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Nintendo Announces US Release Dates: Kirby Super Star Ultra, Wario Land: Shake It! 9/29, Mario Super Sluggers 8/25

Akira_EX | June 25, 2008 | Press Release | Wii DS E3 2008 
While the E3 Media & Business summit remains three weeks away, Nintendo has already announced release dates for four upcoming games for both the Wii and DS. While they will save the bigger announcements for E3, these will undoubtedly be available for impressions at E3.

  • Mario Super Sluggers (Wii) - Namco Bandai - 8/25
  • Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir (DS) - Big Fish Games - 9/8
  • Kirby Super Star Ultra (DS) - HAL Laboratory - 9/29
  • Wario Land: Shake It! (Wii) - Good Feel - 9/29

    Mario Super Sluggers is the Wii follow-up to Mario Superstar Baseball, and will feature motion controls to simulate batting and pitching.

    Kirby Super Star Ultra is the enhanced DS remake of the ever popular Kirby Super Star, originally for the Super Nintendo. In addition to the classic game modes featured in the original, Kirby Super Star Ultra will support all new modes that will enhance the experience. Also included will be multiplayer touch-based minigames that will surely increase the fun.

    Wario Land: Shake It! is a new 2D Wii sidescrolling platformer being developed by Good Feel, starring the popular Mario antihero. The control method will be the Wiimote held sideways, and the player will shake the remote in order to defeat enemies, empty treasure, or cause earthquakes. The game will feature great amounts of replay value, with multiple missions to keep players coming back to unlock everything, collect coins, or improve times. Featuring well-drawn 2D graphics and cutscenes animated by anime studio Production I.G., Wario Land: Shake It! is sure not to disappoint.
  • Wario Land™: Shake It!, a classic side-scroller for the Wii console launching Sept. 29, stars Wario, the smelly, bad-mannered alter ego of Mario™. With the Wii Remote™ controller turned sideways like an old-school controller, veterans and newcomers alike can run, jump and smash their way through hectic side-scrolling stages. Players shake the Wii Remote to help Wario take down his enemies, empty bags of treasure or cause earthquakes. Best of all, there are numerous stages each offering multiple missions to keep players coming back again and again to unlock everything, collect more coins or just improve their best times.

    Kirby Super Star™ Ultra for Nintendo DS, launching Sept. 29, re-imagines one of the most beloved Kirby games of all time. Kirby Super Star Ultra features new graphics and fully rendered animated cut scenes. With so many adventures waiting to be unlocked, there will never be a dull moment as Kirby runs, floats, copies enemies and uses Helpers to fight King Dedede and Meta Knight. New modes like Revenge of the King and Meta Knight Ultra await, along with classics like The Great Cave Offensive and Milky Way Wishes. On top of the main modes, there are also three new touch-screen-controlled mini-games that can be played with up to three friends via DS Download Play. Not only that, but players can go on Kirby adventures with a friend via local wireless as well.

    Mystery Case Files™: MillionHeir™, launching Sept. 8, uses the unique Nintendo DS interface to expand upon the seek-and-solve game play of the popular series from Big Fish Games. Players seek out cleverly hidden items in a multitude of painted scenes. Players progress through an interactive detective story investigating a cast of characters and uncovering new evidence to find the rightful heir to a million-dollar fortune. This new portable installment is available only for Nintendo DS. With interactive logic puzzles that use both the touch-screen interface and built-in microphone and include the first ever multiplayer mode for a Mystery Case Files game, Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir presents a new generation of seek-and-solve games for casual gamers and franchise fans.

    Mario™ Super Sluggers, launching Aug. 25 for the Wii console, stars the ever-lovable Mario and his crew of friends. It builds on the social-gaming fun and movements people learned in Wii Sports™ and turns them into a full-fledged baseball game that can be played by every member of the household. Players make a throwing motion with the Wii Remote controller to pitch the baseball and make a swinging motion to swing at the pitch. The game boasts more than 30 playable Nintendo characters and all the madness of a Mario sports game. Just like Mario Kart® Wii, it bridges the gap between experienced players and those new to the Wii console, with fun challenges and beautiful graphics.

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      pwned227 | June 26, 2008
      Mario super sluggers sounds fun.
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      Remino52 | June 27, 2008
      These are some awesome titles. I can't wait to play the remake of one of my favorite kirby games.

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