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Nintendo Europe's Summer Release List

by Rainier on May 17, 2006 @ 5:14 a.m. PDT

This summer will be a great one for video game fans as Nintendo unveils its software line up. Whatever your taste in games there will be something here for you. From first person shooters to brain teasing puzzle games, Nintendo’s range of software will challenge the way in which you play, appealing to both gamers and non-gamers alike.

Nintendo DS fans will be delighted by a plethora of offerings to keep their stylus busy including, Metroid Prime Hunters, Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training: How old is your brain? and New SUPER MARIO BROS. Nintendo GameCube owners will be kept busy this summer with new games including Chibi-Robo, Harvest Moon: Magical Melody, Super Monkey Ball Adventure (Sega), Over the Hedge (Activision) and Disney/Pixar’s Cars (THQ). Game Boy Advance owners needn’t feel left out with dozens of great games launching for the system including Final Fantasy IV Advance, X-Men 3 (Activision), Alex Rider Stormbreaker (THQ) and Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man Chest (Disney/Buena Vista Games)

On top of all of this, gamers will be treated to dozens more third-party games for all three consoles, which are still yet to be announced.

Nintendo DS

  • Dragon Booster (Konami) - Q2 2006
  • Tao's Adventure: The Curse of the Demon Seal (Konami) - Q2 2006
  • Golden Nugget Casino (Majesco/THQ) - May 2006
  • Monster Trucks (Majesco/THQ) - May 2006
  • Texas Hold 'em Poker (Majesco/THQ) - May 2006
  • Pokémon Link! (Nintendo) - 5 May 2006
  • Metroid Prime Hunters (Nintendo) - 5 May 2006
  • X-Men 3: The Official Game (Activision) - 19 May 2006
  • Tamagotchi (Bandai/ATARI) - 19 May 2006
  • Super Princess Peach (Nintendo) - 26 May 2006
  • Miss Spider (Game Factory/K.E. Media) - 26 May 2006
  • Beetle King (D3DB) - End of May 2006
  • Brick’em all DS (D3DB) - End of May 2006
  • Cameltry (Digital Bros) - May/June 2006
  • Guru Guru Naget (working title) (Digital Bros) - May/June 2006
  • Over the Hedge (Activision) - June 2006
  • Beta-Bloc (D3P) - June 2006
  • Fossil League (Dinosaur Tournament Championship) (D3P) - June 2006
  • Warlords Champion (D3P) - June 2006
  • Ages of Empires II: Age Of Kings (Majesco/THQ) - June 2006
  • Rainbow Island Revolution (Marvelous/Rising Star Games/ATARI - June 2006
  • Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? (Nintendo) - 9 June 2006
  • Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man Chest (Disney/Buena Vista Games) - 21 June 2006 (UK 23 June 2006)
  • Disney/Pixar's Cars (THQ) - 16 June (France & Benelux); 23 June (Spain); 14 July (UK); 1 Sept (Germany & Italy)
  • New SUPER MARIO BROS. (Nintendo) - 30 June 2006
  • Monster House (THQ) - July 2006
  • Superman Returns (EA) - 5 July 2006
  • Big Brain Academy (Nintendo) - 7 July 2006
  • Elecktroplankton (Nintendo) - 7 July 2006
  • Alex Rider Stormbreaker (THQ) - 7 July (UK); July (Netherlands); Sept. (Italy & Spain); Oct (Belguim & France); Germany – tbc
  • Guilty Gear (Majesco/THQ) - Aug 2006
  • Strawberry Shortcake (Game Factory/K.E. Media) - Aug 2006
  • Harvest Moon DS (Rising Star Games) - Sept 2006
  • Tenchu Dark Secret (Nintendo) - Sept 2006
  • Club House Games (temporary name) (Nintendo) - Sept 2006
  • English Training (temporary name) (Nintendo) - Sept 2006
  • Petit Virus (Digital Bros) - Sept 2006
  • Garfield 2 (The Movie) (Game Factory/K.E. Media) - Sept 2006
  • Disney’s American Dragon: Jake Long (Disney/Buena Vista Games) - Sept 2006
  • LEGO Star Wars II (Eidos/TT Games/Activision) - 12 Sept 2006
  • Cooking Mama (Digital Bros) - Sept/Oct 2006
  • Steel Horizon (working title) (Konami) - Autumn 2006
  • Contact (Marvelous/Rising Star Games) - Autumn 2006
  • Alexandra Ledermann 7 (working title) – France only
  • Pipa Funnel – UK only - (Ubisoft) Q3 2006
  • Catz (Ubisoft) - Q3 2006

Nintendo GameCube

  • X-Men 3: The Official Game (Activision) - 19 May 2006
  • Chibi-Robo! (Nintendo) - 26 May 2006
  • Franklin – A Birthday Surprise (Game Factory/K.E. Media) - 26 May 2006
  • Over the Hedge (Activision) - June 2006
  • Namco MuseumTM 50th Anniversary Arcade Collection (Namco/EA) - 2 June 2006
  • Super Monkey Ball Adventure (SEGA) - 2 June 2006
  • Disney/Pixar's Cars (THQ) - 16 June (France & Benelux); 23 June (Spain); 14 July (UK); 1 Sept (Germany & Italy)
  • Monster House (THQ) July 2006
  • Harvest Moon: Magical Melody (Rising Star Games) Sept 2006
  • Barnyard (THQ) - Sept 2006
  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent (Ubisoft) - Sept 2006
  • LEGO Star Wars II (Eidos/TT Games/Activision) - 12 Sept 2006

Game Boy Advance

  • Disney’s The Wild (Disney/Buena Vista Games) - April/June 2006
  • Brick’em all (D3DB) - May 2006
  • Funny Cards (D3DB) - May 2006
  • Dr. Sudoku (Digital Bros) - May 2006
  • Cabbage Patch Kids: The Patch Puppy Rescue (D3P) - May (No release in Germany)
  • Scrabble Scramble (ZOO Digital) - 12 May 2006
  • Street Racing Syndicate (ZOO Digital) - 12 May 2006
  • X Men 3: The Official Game (Activision) - 19 May 2006
  • Babar (Game Factory/K.E. Media) - 26 May 2006
  • Over the Hedge (Activision) - June 2006
  • Postman Pat (Game Factory/KE Media) - June 2006
  • Final Fantasy IV Advance (Nintendo) - 2 June 2006
  • 1 June 2006 (Italy)
  • Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Man Chest (Disney/Buena Vista Games) - 21 June 2006 (UK 23 June 2006)
  • Disney/Pixar's Cars (THQ) - 16 June (France & Benelux); 23 June (Spain); 14 July (UK); 1 Sept (Germany & Italy)
  • My vet practice (dtp) - July 2006
  • Monster House (THQ) - July 2006
  • Alex Rider Stormbreaker (THQ) - 7 July (UK); July (Netherlands); Sept. (Italy & Spain); Oct. (Belgium & France); Germany tbc
  • Matchbox Kids Compilation (ZOO Digital) - 14 July 2006
  • Hot Wheels (ZOO Digital) - 28 July 2006
  • Harlem Globetrotters (ZOO Digital) - 11 Aug 2006
  • Rockem Sockem (ZOO Digital) - 25 Aug 2006
  • Disney’s American Dragon: Jake Long (Disney/Buena Vista Games) - Sept 2006
  • Barnyard (THQ) - Sept 2006
  • LEGO Star Wars II (Eldos/TT Games/Activision) - 12 Sept 2006
  • Bratz Diamondz (THQ) - Oct 2006
  • Alexandra Ledermann 7 (working title) – France only
  • Pipa Funnel – UK only (Ubisoft) - Q3 2006

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