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No PAL Paper Mario date yet

Nintendo calls Q2 register.

It may be out across America on Monday, but Nintendo fans aching for their latest dose of the quirky Mario RPG series will need to keep their hands in their pockets for the time being, as Super Paper Mario is mysteriously missing from the official European Q2 release line-up.

"We've not announced a release date for Super Paper Mario at this time," a spokesperson for Nintendo confirmed to Eurogamer this afternoon.

But don't go playing in the traffic just yet, as there's loads more on offer this first half of the year. There's that one with the moustache in his very own new sporty Wii outing, Mario Strikers Charged Football, which will be the first Euro title to put the Wi-Fi online multiplayer to the test.

You can also take to the sky in Wing Island, or whack balls in Pangaya! Golf with Style, rounding the total up to 23 Wii wizzlers in total.

Even more nuggets of fun are lined up for the ever popular DS, lead by the likes of Pokemon Ranger, Diddy Kong Racing DS and Wario: Master of Disguise. There's no Slitherlink in there, much to Tom's frustration, but you will be able to get your grimy-mitts on Picross - that should settle your fiddly puzzling needs for a while.

The full lists look like this:

Wii Q2 line-up

  • 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

DS Q2 line-up

  • 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

GBA Q2 line-up

  • 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