Early this morning, we informed you that Nintendo had settled on a June 19 release date for Ocarina of Time 3D in the US. Nintendo has now supplied us with a list of first- and third-party titles that will be dropping on its platforms through the end of the summer. As was (disappointingly) expected, the Wii and DS lineups are rather anemic, while the 3DS lineup doesn’t feature anything we weren’t already aware of.
However, there is a “surprise” in the form of Wii Play: Motion, a follow-up to the near-launch Wii Remote hitchhiker that everyone loves to talk smack about. Motion will include 12 new minigames as well as the updated Wii Remote Plus. It looks to have a release date of June 13, just a week prior to Ocarina.
I have mixed feelings about this news. Nintendo is really feeling the heat to turn Wii’s fortunes back, but I’m disappointed that it is resorting to reaching back into the Wii’s launch window library for a quick injection. It’s like Nintendo is tapped out of ideas for the Wii Remote. I’m also not sure if a Wii Play sequel will have any kind of impact at this point.
Oh well. E3 is around the corner. In the meantime, hit the jump to see the rest of the lineup.
Wii
Publisher Game Available Activision Transformers™: Dark of the Moon™ Stealth Force Edition June 14 Deep Silver, Inc. Get Fit with Mel B Spring Disney Interactive Studios LEGO® Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game May Disney•Pixar Cars 2: The Video Game Summer Graffiti Entertainment, Inc. Reader Rabbit® Preschool April Reader Rabbit® Kindergarten April Reader Rabbit® 1st Grade April Reader Rabbit® 2nd Grade April Konami Digital Entertainment Karaoke Revolution Glee: Volume 2 Spring NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. ExerBeat™ April 26 Nintendo Wii Play™: Motion June 13 Mystery Case Files™: Dust to Dust™ June 27 SEGA Thor™: God of Thunder May 3 The Conduit™ 2 April 12 THQ Inc. Rio April 12 SpongeBob SquigglePants April 12 Kung Fu Panda® 2 May 24 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters June 7 Nintendo DS Family
Publisher Game Available Activision Transformers™: Dark of the Moon™ AUTOBOTS™ June 14 Transformers™: Dark of the Moon™ DECEPTICONS™ June 14 Squinkies April 12 Bergsala Lightweight LLC Loving Life with Hello Kitty® and Friends May 10 Deep Silver, Inc. Duke Nukem: Critical Mass Q2 Disney Interactive Studios LEGO® Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game May Disney•Pixar Cars 2: The Video Game Summer Easy Interactive Hollywood Files June 14 Picture Puzzle Collection May 17 Match 3 Madness May 3 Konami Digital Entertainment Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s World Championship 2011 May 10 Majesco Entertainment Cake Mania Main Street May SEGA Thor™: God of Thunder May 3 THQ Inc. Rio April 12 Paws & Claws Pampered Pets 2™ April 19 Kung Fu Panda® 2 May 24 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment LEGO® Battles: Ninjago Spring Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters June 7 Nintendo 3DS
Publisher Game Available Activision Transformers™: Dark of the Moon™ Stealth Force Edition 3D June 14 Aksys Games Localization, Inc. BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II May 24 Crave Games Cartoon Network Punch Time Explosion May 24 D3 Publisher Dream Trigger™ 3D April Disney Interactive Studios LEGO® Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game May NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. DualPenSports™ May PAC-MAN® & Galaga® DIMENSIONS June Nintendo The Legend of Zelda™: Ocarina of Time™ 3D June 19 NIS America, Inc. Cave Story 3D June 28 TECMO KOEI AMERICA CORP. DEAD OR ALIVE® Dimensions May THQ Inc. SpongeBob SquigglePants May 17 Ubisoft Entertainment Driver® Renegade Spring Rabbids® Travel in Time April 10 Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell® 3D April 10 James Noir’s Hollywood Crimes™ June 7 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters June 7
