And the first new game to be marched onto the stage at the Leipzig Games Convention is Mario Strikers Charged, a Wii sequel to Mario's Gamecube exercise in frantic ball kicking. Eurogamer reports that the game is visually similar to the previous entry, but that it now sports special moves for the Wiimote. You can seemingly hold the Wii controller up to block incoming shots with your hands, though more enterprising players will surely have a lot more fun (and awkward injuries) strapping the wiimote to a foot and going ballistic.
Battalion Wars 2 -- as in BWii -- was also announced and is expected to be playable on the show floor. No new information on it yet, but rest assured that we'll keep you updated. That being the opposite of what Nintendo has done regarding Wii launch information, of course. Many expected their "Wii Prove Our Promise" keynote to toss a stick of dynamite into the Wii rumor mil and blow the constant launch date hearsay and price pontification to unrecognizable smithereens, but Nintendo has deemed it necessary to keep people in the dark for a little bit longer. We'll get you for this, Iwata.
[Update: One other minor announcement: Europe gets the gloriously pink DS Lite on October 27th.]
[Update: There's some video footage now up of the game. Check it out here and after the break.]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-23-2006 @ 5:57AM
friedgreenmushrooms said...
*sobbing* PLEASE! JUST TELL US AND LET THIS NIGHTMARE END!!!
On that note, I'm going to bed.
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8-23-2006 @ 8:29AM
Super Duper Mario said...
"Tokyo Game Show"
Where did they tell us about the Wiimote?^
http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2006/07/24/nintendo-not-speaking-at-tokyo-game-show/
Its called the press event before the show...
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8-23-2006 @ 9:39AM
chillyp said...
Matt from IGN posted this on his blog the other day.
http://blogs.ign.com/Matt-IGN/2006/08/22/28830/
It's an invitation to a game lineup at NOA on the 14th of September. Could this be where they will announce the details -- especially considering they aren't speaking at TGS?
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8-23-2006 @ 9:49AM
Josh said...
So freaking pissed. Can't believe Nintendo let us down like this. I thought they were better than this.
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8-23-2006 @ 10:14AM
Marc said...
You people are pathetic.
You're mad at Nintendo for not saying when the Wii will release? You've waited an entire year! I'm sure that you all can wait til next month (which is only a few days away).
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8-23-2006 @ 10:26AM
Fortyseven said...
I feel [ab]used. :(
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8-23-2006 @ 11:00AM
himwhoknows said...
why blame nintendo for something you bulit up in ur own mind its a trade show its not aimed at fans get over it
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8-23-2006 @ 11:02AM
Adam Johnson said...
BOOOOO!I wasnt really expecting launch/price, but I was at least holding out for some new cool games. Mario Strikers and Batallion Wars 2? Great, sequels to 2 horrible games that nobody cares about.
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8-23-2006 @ 11:50AM
Marc said...
"Mario Strikers and Batallion Wars 2? Great, sequels to 2 horrible games that nobody cares about."
Yeah, tell that to Mario Strikers high sales and multiple awards.
But to each his own.
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8-23-2006 @ 12:03PM
CUBEBOY101 said...
battalian wars is a game no one cares about are you on drugs it sold better than any rts type game in japan and got above average sales in the west it was a great game 100 TIMES BETTER THAN THE LAME WW2 CRAP BEING DONE TO DEATH BATTALIAN WARS WITH WIIMOTE AND ONLINE WAY TO FOOKING GO GREAT GAME
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8-23-2006 @ 1:08PM
thebigL said...
This is getting depressing.
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8-23-2006 @ 1:25PM
Gaye Mann said...
Mario Strikers is a great game and I imagine more popular in Europe where football (I refuse to call it soccer) is more popular than the AmeriKKKa.
And though Battalion Wars received a lukewarm reception, it was a great game that was held back it's short length and lack of replay value. If the got a longer game with the Wii's higher capacity discs and had a multiplayer mode, prefereably online, it could stand to be one of the greatest hits ever.
I can understand Nintendo fans being angry though. We want to know the price and launch date so we can plan our lives around it. How much will we set aside for how long? What day should I call ahead and tell the boss I won't be able to make it? etc.
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8-23-2006 @ 1:47PM
Josh said...
"Wii Prove Our Promise" -- Hahaha.
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8-23-2006 @ 3:50PM
Donny said...
I thought Nintendo was also suppose to speak with EA. Does this still hold true?
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8-23-2006 @ 5:23PM
Ryan Pax said...
There was another dissapointement besides lack of release date. Matt at IGN said, during a podcast, that we may see games that have been for other consoles "going to the Wii Instead" being announced. And that they had to be careful what to say because of "lawyer fairies", sugesting a non-disclosure aggreement of some kind.. Also, the guys at 1up said in last weeks podcast that , 'Square loves the DS wait till the conference you'll see...'
All of wich led me to beleive that Some major announcement was going to be made about some major franchise moving to nintendo. I thought maybe FFXII would go to Wii, or even better FFXIII!!!! Or perhaps FFVII going to the DS next!!!
But i didn't hear it, after getting my hopes up so much. I rely on established game sites not to induldge in that kind of hinting at something they are not absolutley sure of, and on those particular points they did not emphasize that they were rumors, they talked about them as if they were bragging about what they knew.
NOT. COOL.
Ryan
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8-23-2006 @ 10:43PM
Marc said...
Like I said, you people are pathetic.
You've waited a year for the console, you can certainly wait a few more days.
Besides, we all know that the Wii won't cost more than $250. So just have $250 set and ready to go, and when the Wii's released, you can get it on day one.
Oh and Gaye Mann,
not cool calling America "AmeriKKKa". We don't make fun of your country (although if you help get Bush out of office, you can call us whatever you want!).
And one more thing Gaye Mann,
SOCCER SOCCER SOCCER!!! (there I said it)
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