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European WiiWare Lineup Revealed

Posted Tue, 13 May 2008 by Damien McFerran

With the US WiiWare launch fading into memory, it’s the turn of European gamers to start getting excited about upcoming downloadable content. WiiWare hits the ‘old world’ on 20th May, and surprisingly European Wii owners will be getting eight games instead of the six that arrived on North American shores.

LostWinds and Final Fantasy CC: My Life As A King are undoubtedly two of the big draws, but Europe is also getting the highly anticipated Dr Mario & The Germ Buster (also known as Dr Mario Online RX) and Star Soldier R.

Other titles of interest are Toki Tori and Pirates: The Key of Dreams, both of which have not been announced for US release as yet. The final two games Europe will get are already out in the US: TV Show King and Pop.

However, Defend Your Castle and VIP Casino: Blackjack are both absent from the list.

Pricing hasn’t been confirmed as yet but it would be wise to expect similar values to those seen at the Japanese and US launches of the service.

The complete Euro lineup is shown below in the 'Related Games' section.

UPDATE: It seems there's been a bit of confusion about this WiiWare launch list. Nintendo has now stated that eight games WILL NOT be available from the 20th May, and that some vague wording in the original press release is to blame. What they were actually trying to say is that FROM the 20th of May onwards, these games will be released.

Confused?

The company has yet to confirm which games will be available, but it's obviously going to be some from this list of eight. Keep your eyes on the site and when we know, you'll know.

Tags: WiiWare, European Releases.

User Comments

Atlantis1982

1. Atlantis1982 United States 13 May 2008, 11:39 BST

I know many of us, from the US, is going to be VERY GREEN with envy.

AlexSays

2. AlexSays United States 13 May 2008, 11:41 BST

you S.O.B.'s.
Nintendo, you better equal things out... quickly.

Damo

3. Damo United Kingdom 13 May 2008, 12:11 BST

I knew we wouldn't have to wait long for the bitching to start :)

Mario maniac

4. Mario maniac Australia 13 May 2008, 12:12 BST

Ooh, I'll keep my 600 points. I might be getting another 2000 points card by then... :D But, uh... Toki Tori is the only one I'm keeping an eye on at the moment, anyway. Hopefully someone can send me the Dr. Mario demo (if our version has it, that is). ;)

Shortay

5. Shortay United Kingdom 13 May 2008, 12:21 BST

Great news that we're getting Dr. Mario and LostWinds :)

ballkirby1

6. ballkirby1 United States 13 May 2008, 12:24 BST

Well hopefully this means the games are ready for the U.S on May 19th if not it does make sense that Europe gets toki tori first because two tribes is a European company.

Jupiter Adept

7. Jupiter Adept Canada 13 May 2008, 12:59 BST

You got a very awesome launch. If I were in Europe, I still would only get LostWinds... but maybe Toki Tori.

Kevin

8. Kevin United States 13 May 2008, 13:08 BST

At least we get Dr. Mario the same week you do.

Yoshi175

9. Yoshi175 United Kingdom 13 May 2008, 13:09 BST

I think we got a much better launch =)

Tony

10. Tony United States 13 May 2008, 13:14 BST

Hopefully the US will get Dr. Mario and Star Soldier. Those are the 2 game I am looking forward too. I had to clean my Wii system memory and move eight game to a SD card to get ready for Wii ware.

DEMON212

11. DEMON212 United Kingdom 13 May 2008, 13:36 BST

2 that I'm after. Toki and Star. So I'm happy with that :)

dark moogle

12. dark moogle Australia 13 May 2008, 14:23 BST

I'm quite happy with this lineup, while we are not getting the same content as the US at launch Nintendo have not completely ass raped us. I'm still ticked about how Australian Wii Points are worse less than the US points (especially since our dollar value is really strong these days) but I will be downloading a few of those games to review for other places. I guess I might have fun with them to, since they are games after all.

EDIT: And looks like that magic ass raping dildo has appeared with Nintendo correcting the list stating that not all of these games will be released on the 20th. We'd better get FF:CC, Dr Mario and Pop at least (since I wanted those games first)

Dazza

13. Dazza United Kingdom 13 May 2008, 14:33 BST

Oxygen's own website says Pirates: The Key of Dreams is due to be released on 30th May.

Silly NoE :p

ChocoDK

14. ChocoDK Canada 13 May 2008, 15:44 BST

How jealous North America shall be. Well when the news was first announced with Dr. Mario before the confusion began I could just imagine how angry people were. I don't care about Dr. Mario though. I hope Europe though does get a good launch.

thewiirocks

15. thewiirocks United States 13 May 2008, 16:03 BST

"With the US WiiWare launch fading into memory..."

What the heck? Dude, it was yesterday! Give the body a chance to cool before you dance all over it! :P

BTW, love the new website!

Mike

16. Mike United States 13 May 2008, 16:17 BST

I bet you guys won't get Dr. Mario at launch just like us.

-Regii

17. -Regii Germany 13 May 2008, 16:21 BST

Star Soldier R and Dr. Mario are SO bought :)

Charco

18. Charco Ireland 13 May 2008, 16:28 BST

I think Lost Winds will have to be downloaded. It looks very interesting indeed.

lockelocke

19. lockelocke United States 13 May 2008, 16:37 BST

wow, I feel violated

Terranigma

20. Terranigma United Kingdom 13 May 2008, 17:12 BST

1: Don't want to sound rude but when are the WiiWare Game reviews appearing?
2: Does anyone know how the WiiWare and VC Games will be released between them?
3: Will this affect the Hanabi Festival?

Dazza

21. Dazza United Kingdom 13 May 2008, 17:40 BST

1. You are not being rude! You will see some WiiWare reviews on the site later today.
2. I would imagine that once the WiiWare smoke clears you'll see 1 or 2 WiiWare games a week along with 1 or 2 VC games as usual.
3. You'll have to wait until Friday to find out :p

Starwolf_UK

22. Starwolf_UK United Kingdom 13 May 2008, 17:40 BST

As per usual knowing what will come out a week in advance is too good for NOE :( The worst thing is the next chance for anything to come out is 10 days later (I'd imagine Friday to still be Wii Shop day). I suppose I should look at it as Wiiware launches 3 days early :)

I noticed something rather weird. There is a Wii retail game called pop coming out on Friday. Its not the WiiWare Pop but a game that came out in America as Balloon Pop (Thanks 505 games and your obsession with renaming anything you publish!). I just hope this doesn't cause any confusion (though a look at the two would tell you they are different) or any problems for WiiWare Pop.

Terranigma

23. Terranigma United Kingdom 13 May 2008, 17:52 BST

Ok, Thanks Dazza

KnucklesSonic8

24. KnucklesSonic8 Canada 13 May 2008, 18:52 BST

"I would imagine that once the WiiWare smoke clears you'll see 1 or 2 WiiWare games a week along with 1 or 2 VC games as usual. "

Yep, that's how it's going to work once we hit a certain point which I imagine will be on the 26th of May or June 2nd.

Starwolf_UK

25. Starwolf_UK United Kingdom 13 May 2008, 19:02 BST

Look what our very own Drake just unconvered:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=11154504&postcount=83
Heres hoping those shots are about as accurate as the US WiiWare video of Dr.Mario being out on the 12th :P If they are not then, I'll have 10 days of agony (and at least Free Friend code Dr.Mario will east the wound :P )

KnucklesSonic8

26. KnucklesSonic8 Canada 13 May 2008, 19:05 BST

Two games? Wow... (I can't see the pics.)
And yeah, even though I'm not from the UK, I'd hope so too. The NA Launch could've been better but for two titles, that'll completely suck for an opening... even if Dr. Mario is included in those two.

Drake

27. Drake Netherlands 13 May 2008, 19:15 BST

It's always possible that they'll add more three days later (Friday) with the VC update (That is if we get any VC games). Remember, in December we got Pokemon Snap on a Tuesday and then Mega Man 2 and Top Hunter on Friday.

KnucklesSonic8

28. KnucklesSonic8 Canada 13 May 2008, 19:16 BST

Ah, true. I didn't think of that. Then again, I'm not too familiar with the UK Updates (like the one you just alluded to, I had no idea had occured). I'm aware of what titles come out but that's about it, heh.

Versus22

29. Versus22 Canada 13 May 2008, 20:59 BST

@ Everyone who's complaining
If we get the games on May 19th, its even!!!!!!!!

Objection_Blaster

30. Objection_Blaster United States 13 May 2008, 21:27 BST

I can't wait for both the NoE launch and the seond round of US!

KnucklesSonic8

31. KnucklesSonic8 Canada 13 May 2008, 21:29 BST

Yeah, I'm not "complaining" personally, especially considering we're getting World of Goo, Gyrostarr and Dr. Mario next week. The first two I care about much more and I'm buying Gyrostarr, but as for World of Goo, I can already tell it's going to be a hit.. that is, if they changed their mind about pricing it at 2000 Points. Anyone else think 1000 or 1500 would be better? Would anyone buy it if it was priced at either of those price tags when they previously weren't going to if it were at 2000? Just curious.

Grumple

32. Grumple United States 13 May 2008, 21:31 BST

Ahhhh, you must be kidding, I sure hope it evens out next week.

Drake

33. Drake Netherlands 13 May 2008, 21:32 BST

I would like to remind some people that none of the IGN (US) dates are confirmed. They've got about 7 games listed for next Monday but I strongly doubt all of those will be released. We can see Star Soldier R and Dr. Mario coming (That's why we dated them), but not much else.

KnucklesSonic8

34. KnucklesSonic8 Canada 13 May 2008, 21:36 BST

Yeah, exactly. That's the problem with IGN. I've been talking as though EVERYTHING were confirmed, officially, but I have no way of knowing for sure. In fact, I've been doubting World of Goo would appear next week but again, I could be wrong. Either way, we'll find out soon enough but as you said, SSR and DMRX seem the most likely to be ... accurate (was gonna say "legit" for some reason, heh).

Phantom5800

35. Phantom5800 United States 13 May 2008, 23:58 BST

Dr. Mario? Seriously? Damn it, I can wait, but seriously, that would be a great launch if all of those actually made it out at once.

Clayfrd

36. Clayfrd United States 14 May 2008, 00:02 BST

@Damo- Ha! Nintendo has a knack for making us bitch! Whenever any region gets a good game that the other doesn't, bitching is sure to commence.

DaVeMaN99

37. DaVeMaN99 Canada 14 May 2008, 00:16 BST

Ah yes your launch is good, but do you have Defend Your Caslte?
DO YOU???

Spocker

38. Spocker Sweden 14 May 2008, 00:19 BST

According to the swedish Nintendo site new games will be added every second friday.

So I'm guessing that 20:th is the first batch, then 30:th, with the next one after that at the 13:th of june

Kawaiipikachu

39. Kawaiipikachu Australia 14 May 2008, 00:46 BST

Final Fantasy better be out on the 20 or else .
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ballkirby1

40. ballkirby1 United States 14 May 2008, 00:57 BST

I'm still waiting for the 19th to see if nintendo will release some decent games in the U.S. If not I hope it's Earthbound or else that would be a bummer. :|

ballkirby1

41. ballkirby1 United States 14 May 2008, 01:01 BST

"UPDATE: It seems there's been a bit of confusion about this WiiWare launch list. Nintendo has now stated that eight games WILL NOT be available from the 20th May, and that some vague wording in the original press release is to blame. What they were actually trying to say is that FROM the 20th of May onwards, these games will be released.

Confused?

The company has yet to confirm which games will be available, but it's obviously going to be some from this list of eight. Keep your eyes on the site and when we know, you'll know."
Well that quote justed ruined europe wiiware gammer's hopes and dreams

Serpent

42. Serpent United States 14 May 2008, 06:39 BST

wow i was going to start complaining until i saw the update. I want to play Toki Tori badly and i have tons of wii points left.

CopyofCopyX

43. CopyofCopyX Germany 14 May 2008, 12:07 BST

Nice list, wonder how many will really be released the first day.
And how will it continue? New game(s) each week?

SepticLemon

44. SepticLemon United Kingdom 14 May 2008, 17:57 BST

I'm so getting Dr Mario and Toki Tori. WiiWare over here looks like it'll get a better launch than the Yanks had....

Tony

45. Tony United States 14 May 2008, 20:57 BST

I think NOA wanted Lost winds not to compete with Dr. Mario. I here its a really good game too.

StarDust

46. StarDust United States 16 May 2008, 08:33 BST

Nintendo Channel lied about the release date for Dr Mario, saying it would release on May 12th. That's right, a lie - strait from the horses mouth - a big, fat, juicy white lie. Also, knowing that Nintendo almost never screws over the USA/Canada, but has been habitually screwing over the PAL regions for decades (recent examples: SMBLL limited release, no Smash Bros), gives me the impression that Nintendo will most likely do it again for the PAL launch. If I don't get Dr Mario Rx by Monday, then I am gonna take a bus all the way to Redmond, Washington to open up a can of Whup-@$$

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