Nintendo Refreshes the Dog Days of Summer with Upcoming Cool Games

Dates Announced for New Kirby, Donkey Kong and Pokémon Games

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The summer is heating up, which means it’s a great time for Nintendo to announce some of the cool games it will have available in the coming months for its Wii^™ home console and portable Nintendo DS^™ family of systems.

“Everyone wants fun, engaging experiences, and they want great value”

“Everyone wants fun, engaging experiences, and they want great value,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Nintendo games give you both. And no matter what your taste, you’ll find exclusive experiences that just aren’t available anywhere else.”

Some upcoming Wii games include Metroid^™: Other M on Aug. 31, Samurai Warriors^™ 3 on Sept. 27, Wii Party^™ on Oct. 3, Kirby’s Epic Yarn^™ on Oct. 17, PokéPark^™ Wii: Pikachu’s Adventure on Nov. 1, FlingSmash^™ on Nov. 7 and Donkey Kong Country^™ Returns on Nov. 21. Some marquee third-party games include New Carnival Games^® from 2K Play on Sept. 21, NBA JAM from EA Sports^™ on Oct. 5, Just Dance^® 2 from Ubisoft^® on Oct. 12, GoldenEye 007^™ from Activision Publishing, Inc. in November, Sonic Colors^™ from SEGA on Nov. 16 and Disney Epic Mickey from Disney Interactive Studios this holiday season.

For the Nintendo DS family of systems, upcoming games include Professor Layton and the Unwound Future^™ on Sept. 12, Pokémon Ranger^™: Guardian Signs on Oct. 4, Art Academy^™ on Oct. 25 and Mario vs. Donkey Kong^™: Mini-Land Mayhem! on Nov. 14. Some featured third-party games on the way for the rest of the year include Super Scribblenauts from Warner Bros. in October, FINAL FANTASY^® THE 4 HEROES OF LIGHT from Square Enix, Inc. on Oct. 5 and Rock Band^™ 3 from Electronic Arts/MTV on Oct. 29.

Upcoming downloadable games for the WiiWare^™ service include And Yet It Moves from Broken Rules on Aug. 23, BIT.TRIP FATE by Gaijin Games this fall and Super Meat Boy from Team Meat during the holidays. On the Nintendo DSiWare^™ downloadable game service, fans can watch for Need For Speed^™ Nitro-X from Electronic Arts on Sept. 20 and Shantae^™: Risky’s Revenge from WayForward during the holidays.

Nintendo games have the unbeatable combination of value and fun. Nintendo DS games are great fun for every member of the family, while Wii games feature built-in motion controls without the need for any expensive add-ons. And the Wii hardware package comes with two great games, Wii Sports^™ and Wii Sports Resort^™, plus a Wii Remote^™ controller, Nunchuk^™ controller and the Wii MotionPlus^™ accessory, which makes specially designed games even more precise – all for a suggested retail price of $199.99. The console even features the ability for Netflix members, who have a plan starting at $8.99 a month and a broadband Internet connection, to stream movies and TV shows directly to their televisions at no extra charge.

Remember that Wii and Nintendo DSi feature parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about Nintendo, visit www.nintendo.com.

About Nintendo: The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii^™ home console and Nintendo DS^™ family of portable systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System^™, Nintendo has sold more than 3.4 billion video games and more than 565 million hardware units globally, including the current-generation Wii, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi^™ and Nintendo DSi XL^™, as well as the Game Boy^™, Game Boy Advance, Super NES^™, Nintendo 64^™ and Nintendo GameCube^™ systems. It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names such as Mario^™, Donkey Kong^™, Metroid^™, Zelda^™ and Pokémon^™. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo’s operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, please visit the company’s website at www.nintendo.com/.

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