Nintendo dates Metroid Prime 3, Mario Strikers Charged, others
by Justin McElroy 
{ May 21st 2007 at 9:05AM }
Nintendo announced some other notable DS releases for the summer too, including SimCity in July, Heroes of Mana on Aug. 14, Brain Age 2 on Aug. 20, Worms: Open Warfare 2 in August and Jam Sessions in September. We could add something clever here about our relative anticipation of the above games, but we imagine half of your are spinning and giggling wildly in front of your computers and we lost the other half around Looney Tunes. So, feel free to commence your waiting, or check after the jump for even more DS releases.
July 30
- Picross DS
- Namco Museum DS
- Drake & Josh
- Glory Days 2
- Madden NFL '08
- High School Musical: Makin' the Cut!
- I SPY: Fun House
- Jewel Quest Expedition
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour '08
- Luminous Arc
- Mega Man Star Force: Pegasus
- Mega Man Star Force: Leo
- Mega Man Star Force: Dragon
- Operation: Vietnam
- Turn It Around
- The Wild West
- Fulllmetal Alchemist Trading Card Game
- DK Jungle Climber Nintendo
- Chibi-Robo: Park Patrol Nintendo
- Drawn to Life
- Zoey 10
- Crayola Treasure Adventures
- Nancy Drew and The Deadly Secret of Olde World Park
- Holly Hobbie & Friends
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations
- Pet Luv Spa & Resort Tycoon
- Animal Genius
- George of the Jungle
- Professor Brainium
- Indy 500 Legends
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Robert @ May 21st 2007 9:12AM
Sony and 360 are in for some more hardwork to get to #1.
megaStryke @ May 21st 2007 9:12AM
About Goddamn time.
(Oh, yeah. Aren't I supposed to announce "first" or something?)
megaStryke @ May 21st 2007 9:13AM
Guess not!
Jack of No Trades @ May 21st 2007 9:13AM
SSB in 2009...............
hvnlysoldr @ May 21st 2007 9:16AM
Sweet Metroid Prime 3! Is Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations the third game? And if so why no mention of it?
Darkness @ May 21st 2007 9:17AM
Looking forward to Metroid Prime. I'll probably have to go back to the Prime 2 in order to get caught up on the story. Hope some new media is released tomorrow. :D
Jack of No Trades @ May 21st 2007 9:18AM
Robert lol
I think 360/PS3 can take out Mario Strikers, Battalion Wars 2 & Metroid with Lair, Halo3, Mass Effect, Eternal Sonata & NGS.....
lol wow
Just because something sells more doesn't make it the better deal!
sheppy @ May 21st 2007 9:18AM
Wait, George Of The Jungle.... Space Station Tycoon... Pro Bowling... Pinball Hall Of Fame?
So while they hold back SMG for even more months, we get the greenlight on even more shovelware.
Darkness @ May 21st 2007 9:22AM
"So while they hold back SMG for even more months, we get the greenlight on even more shovelware."
I agree with you Sheppy. Where the hell is the compelling third party support? This stuff they're releasing now is bordering on insulting in my opinion.
samfish @ May 21st 2007 9:22AM
"I think 360/PS3 can take out Mario Strikers, Battalion Wars 2 & Metroid with Lair, Halo3, Mass Effect, Eternal Sonata & NGS....."
"Lair"
-No. Sorry.
"Halo3"
-Yes
"Mass Effect"
-not Metroid
"Eternal Sonata"
-No
"& NGS"
-No
Finn @ May 21st 2007 9:22AM
"I think 360/PS3 can take out Mario Strikers, Battalion Wars 2 & Metroid with Lair, Halo3, Mass Effect, Eternal Sonata & NGS.....
lol wow
Just because something sells more doesn't make it the better deal!"
But not Pokemon
and just because you can name some better games (although mabey not better than prime we'll see) it doesn't mean there gonna sell better
darkmasterpaul @ May 21st 2007 9:27AM
Metroid Prime 3 is coming in augest. And Halo 3 in mid 2 near-end of Sectember.
I think there is nothin to counter Wii's FPS.
Even if there was it would have crappy controls conpared to MP3.
Theta @ May 21st 2007 9:26AM
Interesting line-up; will keep an eye out for Prime, obviously, and a good chunk of those DS games. Hell, might even look into Madden if it improves on its last wii outing. *laughs*
Supposedly there's an SSBB announcement coming up in a couple of hours. We'll see what it brings up.
Fatass of Kickassness @ May 21st 2007 9:26AM
@7
If it indeed does sell more, than in the eyes of the consumer, it usually DOES mean a better deal. That, coupled with the fact that Ninty's first party games are usually nothing but spectacular, means a positively low chance that they WOULDN'T make a good deal.
darkmasterpaul @ May 21st 2007 9:27AM
And PS3 + 360 dont have anything to counter against Wii's RTS[s].
Because RTS on PS3 + 360 are preaty unplayable because of controls.
samfish @ May 21st 2007 9:27AM
Anyway, isn't that Nintendo press event thing today?
Do we know if we're expecting to hear some big news or will it be embargoed?
...and does Metroid have online play or not?
masterpaul @ May 21st 2007 9:28AM
In other Words... Nintendo Owns Summer
megaStryke @ May 21st 2007 9:29AM
@sheppy
I'll give ya George of the Jungle, pinball, and bowling, but have you been paying attention to Space Station Tycoon at all? THAT looks to be a quality third-party offering.
Jack of No Trades @ May 21st 2007 9:31AM
Why do you guys hold Metroid in such high regard? Is it because its your only halfass good shooter owned by Nintendo? Yes, I played them and it was ok (the final boss battle was a bitch) but it was nothing to jump up and down for.
Also, Mass Effect will smash Metroid into the ground with gameplay and graphics.
Victus @ May 21st 2007 9:36AM
Wow, how anyone can defend this crappy list of games is beyond me. What a giant trail of feces. Get ready for Ravin Rabbids 2.
megaStryke @ May 21st 2007 9:32AM
@Jack
But not sales, which is all that really matters.
Fatass of Kickassness @ May 21st 2007 9:33AM
And why is it, Jack, that you throw a tissy every time someone says something good about Nintendo that you disagree with? Are you incapable of letting others have their own opinion? Or were you just dropped on your head?
Hugh Mann @ May 21st 2007 9:35AM
@ Jack of No Life
Why are you constantly, like every damn day, so surprised by that fact that Ninty Fanboy's like Nintendo games?
Do you look up at the sky every morning and "go f*ck me, it's blue!"
Victus @ May 21st 2007 9:36AM
@20
Big sales don't always mean quality.
Britney Spears and Nsync used to dominate the charts. Quality? No.
Just b/c there are a lot of lifelong Nintendozombies that will buy every rehashed 1st party title (can't buy anything else, b/c there is never anything else good) and anything derived from it doesn't mean it is better than a 360/PS3 offering.
Theta @ May 21st 2007 9:36AM
OMG why do you people think unreleased game that nobody ever played A is so good? It's obviously that unreleased game that nobody ever played B and unreleased game that nobody ever played C will totally kick its ass. As if!
samfish @ May 21st 2007 9:37AM
"Why are you constantly, like every damn day, so surprised by that fact that Ninty Fanboy's like Nintendo games?
Do you look up at the sky every morning and "go f*ck me, it's blue!""
Oh man! It's only 9:30 and the post of the day has already been made!
Jack of No Trades @ May 21st 2007 9:37AM
mega
Most people that have a Wii won't buy Metroid. Wii is not in the market for those type of games. MarioParty will sell better than Metroid.
Fatass
Its both lol
Theta @ May 21st 2007 9:38AM
Hey Victus, I'm glad you agree that PS2 and Xbox's market share last gen was a complete and utter fluke.
Fernando Rocker @ May 21st 2007 9:39AM
NDF... reunion, now...
@Jack... every fucking time! Bashing every fucking time! We get it, you dont like Nintendo.
I bet you will be jealous of not being able to enjoy Metroid Prime... it will prove how good a FPS can be with the Wii Remote... meanwhile, you will be chatting in PS Home with a bunch of kids with no life, talking about nothing interesting.
Fatass of Kickassness @ May 21st 2007 9:40AM
@25(Theta)
Thing is, people HAVE played Metriod Prime, AND Strikers Charged, AND Batallion Wars 2, and its those impressions and reactions that make us want to play it ourselves.
Fatass of Kickassness @ May 21st 2007 9:41AM
@29(Fernando Rocker)
...whats wrong with not having a life?
Victus @ May 21st 2007 9:42AM
@28
PS2 and Xbox marketshare I attribute more to the quantity of quality games offered. Nintendo 1st party rehashes and no 3rd party support = ftl.
samfish @ May 21st 2007 9:42AM
EVERYBODY welcome Victus!
The NEWEST Nintendtroll to join the ranks of Jack, KingofWale, Ian Von Porters and friends!
You might be a Nintendtroll rookie, Victus, but you show a LOT of promise! I look forward to seeing many epic, intergalactic battles between you and the Defenders Of Nintendo Strike teams.
Theta @ May 21st 2007 9:44AM
@ Fatass
I would totally believe you...if it wasn't for the fact that people's opinions of these games would hardly have changed had people not played it.
I loved it when people were masturbating over day of disaster and lair months ago sight unseen.
Fernando Rocker @ May 21st 2007 9:45AM
Welcome to the war Victus... tonight, we dine in hell!
Fatass of Kickassness @ May 21st 2007 9:45AM
Don't group Kingofwale with the rest of 'em, he at least has some sensible things to say inbetween bashing Pokemon for '1999 grafix'.
But anywhos... I don't think Victus is like the rest of 'em. He's dead serious.
Jack of No Trades @ May 21st 2007 9:46AM
Victus and I will overthrough the idiotic rule known as the Defenders Of Nintendo.
Fatass of Kickassness @ May 21st 2007 9:46AM
@34(Theta)
Well thats not the case here.
Theta @ May 21st 2007 9:47AM
Oh man, my game's popular cuz it's good, your game's popular cuz people who buy it are sheep! I'm gonna go hug my polygons and get ready for poooobirty now, waaaaaaaaaaaaah
Stupid little kids.
Hugh Mann @ May 21st 2007 9:47AM
@ Victus
"Big sales don't always mean quality.
Britney Spears and Nsync used to dominate the charts. Quality? No."
Isn't it funny how people use this argument/defense very selectivley, Does this mean than the ps2 was the crap console of the last generation because it sold more? No.
SOMETIMES more sales means a better quality product and SOMETIMES it simply reflects the popularity of something not so quality (eg britney/nsync/whoever).
Fatass of Kickassness @ May 21st 2007 9:48AM
@37
Hah. Its incredible how you can point out the splinter in someone's eye without seeing the log in your own.
Fatass of Kickassness @ May 21st 2007 9:48AM
@39
Uh... what?
JodyAnthony @ May 21st 2007 9:49AM
OMG PEE PEE POO POO NINTENDO KIDDIE PS3 BETTAR OMG
sheppy @ May 21st 2007 9:50AM
@darkmasterpaul
You know, we've been hearing about how Wii would make the best FPS controls of all time for a while now. Hell, when I saw Wii, I tended to agree. Yet somewhere between Red Steel and Warioware, that arguement is blown to shit. You have a Wii, right? Where are you finding this super accurate controls? Let's just put it this way. In the arcade, at Police Trainer, I do frickin awesome. Can Shooter on Warioware? My shots are always a little off from their intended target. Metroid will do well just because it's not as aiming dependant as other FPS games out there, but don't kid yourself. You want FPSs with better controls on 360 and PS3? Call of Duty on 360 and Resistance on PS3. Note something? Both are launch games.
If you're going to buy into this "how it will work" mentality, remove yourself a bit and realize "how it should work" is often never "how it does work." I mean, hell. We have developers talking about the greatness of Sixaxis and what does that equate to? Shake the controller like a screaming child to power up Ryu's super attack.... great.
@megaStryke
I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt except for one tiny tidbit. IT'S A FREAKIN TYCOON GAME! I can buy a four pack of the damn things on PC for $5. I don't care if the Wii's version introduces revolutionary controls (read: deeer controller functions as a mouse = INNOVATION), it's still a tycoon game.
Fatass of Kickassness @ May 21st 2007 9:50AM
@43
Nice imitation of Von Porter & Friends.
Daniel @ May 21st 2007 9:51AM
MP3 is the one game I bought my Wii for. Everything else is unimportant.
Jack: If you call Metroid games "shooters" then I don't think you've been playing them right. It's about the exploration, not the shooting. It's a totally different experience than most FPS games. And comparing it to Mass Effect just shows your ignorance this thing we call a game's "genre".
Theta @ May 21st 2007 9:51AM
Fatass, that wasn't in response to you.
Fatass of Kickassness @ May 21st 2007 9:51AM
@44
Sheppy, past travesties are not an indicator or future quality.
Victus @ May 21st 2007 9:52AM
I'm sorry I don't agree with buying a repackaged gamecube with a gimmick for a controller. I also don't care to play Metroid part 73, Zelda 44, and a million iterations using the Mario name to bilk me out of money for a mediocre game given the "Great" moniker simply b/c it is Mario. Have fun w/ ravin rabbids. MS/SONY's fall-winter lineup are each far greater than Nintendo's.
Should I just be a zombie and agree with everything you have to say?
FWIW I'd buy a Wii, if it were more reasonably priced at $129.99.
JodyAnthony @ May 21st 2007 9:53AM
man you guys are SO stupid. I cant believe you are enjoying a video game console that you paid hard earned money for. don't you know that video games are serious business (certainly not meant to be something enjoied)? Cant you understand that I paid my money for a different console, thus the console I arbitrarily decided to purchase is automatically a better device than the one you own? I sure am glad that I love a hunk of plastic and wires so much that I can go and defend it with more fury than ever imagined. I sure am glad that I can let everyone know that its not mass starvation, war, poverty, or anything else thats important, its what video game console you own.