June 6th, 2012

The launch titles for the Wii U

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Nintendo has revealed the list of Wii U launch titles, of which there are thirty-one. They won’t all be available on day one of the system launch, but will launch within the launch window. The list is after the break.

  • 2K Sports – NBA 2K13 – Holiday
  • D3Publisher – Ben 10: Omniverse – Holiday
  • D3Publisher – Family Party: 30 Great Games (working title) – Holiday
  • D3Publisher – Rise of the Guardians: The Video Game – Holiday
  • Electronic Arts – Mass Effect 3 – Holiday
  • Maximum Games – Jett Tailfin – Holiday
  • NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. – TANK! TANK! TANK! – Holiday
  • NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. – TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2 (working title) – Holiday
  • Nintendo – LEGO City: Undercover – Holiday
  • Nintendo – New Super Mario Bros. U – Holiday
  • Nintendo – NINJA GAIDEN 3: Razor’s Edge – Holiday
  • Nintendo – Nintendo Land – Holiday
  • Nintendo – SiNG (working title) – Holiday
  • Nintendo – Wii U Panorama View (working title) – Holiday
  • Nintendo – Game & Wario (working title) – Launch Window
  • Nintendo – Pikmin 3 – Launch Window
  • Nintendo – Project P-100 (working title) – Launch Window
  • Nintendo – Wii Fit U – Launch Window
  • SEGA – Aliens: Colonial Marines – TBA
  • SEGA – Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed – Holiday
  • THQ – Darksiders II – Holiday
  • Ubisoft – Assassin’s Creed III – Holiday
  • Ubisoft – Just Dance 4 – Holiday
  • Ubisoft – Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth – Holiday
  • Ubisoft – Rabbids Land – Holiday
  • Ubisoft – Sports Connection – Holiday
  • Ubisoft – Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013 – Holiday
  • Ubisoft – ZombiU – Holiday
  • Ubisoft – Rayman Legends – TBA
  • Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment – Scribblenauts Unlimited – Holiday
  • Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment – Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition – Holiday
  • Broken Rules – Chasing Aurora – Holiday
  • Frozenbyte – Trine 2: Director’s Cut – Holiday
  • Gaijin Games – Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien – Holiday
  • Nicalis – Aban Hawkins & the 1,001 Spikes – Holiday
  • Pwnee Studios – Cloudberry Kingdom – Holidayctive Entertainment
  • Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition
  • Pootisman

    Why is Ninja Gaiden listed next to Nintendo? Any ways. . .WHERE IS THE WHOLE CONFERENCE!

    • jijfij

      Nintendo is publishing it.

    • jdub

      the Los Angeles Convention center.

    • Kamkid

      ^ Litiral

  • AMPD

    Definitely better the the 3DS’s Launch titles! Much more titles too, And Pikmin 3 at launch!!

    • AMPD

      Oh wait, Launch Window… Well still Early in it’s life

  • littlebigmusic

    I think the only things selling me on the WiiU are Rayman Legends and ZombiU. I would like Scribblenauts, but it’s not exactly a system seller for me. NintendoLand seems cool as well, but I doubt I’d pay full retail price for it.

    • jdub

      I thought it might be bundled with the system, they said in iwata asks that Nintendo land is like wii sports in that it demonstrates the possibilities of the system. that’s just a guess though.

    • littlebigmusic

      True, but I think they said it would be released within the launch window, suggesting that it will release after the system launches.

    • JamesD

      I’m pretty sure it’s bundled in.

  • jdub

    how long is the “Launch Window?” a month? a week? 2 months? this is what I want to know. Still psyched for the return of pikmin (in a NEW game, not a remake), FINALLY! and pikmin 2 for wii is coming out in america on the 10th, a whole 3 years after UK got it -_-

    • Ness

      I’d guess the launch window is from the system launch to the Holiday season.

    • black-leg jex

      it’s between it’s launch and december 31st however that’s if it comes out before mid november

    • Jono

      Reggie confirmed to IGN that it’s about 3-4 months.

  • Dr. Deneuralizer

    Still looks like a typical Nintendo launch lineup, which continues to hurt them as they have said in the past…

    • CK

      Agreed. These games look good but was hoping for newer games that are coming to other systems. I’m slightly concerned but I’ll keep monitoring it…

  • Some Guy On The Internet

    I’m actually pretty excited about quite a few of these:
    LEGO City, Rayman Legends, New Super Mario Brothers U, Pikmin 3, Scribblenauts Unlimited, ZombiU, and Project-P100.

  • Lizzie1238

    This is a pretty good list. Definitely better than the 3DS’ launch.

  • http://wwetnaguru123.blogspot.com/ joe zecca

    so no fifa 13 then i heard it was what about black ops

  • Divad

    Batman is listed twice. Do we get two copies :P

  • http://wiiublog.com Jared

    Yeah i expected new IPs games we didnt see coming that game from retro i mean when they anonced new things i wosnt wowed mabye cause I new these things were coming on way or another in the end I wanted New games i wanted retro iwanted Nintendo to show its new 3 IPs or something! ALL LOVE for nintendo but i found myself liking Sonys game presentation ALL Love for Mario and Olimar just AAHHHAAHH

    Well they have the rest off the week and i heard there Presenting a game that was not anoncoced on stage HOPE IN THAT

    • Rune

      Have ever heard of a full stop/period?

    • Tails the Foxhound

      Nintendo Land is a new IP. Thank you for contradicting yourself in the first few sentences, now I don’t have to break apart your whole argument.

  • http://wiiublog.com Jared

    Lets hope they some more at the software showcase

    • The Random Man

      The software showcase is all about 3DS games.

    • http://wiiublog.com Jared

      David said there would be wii u bro

    • Mike

      Doesn’t matter what David says, it’s what Nintendo says.

  • Joaquin

    where is zelda? U__U

    • The Random Man

      I think we might see it tomorrow night.

    • KING Z Is Ready For The Wii U

      ^Yea The Zelda On 3DS We Will Most Likely See Tomorrow, But Remember Wii U Wont Be At The Software Showcase Tomorrow.

  • http://youtube.com/the8guys Dylan

    YESSS! Pikmin Mario and Wario etc. best launch ever :)

  • Classic Hyper Sonic The Hedgehog A.K.A Rc/AGES

    I’m getting Sonic All-Stars Racing (no surprise there), Pikmin 3, Rayman Legends, Batman Arkham City and MAYBE ZombiU, Nintendo Land, and NSMBU. See ya in the MiiVerse!

  • Bigpete849

    I gotta say, the third-party support is amazing.

    • ddddd

      I am utterly destroyed by the little amount of third party support:

      No Valve
      No Capcom
      No Activision
      No Konami
      Almost no EA
      No Take-two
      No Codemasters
      No Bethseda
      No Square-Enix

    • Spazzy_Cactus

      You do know that NONE of those usually make launch games right? And Valve is well…. Valve… We’re probably not gonna see a single Valve game on the Wii U until a few years from now (if at all) because they’re primarily a PC company.

    • Jdub

      No Capcom… this made me lol. there will be capcom, them and nintendo are like best buds. and in all honesty, i don’t like any of those, except Capcom. and what is with that cactus?!!

    • Julian

      @ ddddd EA is surprising… considering they apparently helped nintendo with their online.

  • waluigi

    Wario and pikmin at launch hard chooses must be made.

    • Peskiest

      The decision is very easy, get
      …
      …
      …
      BOTH!

  • KING Z Is Ready For The Wii U

    Assassin’s Creed 3, Aliens: Colonial Marines, & Mass Effect 3. Those Are The Titles Im Getting At Launch :]

  • BOO

    Guess I’m not getting a wiiu at launch

    • Wildman

      BOO…

    • stg

      BAWWWWWWWWWW

    • Basil

      Humbug

    • sawada

      Judging from the launch title, I think I am not going to get a Wii U first day either..

      I buy 3ds after price drop, and I enjoy my Zelda and Resident evil..

      I buy Vita first day launch, the Japanese version and no games, and wait for a month to buy english version of Uncharted , and another 2 weeks for memory card.. When I finally can play Uncharted (which I find not really my type), Ps Vita bundled with Marvel vs Capcom with the same price as my Vita come out.. And now I am waiting for game to be released for Vita.. Gravity Rush and Soul Sacrificed, you better be good!!

      Lesson learned. I will only buy new console first day if there is game I really really like at launch..
      So, no Wii U at launch for me..

  • Lene

    Nintendo is supposed to unveil 3 new IP at this year E3 if I remember correctly.

    Two of them are SiNG and P-100.
    While SiNG is just a singing game, it is still innovative compared to other games of this kind, at least in my opinion. Project P-100 looks good too.

    What is the3rd? Nintendo Land? Is it considered a game on its own?
    I like the idea, but it really feels more like preloaded software (Face Raiders style).

    • Ness

      If the Wii series is an IP, then Nintendo Land might as well be, though maybe it won’t become a series.

  • Johnny

    I am super excited for LEGO City: Undercover. Believe it or not.

  • Jaw

    OMG RUNNER 2!

  • http://www.facebook.com/GetMeOffTheMoon Michael M

    PIKMIN 3 PIKMIN 3 PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKKKKKKKKKKKKKMMMMMMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN 3

    WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFDSNJKFNDJBVIWJKVBJFDKVBIUDJBSHVJBDSJHFBDSJ

  • CK

    Was kinda hoping black ops 2 would be on here since treyarch has given N some love in the past.

    • mariomaster98

      Wait, we still have two more E3 conferences. Just hold out

    • CK

      @mariomaster98, yeah I’m hoping that there will be more games announced, even if they don’t make launch

    • zeta

      maybe they saw it as too obvious and won’t be bothering, after all COD usually doesn’t miss a platform

    • zeta

      what i do want to know is what happened to the Battlefield, i know it probably won’t be coming this quick as EA isn’t Treyarch with their 1 year 1 COD thing but i hoped for some info, or they could just port BF3 to Wii U for now and then work on the sequel for all consoles.

  • J-Fox

    Where’s Capcom and Konami? =|

    • J-Fox

      …And Squeenix.

  • Bewoulf2000

    Yay, as long as I see mario and pikmin, its all good. And whats better is that its really close to the inital release. The wii u can’t be a failure.

  • http://nintendoworlds.com TurboPikachu

    Sega should make Super Monkey Ball HD as a launch title for the Wii U! :D

  • Wildman

    Where the hell is EA? I thought they were backing the Wii U full force. All that’s listed is Mass Effect 3.

  • snuz

    i want wii u black edition with tekken and zombieU please!

  • cancelln

    Is the panorama view thing really a seperate game? I was expecting it to already be on the Wii U itself…

  • Sean

    This doesn’t really sell the system to me. Apart from Pikmin 3 (and maybe that Project p-100) but I’m not buying a system for one game.

  • Guhtere

    Well, there goes Kingdom Hearts HD Remix. I am sad now.

    • ddddd

      Like every single rumor from dualpixels, it was all fake

  • Deathisme

    Luckily I didn’t get to excited

    It was crap!

    Next gen my ass

  • LaserK

    lol,”Wii Fit U”

    • cancelln

      Yeah, hopefully they don’t make a “Wii Play U”

  • ok ninjas

    i was really disappointed with nintendo’s E3 this year they needed something really great but just fell way short. Anyway,does anyone know which (if any) of these titles retro is working on?

    • CK

      I know! I came home on lunch totally psyched for Nintendo to bust out this bad ass presentation and it was…ho hum….

    • ddddd

      Retro’s game is still a secret to us

    • ok ninjas

      Thanks. At least that’s one thing to look forward to. Metroid anyone?

  • SakuMo

    There are only 2 games I remotely give a crap about, and they’re both first party. Whether or not I get a system at launch will depend extremely heavily on price.

  • Orcool

    Muuuuuusssssssttttt……haaavavvvveeeeee….NNNNNNOOOOOWWWWW

  • http://www.ssbwiki.com/User:ToastUltimatum ToastUltimatum

    Gonna be between New Super Mario Bros. U and Scribblenauts Unlimited for me. I’ve never failed to buy a Scribblenauts game, but Mario couldn’t posibly be bad.

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/16a07c1e06c4010a42f31cc4d1a0702d.png ABEzilla116

    Project-P100? Apparently it’s being developed by platinum, the Devs for Bayonetta… Why wasn’t this at E3?

    • Microjack5

      If you were watching it on Spike, they announced it during the interview with Reggie.

    • A Link to the Present

      It was on e3.nintendo.com. The presentation clearly told you to go there.

  • Derek

    Arkham City Armored Edition is enough for me to want this system day one…and then they announce Mass Effect 3 as a launch title?! TAKE MY MONEY.

  • 009soulmaster

    mm mmm its like a buffet of Launch Titles. Hmm i pick:
    New Super Mario Bros. U
    Pikmin 3
    Rayman Legends
    Sonic & SEGA All Stars Transformed
    Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition
    Assassin Creed III
    ZombiU
    Aliens: Colonial Marines
    Avengers: Battle For Earth
    Lego City: Undercover
    Project: P-100

  • Yodowg

    I really want pikmin3 and zombi u . Maybe ill get mario or mass effect too . Also ill get blackops two but only if its coming to wii u the 360 just feels stale for cod . Wiiu is going to really help keep game serie’s fresh

  • connormaddock

    I wish they had shown some Dragon Quest X at e3, since it was supposed to be coming out on both the Wii and Wii U I at least expected to maybe hear something about the Wii version as a swansong of sorts.

  • George

    No black ops 2 eh? I won’t be buying it then

    • Herox95

      Black Ops II IS coming, the posts just aren’t being updated.

  • A Link to the Present

    The 5 launch titles are New Super Mario Bros. U, Wii Fit U, Game & Wario, Project P-100, and Nintendo Land. This I gathered from the website as well as the presentation itself.

  • Lucie

    Where is Ghost recon online?

    • SnoopieDaDog

      Exactly! I’m worried about that too…

  • Nintendo_Rules

    Eight for sure games I am getting and four maybes. Looks like I’m going to busy playing video games for awhile. :)