappy.

Colour me impressed.
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Sid-Nice #12 5 years ago

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I'll have.........

Swing Golf Pangya.
Rayman Raving Rabbids.
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

At launch.

And.....

Super Mario Galaxy.
Super Paper Mario.

When they come out....

I'll wait to see the reviews of Red Steel to see if it's worth buying.

Soccer Game (Konami) I wonder what that's about?
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zoidberg #13 5 years ago

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that list just made me buy one
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smelly #14 5 years ago

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Im pissed about super paper mario.. i wanted that on the cube
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smelly #15 5 years ago

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Hmmm.. actually it's only just occured to me (im being slow) these are JUST the japanese developed games?

When you add on the european/us ones, this list is looking VERY good!
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Meglomaniac #16 5 years ago

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Not a bad list of games, makes me more excited for the impending launch. Speaking of which, I am trying to raise money to buy myself a Wii by selling items with a Wii-like logo on it. help a gamer out check out the items at: http://www.cafepress. com/wgear/
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spongebob #17 5 years ago

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Don't get too excited because Wii is region-locked.
Now, if we got the list of games that are coming to Europe, that'd be yummy.
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DDevil #18 5 years ago

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"Bleach Wii"

Sounds painful.
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morriss #19 5 years ago

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Mario Kart?
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Roamer #20 5 years ago

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@Spongebob:

The Wii isn't region-locked... Why would you say that?
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bapti #21 5 years ago

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there's another article which Ninty turn around and say it is going to be region locked . Here's hoping there's another freeloader type thing and we won't have to buy jap wiis as well
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ilmaestro #22 5 years ago

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Hmm, is Trauma Center a launch title here? If not, I'd actually consider a Japanese Wii for that and Bleach.
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manic_mouse #23 5 years ago

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"The Wii isn't region-locked... Why would you say that?"

It is, or so say NOE.
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sonmi451 #24 5 years ago

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i want Wii Pilotwings
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RobTheBuilder #25 5 years ago

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Ennichi no Tatsujin!!!!!!!!!

As in Taiko No Tatsujin.....as in the Bongo game but Wiified!

That better make it to the UK Nintendo. Otherwise there'll be Region locking hell to pay.
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darkbhudda #26 5 years ago

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Necro-Nesia?

I just realised how awesome an autopsy or surgery game would be using the wii-mote.
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alexg #27 5 years ago

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Necro-Nesia?

I just realised how awesome a necrophilia game would be using the wii-mote.
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Nobuo #28 5 years ago

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"Not a bad list of games, makes me more excited for the impending launch. Speaking of which, I am trying to raise money to buy myself a Wii by selling items with a Wii-like logo on it. help a gamer out check out the items at: http://www.cafepress. com/wgear/"

lol! Shameless. Best of luck though!
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Matsuo #29 5 years ago

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That's quite an impressive number of games available within the first week of launch, with Zelda being the heavy-hitter and maybe Wario Ware as well for the Japanese market.

I wonder what the Ennichi no Tatsujin game is. I'm hoping for a Taiko no Tatsujin, but I'm afraid it is not...

2007 is already looking like a quality year already And btw, do i see an Advance Wars (Famicom Wars) title in there?
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Daikon #30 5 years ago

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Soothing character action game

Is this a typo or can we expect a new genre?
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lennon #31 5 years ago

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Probably not going to be popular but apart from Zelda the launch line up looks pretty weak to me.

Still now I have to decide is Zelda enough to convince me or do I wait until some of the 2007 games come out!
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nickthegun #32 5 years ago

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Yeah, but lets not start blowing wads in our pants just yet.

A LOT of people I know have more import GC games that domestically bought ones, which I would think is very rare for any home console. The european release schedule was appalling and, if they continue in that vein, Wii owners will be lucky to see a 3rd of that list and in the same decade they came out in Japan.

And, yes, they are not the only ones guilty of this. I have more import PSP games than domestic too....
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Azazel #33 5 years ago

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New Mutha F***ing Action Adventure Game: SNAKES ON A PLANE
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aine #34 5 years ago

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Machi-Kuru Domino (Success)

I've heard this one called "Mr.D Goes To Town", which can only mean one thing... MR. DOMINO IS BACK!! I told you no one could stop Mr. Domino.
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