Wii Launch Lineup Release List

Wii's official release date in North America is tomorrow, but for those of you planning on picking one up at midnight, here's what should be available alongside the system, along with a few titles that aren't quite making launch but will be on shelves within three days. About two thirds of the calendar 2006 games are making it out this week; expect a dozen more or so by the end of the year. A few titles previously expected to ship at launch, such as Elebits, Metal Slug Anthology, Super Swing Golf, and some others are now going to be here late this month or early next. It's looking like this system should be fairly easy to come by as far as launch systems go, with Nintendo sending out enormous quantities. It should be a little more low key than the events surrounding PS3's launch yesterday. Based on what I've been playing, I would recommend considering Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz and Trauma Center: Second Opinion, both exclusives which haven't really been getting the attention they should be. I still haven't gotten my hands on Rayman, but I'm really looking forward to it. Wii Sports is a lot of fun, but if you pick up a system, you're getting that whether you want it or not. Zelda, of course, is a given. Edit: Though it was previously stated to be coming in the weeks following launch, EA just announced that EA Black Box/EA Canada's Need for Speed Carbon will also be available on launch day.