Wario Land: The Shake Dimension Dated for Europe

UK, June 24, 2008 - Nintendo has just issued an updated European release schedule for both the DS and Wii, with the most prominent addition being Wario Land: The Shake Dimension which is set to launch on September 26.

Not much has been seen of Wario's latest outside of a Famitsu preview, but expect a side scrolling jaunt that takes some cues from Treasure's time with Mario's mischievous foe. Elsewhere on the list of forthcoming Wii games there is Manhunt 2, due out in August following its protracted travails through the High Court.

Nintendo's DS also gets a few morsels, with a new Ace Attorney game – titled Trials and Tribulations – coming on October 3, and Activision's Guitar Hero: On Tour being given a July 18 street date.

Feast your eyes on selected highlights of Nintendo's summer schedule -

Wii Release Dates, Summer 2008

Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) - June 27
Bejing 2008 (SEGA) - June 27
Guitar Hero Aerosmith Bundle Pack on Wii (Activision) - June 27
Okami (Capcom) - June
We Love Golf! (Capcom) - June
Baroque (Rising Star Games) - July 18
Brothers in Arms: Earn in Blood (Ubisoft) - August 14
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 (Ubisoft) - August 14
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 (EA) - August 26
Soul Calibur Legends (Namco Bandai/Ubisoft) - August 28
Manhunt 2 (Rockstar Games) - August
TNA impact (Midway Games) - September 5
Pipe Manja (Empire Interactive/ Kochmedia) - September 14
Sim City Creator (EA) - September 19
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts/Activision) - September 19
De Blob (THQ) - September 26
Wario Land: The Shake Dimension (Nintendo) - September 26
Family Trainer (Namco Bandai) - September
Sambe De Amigo (SEGA) - September
Wild Earth: African Safari (Majesco/Codemaster) - September
Rockband (EA) - Q3
World of Goo (RTL Playtainment) - Q3
WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009 (THQ) - Q3
Skate It (EA) - 2008
Top Spin Tennis (2K Sports) - 2008
Sonic Unleashed (SEGA) - Late 2008

Nintendo DS Release Dates, Summer 2008

Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword (Ubisoft) - June 26
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 2: Grimoire of the Rift (SquareEnix) - June 27
Sid Meier´s Civilization Revolution (2K Games) - June
Top Spin 3 (2K Sports) - June
Bakushow(Rising Star Games) - July 4
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Explorers of Darkness (Nintendo) - July 4
Guitar Hero: On Tour (Limited Edition Bundle) (Activision) - July 18
BangaiO Spirits (D3Publisher of Europe) – August 22
Imagine Figure Skater (Ubisoft) – August 28
Gauntlet (Eidos) - August
Spore Creatures (EA) – September 5
Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon (Rising Star Games) – September 12
Dungeon Explorer (Rising Star Games) – September 19
Ontamarama: Music Maniacs (505 Games) – September 19
SimCity Creator (EA) – September 19
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (LucasArts/Activision) – September 19
De Blob (THQ) – September 26
Make 10: A journey of numbers (Nintendo) – September 26
Nanostray 2 (Majesco/Codemaster) - September
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (SEGA) - September
Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations (Nintendo / Capcom) – October 3
Naruto Ninja Council 2 (Nintendo / TAKRA TOMY) - October
Arkanoid (Ubisoft) - Summer
Space Invaders Extreme (SquareEnix/Ubisoft) - Summer
Skate It (EA) - 2008
Sonic Unleashed (SEGA) – Late 2008

Oh wow. Not only did the make the worst game ever, they delay European release by almost a year.

Definitely a day 1 purchase for me.

Nobody cares? Also is this game going to be released in EU before the US?

WarioWare I can deal with, fun game actually. I loves Smooth Moves.

After playing Wario : Master of Disguise... I will stay away from this game. He obviously showed us all he doesn't like to be touched. Shaking doesn't sound great either.

Ouch. Hoping Shake came out much earlier.

De Blob and Wario Land Shake on the same day (Sept. 26)? Wow, I should start saving.

Only left the American release.

After Super Smash Bros. Brawl (and maybe Ninja Gaiden DS), the summer upcoming list doesn't have much that interest me...

But, it seems that many games I want will come around the same time early Autumn : De Blob, Wario Land: The Shake Dimension, Samba De Amigo, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations. To that should be added Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (which I won't get till I have Trials and Tribulations) and Spore (PC). I'll have too many games to play late September/early October.

Going back to the summer releases, there might still be a couple of good unannounced titles. Anyway, I've been buying way too many games since the beginning of year. A slow summer for releases will help reduce my huge backlog of games a bit.

nice, im going for deblob / wario land and star wars =D