European dates for Etrian Odyssey, LOL, Pokemon Explorers

by Chris Greenhough on Apr 24th 2008 5:00PM

News of a European release date for Super Smash Bros. Brawl has dominated coverage of Nintendo's latest European release schedule, but there are a number of tasty morsels on the list for DS owners.

For a start, the continent will finally be getting Atlus roguelike Etrian Odyssey, and it's about time -- lest we forget, the title made its U.S. debut last May! Notably, there are also dates (of varying specificity) for Race Driver: GRID (May), the new Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games (July 4th), New International Track & Field (Q2 2008), and Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What to Eat? (June), the European version of Cooking Navi. "ArchimDS" appears on the list as well, though we presume this refers to LOL, or Bakushow as it'll be known in Euroland.

Add all of those to this morning's Final Fantasy IV announcement, and Europe has quite the line-up of games to look forward to. Check past the break for the full list!

Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice -- 9th May
Subbuteo -- 30th May
Monster Truck Jam -- May 2008
Race Driver GRID -- May 2008
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian -- May 2008
City Life -- May 2008
ArchimDS -- May 2008
Ecolis -- May 2008
Speed Racer -- May 2008
Hannah Montana - Music Jam -- Spring 2008
Iron Man -- Spring 2008
Etrian Odyssey -- 6th June
Code Lyoko 2 -- 9th June
Bratz Ponyz 2 -- 11th June
Pipemania -- 20th June
Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What to Eat? -- June 2008
Lego: Indiana Jones the Original Adventures -- June 2008
Looney Tunes -- June 2008
Monster Lab -- June 2008
Wacky Races -- June 2008
Zoo Hospital -- Q2 2008
Hello Kitty: Big City Dreams -- Q2 2008
New International Track & Field -- Q2 2008
Nanostray 2 -- Q2 2008
Chess Crusade -- Q2 2008
Margots Word Brain -- Q2 2008
Shining Star -- Q2 2008
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time -- 4th July
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness -- 4th July
Mummy Tomb of the Emperor -- July 2008
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed -- Summer 2008
Bratz Kidz -- Q3 2008
RUBIKS Classic (tentative title) -- Q3 2008
Brave: Shaman's Challenge -- Q3 2008
Ninjatown -- October 2008
Crash (tentative title) -- October 2008
Ghostbusters -- October 2008
Spyro (tentative title) -- October 2008
ELEMENTS -- Q4 2008

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Reader Comments (2)

I'm glad that Europe is getting Etrian Odyssey, even if it's obscenely late. That game is wonderful and should be played by as many people as possible. It's a great dungeon crawler, but it's not a roguelike.

Poor, poor Europe. Etrian Odyssey is my favorite DS game, so far. It came out a month before I got my DS, so I didn't find out about it until two months ago. Luckily, I was able to find a copy at one of the less popular, local shops, and I haven't been able to put it down since.

I'd like to beat it before the sequel is out, but that's looking unlikely. Hopefully, those in the U.S. still looking for a copy will now be able to import the Euro version. I love that Nintendo's current generation is region-free.