New hardware and many exciting games due before Christmas.
It must be 'Work extra hard' day in Nintendo Europe's PR office. We've had Game Boy Micro news, Mario Smash Football and now a full Q4 2005 release schedule, revealing exactly what Nintendo systems have to offer Europeans gamers this Christmas - Unfortunately, not Zelda, but we're over that now.
On the DS front we've got Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow on September 29th, the new Pink and Blue systems, and Nintendogs on October 7th, Mario Kart DS on 11th November, Touch Golf and Sonic Rush on 18th November, Kirby: Power Paintbrush on November 25th, and a plethora of other titles. It's an impressive line-up of games.
Even though the GameCube line-up is looking less thrilling than it did a few days ago, there are still a fair number of exciting games due out before Christmas. These include Geist, Dancing Stage: Mario Mix, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, Mario Smash Football and Pokèmon XD: Gale of Darkness from Nintendo, and plenty of third-party games, from the likes of EA and Ubisoft.
The Game Boy Advance line-up is looking as strong as ever, despite the DS being the new Nintendo handheld on the scene. With Nintendo releasing the Game Boy Micro on November 4th there's plenty of life left in the little guy. Games due before Christmas include Mario Power Tennis, Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, Donkey Kong Country 3 and Pokèmon Emerald, as well as third-party games such as FIFA 06 and King Kong.
Nintendo DS
- Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (Konami) - 29th September
- Madden NFL 2006 (EA) - 30th September
- Scooby Doo! Unmasked (THQ) - September
- Nintendo DS Hardware Pink - 7th October
- Nintendo DS Hardware Blue - 7th October
- Nintendogs: Labrador & Friends (Nintendo) - 7th October
- Nintendogs: Dachshund & Friends (Nintendo) - 7th October
- Nintendogs: Chihuahau & Friends (Nintendo) - 7th October
- FIFA 06 (EA) - 7th October
- Marvel Nemesis: Rise of The Imperfects (EA) - 28th October
- Pac'n Roll (Namco) - 28th October
- Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (Activision) - October
- Ultimate Spider-Man (Activision) - October
- Mario Kart DS (Nintendo) (tentative title) - 11th November
- Need for Speed Most Wanted (EA) - 11th November
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour (Konami) - 17th November
- Touch Golf (Nintendo) (tentative title) - 18th November
- Sonic Rush (SEGA) - 18th November
- Kirby: Power Paintbrush (Nintendo) - 25th November
- Dragonball Z Supersonic Warriors 2 (ATARI) - 25th November
- Shrek SuperSlam (Activision) - November
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (EA) - November
- Spongebob Squarepants: The Yellow Avenger (THQ) - November
- The Incredibles Rise of the Underminer (THQ) - November
- The Sims 2 (EA) - Autumn
- King Kong (Ubisoft) (in line with Movie release) - Q4
- Battles of Prince of Persia (Ubisoft) - Christmas
- Spyro Shadow Legacy (Vivendi) - Autumn
GameCube
- Tom Clancy's Rainbox Six Lockdown (Ubisoft) - 8th September
- Madden NFL 2006 (EA) - 9th September
- NHL 2006 (EA) - 23rd September
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 (EA) - 23rd September
- Spartan: Total Warrior (SEGA) - 23rd September
- Sonic Gems Collection (SEGA) - 23rd September
- FIFA 06 (EA) - 30th September
- WWE Day of Wreckoning 2 (THQ) - September
- The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction (Vivendi) - September
- Geist (Nintendo) - 7th October
- NBA Live 06 (EA) - 7th October
- Marvel Nemesis: Rise of The Imperfects (EA) - 14th October
- Dancing Stage: Mario Mix (Nintendo) - 28th October
- Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (Activision) - October
- Ultimate Spider-Man (Activision) - October
- X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse (Activision) - October
- Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (Nintendo) - 4th November
- Need for Speed Most Wanted (EA) - 4th November
- SSX On Tour (working title) (EA) - 11th November
- Mario Baseball (Nintendo) (tentative title) - 11th November
- Pokèmon XD: Gale Of Darkness (Nintendo) - 18th November
- Mario Smash Football (Nintendo) - 18th November
- Shadow The Hedgehoc (SEGA) - 18th November
- Call of Duty 2: Big Red One (Activision) - November
- Gun (Activision) - November
- Shrek SuperSlam (Activision) - November
- True Crime: New York City (Activision) - November
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (EA) - November
- The Incredibles Rise of the Underminer (THQ) - November
- Battalion Wars (Nintendo) (tentative title) - 9th December
- Viewtiful Joe Red Hot Rumble (Capcom) - Q1 2006
- James Bond 007: From Russia With Love (EA) - Winter 05
- King Kong (in-line with movie releases) (Ubisoft) - Q4
- Prince of Persia 3 (working title) (Ubisoft) - Q4
- The Sims 2 (EA) - Autumn
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 3 (Ubisoft) - Winter
- Crash Tag Team Racing (Vivendi) - Autumn
Nintendo Game Boy Advance
- Pacman Pinball Advance (Zoo Digital) - 12th August
- Pac-Man World (Zoo Digital) - 19th August
- Megaman Zero 4 (Capcom) - 16th September
- Scooby Doo! Unmasked (THQ) - September
- Pokèmon Emerald (Nintendo) - 21st October
- FIFA 06 (EA) - 14th October
- Madagascar: Operation Penguins (Activision) - October
- Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (Activision) - October
- Ultimate Spider-Man (Activision) - October
- Bratz: Rock Angels (THQ) - October
- Game Boy Micro - 4th November
- Game Boy Micro Face Plates (tentative name) - 4th November
- Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones (Nintendo) - 4th November
- Donkey Kong Country 3 (Nintendo) - 4th November
- Dr Mario And Tetris Attack (Nintendo) - 4th November
- Need for Speed Most Wanted (EA) - 11th November
- Mario Power Tennis (Nintendo) (tentative title) - 18th November
- Shrek SuperSlam (Activision) - November
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (EA) - November
- Spongebob Squarepants: Lights Camera Pants! (THQ) - November
- Dynasty Warriors (Nintendo) (tentative title) - 2nd December
- King Kong (Ubisoft) (in line with movie release) - Q4
