Launch Titles Archive

The complete list of Wii U launch (and launch window) titles

At the recent Nintendo Conference, the impressive Wii U launch lineup was revealed. You can find it after the break!

The full list of Wii U launch titles

The full list of Wii U launch titles has been revealed, which you can find after the break. Note that some of the “launch titles” in this list are actually due for the so-called “launch window” – meaning, they won’t be there on day 1, but they’ll follow shortly afterwards. This is also a great […]

Wii U to launch with a Mario game

Spike’s Geoff Keighley revealed that the Wii U is going to come out and launch with a Mario game on Day 1. Refusing to reveal anything else, this leaves a ton of possibilities up in the air – will it be another epic 3D adventure? Or perhaps a laid-back sports game? Maybe an early coming […]

Nintendo tease Wii U launch titles on Facebook

Nintendo’s official Wii U Facebook page isn’t just for show, it gets put to use! See for yourself: “Initial game releases” probably means these games will be available at launch. However, it doesn’t specify whether these are 1st-party games or not… let’s hope they are. So? Any idea what these might be? Leave a comment […]

Wii U launch lineup to be “pretty damn good”

Today on GameTrailers, in an episode of Invisible Walls, the Wii U’s third-party support became a topic of discussion, with Shane Shatterfield, the publication’s editor-in-chief, saying: One thing that I can say without getting in any trouble is that the launch line-up for the Wii U is going to surprise people. It’s going to be pretty […]

Toki Tori 2 is “definitely” coming to Wii U, will come “really quickly after launch”

If Toki Tori 2 wasn’t confirmed for the Wii U before, it is “definitely” confirmed for the platform now, in the words of Two Tribes’s creative director Collin van Ginkel. And while the launch date of the Wii U itself is still unknown to the public, Two Tribes are telling us Toki Tori 2 will either […]

LEGO City Stories might be a Wii U launch title

Yet another LinkedIn profile – this time that of a TT Fusion artist – specifically lists LEGO City Stories as an “exclusive launch title” for the Wii U. Seeing how it was the very first Wii U game Nintendo told us about, I wouldn’t be surprised if it turned out to be a key part of […]

Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge to be a Wii U launch title

At their last investor relations meeting, Tecmo Koei revealed that Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge is slated to be a Wii U launch title. It’s looking like a very solid game so far, so it’ll be great to have it there right out of the gate. What’s more, Amazon are already taking pre-orders, so if […]

Rumour: Wii U set for June 2012 launch, Nintendo struggling to finalize hardware

A fresh rumour has just broken loose from 01net, the same site that accurately leaked a motherload of information about the Wii U several months ago – or as we knew it at the time, Project Café. According to their sources, Nintendo’s strategy of using slightly obsolete technology to minimize costs is on the verge of […]

Square Enix: Wii U’s launch line-up needs to be strong

Since the Wii U’s reveal at E3 there has been both optimism and cynicism about whether Nintendo’s next console will be successful. According to Julien Merceron, Square Enix’s worlwide technology director the Wii U’s launch line-up and price will be crucial to the system’s success or failure. “I’d say, don’t write off the console,” Merceron told […]