Most wanted game of 2006

by Blake Snow { Dec 27th 2005 at 11:30AM }

As 2005 nears its end, what game are you most anticipating in 2006? Nintendo has several large franchise titles expected for release, namely Zelda: Twilight Princess and the new Super Mario Bros. for the DS. It is also rumored that we could see Halo 3 for the Xbox 360 next year along with UT: 2007 for the PS3. Of course, these are just the tip of the iceberg excluding PC titles.

So let's hear it, readers. What'll it be in 2006?

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Jeremiah Owen @ Dec 27th 2005 11:44AM

Two words: Burning Crusade

Spence @ Dec 27th 2005 11:45AM

English localisation of Electroplankton for the DS, I heard Katamari Damacy was coming to the DS as well.. probaby just hear say but lik sang has it for pre-order.. err Yeah the revolution, smash bros.

God i'm such a nintendork, you'd have never thought the DS is my first nintendo system since the classic NES.

Phil @ Dec 27th 2005 11:49AM

Halo 3!

I have been re-playing Halo over the holidays for the 20th time.

Gin @ Dec 27th 2005 11:52AM

Yes, 2006 is almost here!, and with it, finally! the games! (sorry, 2005, you didn't have that many good games :/) that will blow our minds. Gears Of Wars, Splinter Cell 4, Too Human, Lost Planet, Mass Effect, just to name a few. Halo 3!, Halo 3! Halo Freaking 3!. The arrival's of PS3 and the Revolution, which means, most likely, the next Mario 128/Revolution. Zelda: Twilight Princess!, Mistwalkers Blue Dragon, Lost Oddessy, On-Cry ... Sonic The Hedgehog on the 360!

Jeremy Wright @ Dec 27th 2005 11:56AM

Halo 3. Another Burnout. More Xbox Live Arcade games like TMNT, Contra, etc that are all Live enabled. Another Rush. A real Conker...

That'd be my dream lineup for the year ;-)

dag @ Dec 27th 2005 11:57AM

Halo 3 (even if campaign and multiplayer are on separate discs)

I can't wait to see what the achievements are for H3

d @ Dec 27th 2005 11:58AM

zelda

Chris @ Dec 27th 2005 12:00PM

- Zelda: Twilight Princess (Cube)

- Chibi Robo (Cube)

- Age of Empires: Age of Kings (DS)

- Resident Evil: Deadly Silence (DS)

- Metroid Prime Hunters (DS)

- Black (Xbox)

- Starcraft Ghost (Xbox)

- Final Fantasy VI Advance (GBA)

Blue boy @ Dec 27th 2005 12:00PM

Yep, Twilight Princess and of course the Revolution and all those unkown games for it. That is my most wanted.

Chiablo @ Dec 27th 2005 12:01PM

Most wanted game of 2005 that has become tha most wanted game of 2006:

Elder Scrolls: Oblivion

unreal mccoy @ Dec 27th 2005 12:04PM

Katamari for revolution.... *druels*

Oh yeah, and Perfect dark for DS

Jason @ Dec 27th 2005 12:05PM

Zelda and Halo 3. And I'm really looking forward to playing Burnout on the 360.

Greg @ Dec 27th 2005 12:07PM

Midtown Madness 4 for the Xbox 360

Sean @ Dec 27th 2005 12:07PM

Zelda was going to be on my Christam list, so I guess that's the one I most anticipate, also cheifly because it is the first of the anticipations to be sated.

The Revolution, complete with Super Smash Bros. is high up there.

I guess my most anticipated game of 06 would be a silly little flash platformer that I'm working on, simply because I love to see my work come to fruition.

Ryan @ Dec 27th 2005 12:07PM

Zelda Twilight Princess. No contest. This will be the game that vindicates (again) the Gamecube and launches the Revolution.

No comment on Halo 3.

Smiling Politely @ Dec 27th 2005 12:11PM

My list of confirmed games:

1. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GC)

2. Final Fantasy XII (PS2)

3. Metroid Hunters (DS)

4. Final Fantasy VI (GBA)

5. New Super Mario Brothers (DS)

6. Children of Mana (DS)

7. Kingdom Hearts 2 (PS2)

8. Guild Wars Expansion (PC)

9. Hellgate: London (PC)

10. Shadow Hearts 3 (PS2)

Quiiick @ Dec 27th 2005 12:17PM

- Final Fantasy 12

- Splinter Cell 4

- Killzone 2 (2006?)

Jesse @ Dec 27th 2005 12:18PM

The Elders Scrolls: Oblivion

Thank you, that is all.

Professor Jay @ Dec 27th 2005 12:19PM

Knights of the Old Republic III

KOTOR II: The Sith Lords' ending was pretty dissapointing (ahem LucasArts Xmas rush)...I'm hoping that BioWare/Pandemic or Obsidian get to go full bore for the trilogy's finale.

Dan @ Dec 27th 2005 12:19PM

Gears of War

TES4: Oblivion

Blue Dragon

Drew @ Dec 27th 2005 12:22PM

Loco Roco!!!1

theokandroid @ Dec 27th 2005 12:26PM

GEARS OF WAR BABY!

Nate @ Dec 27th 2005 12:26PM

Agree with Chiablo on Elder Scrolls: Oblivion....looks amazing.

Also for the 360....Gears Of War, Too Human, Mass Effect, Dead Or Alive 4, Prey, and of course....Halo 3.

Don't think I'll have time to get a PS3 or Revo. w/ all these great 360 games coming.

CrAzY American @ Dec 27th 2005 12:27PM

1) Halo 3

2) Gears of war

3) Halo 3

4) ES: Oblivion

jared orlando @ Dec 27th 2005 12:27PM

I am really looking forward to Oblivion, Full Auto, Top Spin 2, Gears of War, Madden 07, NHL 2K7, and Halo 3.

strider_mt2k @ Dec 27th 2005 12:28PM

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars!

cagedmantis @ Dec 27th 2005 12:30PM

Zelda: Twilight Princess (Cube)

Game of the year!!!

Dan Bruno @ Dec 27th 2005 12:30PM

Another vote for Elder Scrolls: Oblivion.

Sanitarium @ Dec 27th 2005 12:30PM

-Zelda: TP (especially looking forward to playing it on the Revolution)

-Smash Bros Online (Rev)

-Metroid Prime 3

-Metroid Prime Hunters

-New Super Mario Bros (DS)

-MGS4 even though I won't be buying a ps3 until after many a price drop

-Hopefully seeing Zelda DS at E3

Jeff @ Dec 27th 2005 12:32PM

Okami - PS2

GRAW - 360

Exit - PSP

Spore - PC

many more, but these are a selected few

Barabas @ Dec 27th 2005 12:39PM

Halo 3, This will also be the game of year for 2006

hot_soda @ Dec 27th 2005 12:50PM

The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion

Unreal Tournament 2007

Half Life 2 expansion

In that order.

I don't know why everyone's expecting Halo 3 to come out in 2006. Bungie has even said that a sequal to Halo 2 will not be their next project in their blog a while back when H2 was still pending release. Things could change, but with uncle Bill's statement a few months ago, I still don't expect the PS3 to be released until 2007. So there goes that..

Ninegauger @ Dec 27th 2005 12:53PM

Zelda for Gamecube.

New Super Mario Bros. for DS.

Oblivion... maybe for the PC... I haven't actually chosen a side in the console war yet...

...except I want whatever comes out for the Revolution.

Oh, and since Sonic Rush is the best 2D Sonic game in years I hope that the new Sonic the Hedgehog is the best 3D Sonic ever.

Jeff @ Dec 27th 2005 12:56PM

Final Fantasy XII.

Honestly, nothing else interests me at all at the moment. That could change as the year goes on, but I hoped for the same at the beginning of 2005 and it didn't happen (I think I made a grand total of three game purchases this year). We'll see what happens with the PS3 and Rev, though; I'm sure there's a ton of unannounced stuff still to come.

cyberfrog @ Dec 27th 2005 1:01PM

STARCRAFT 2!!!!

pennywise969 @ Dec 27th 2005 1:10PM

Halo 3

Resident Evil 5

Wolfenstien 360

Gears of War

Burnout for 360

Zelda Twilight Princess

I cant remember the name, but the 360 RTS game where you control zombies.

Cyberclaws @ Dec 27th 2005 1:10PM

Elder Scrolls: Oblivion

Metroid Prime Hunters

Zelda: Twilight Princess

Halo 3

DOA 4

Michael @ Dec 27th 2005 1:15PM

The next gen GTA and Saints Row. I only look forward to nonlinear games now, damn you Rockstar!!!!

nightshadow97 @ Dec 27th 2005 1:17PM

pac man

Daniel @ Dec 27th 2005 1:24PM

Zelda - TP

FFXII by far !!!!!!!

Elektroplankton

The DS Brain Game, that is going to ROCK!!!!

Rappateng @ Dec 27th 2005 1:26PM

Resident Evil 5 (though it may not hit the US til 2007)

Halo 3

Electroplankton DS

Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Go DS

Me & My Katamary PSP

Harvest Moon DS

Resident Evil DS

Lemmings PSP

Taiko Drum Master PSP (hopefully)

Metroid Prime Hunters DS

...to name a few. I'm mostly looking forward to wiping the dust off my PSP and actually using it in 2006.

Samuel Febres @ Dec 27th 2005 1:27PM

Splinter Cell: Double Agent for 360

and Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter for 360.

hurrah.

urhereimnot @ Dec 27th 2005 1:35PM

zelda, okami, kingdom hearts II, gears of war, UT2007.

and there's no way in hell that halo 3 is comin out in 2006, but even if it was, i still wouldn't put it on my list

tellute @ Dec 27th 2005 1:40PM

Yet another vote for Elder Scrolls: Oblivion.

And wouldn't mind the Guild Wars expansion pack too.

littlestninja @ Dec 27th 2005 1:41PM

OKAMI. I'm all about OKAMI!!!

And Gears of War, ohhhh yeah.

Scythe @ Dec 27th 2005 1:57PM

PS3...and If the heavens grant my wish Shadow of the Collius II, and MGS4

32_Footsteps @ Dec 27th 2005 2:01PM

Duke Nukem Forever!

Seriously, though, I'm not looking forward to any particular game per se. I'm just looking to have fun, and hype has nothing to do with fun. That said, I did really enjoy the Zelda: Twilight Princess preview at E3 this past year, so that's probably the one I'm awaiting the most. Though the mere possibility of having Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria in my hands is a bit exciting.

cybertaur1 @ Dec 27th 2005 2:02PM

Zelda, most definitely. I'm also really looking forward to the Revolution; everything about that system sort of makes me tingle with excitement. Super Mario Bros. on the DS looks awesome as well. Great year to be a Nintendo fan.

Henry @ Dec 27th 2005 2:03PM

Oh crap man, 2006 is gonna be a new 2004! (i.e. lots 'n' lots of blockbuster games) like Gears Of War, Halo 3, Mario Revolution, Zelda: TP, Burnout 5, Resident Evil 5, Metal Gear solid 4 (Hopefully, Praying, Metroid Prime 3 (Revolution, Forza Motorsport 2 (Maybe?), and of Course Grand Theft Auto Next Generation!