Nintendo dates 'Wario Land Shake' Wii, 'Rhythm Tengoku Gold' DS, other titles for Japan

by James Ransom-Wiley { May 28th 2008 at 11:56AM }

Nintendo of Japan has rolled out its schedule for the summer session, dropping a few surprises along the way. First, Wario Land will graduate from handheld to console with Wario Land Shake for Wii on July 24. No further details have been given, so it's up to each of us to pray, dance, sacrifice some virgins (or whatever!) so that "Shake" doesn't end up an inept deviation from the mostly excellent Game Boy predecessors. Thankfully, DS owners will be served a far more promising sequel in Rhythm Tengoku Gold, arriving July 31 from the capable hands of Nintendo R&D1 (you know, the WarioWare team). Here are some highlights from the release date calendar:

June 19: Mario Super Sluggers (Wii)
June 26: Band Brothers DX (DS)
July 10: Resident Evil Zero (Wii)
July 24: Wario Land Shake (Wii)
July 31: Fatal Frame IV: The Mask of the Lunar Eclipse (Wii)
July 31: Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS)
August 7: Fire Emblem DS (DS)

[Via NeoGAF & DS Fanboy]

Source - Nintendo June Calendar (Japanese)
Source - Nintendo July Calendar (Japanese)
Source - Rhythm Tengoku Gold announcement (Japanese)
Source - Fire Emblem game page (Japanese)

Tags: japan, rhythm-tengoku-gold, wario-land-shake

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Kewlrats @ May 28th 2008 11:59AM

I actually wish they'd bring RE Zero to the states.
I have it for GCN, but the Wii waggle might actually make it playable.

Dale @ May 28th 2008 1:12PM

As basically every other Wii title has proven, nothing is improved by tacking waggle on.

baby sea tuna @ May 28th 2008 1:28PM

...except RE4.

Mr.ESC @ May 28th 2008 11:59AM

F*ck I never played Resident evil 0,why this version had to be just for Japan :(

CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ May 28th 2008 12:01PM

It's really stupid of Capcom to only release that in Japan, I think a lot of people missed it the first time around. After how good RE4Wii did I would be really surprised if they didn't release it in other regions. It looks like a good summer for Japan, hopefully we see some of these soon in the states. I'm getting tired of Mario Kart Wii's Nintendo Fairness feature.

ComradeTrotskii @ May 28th 2008 12:44PM

I wouldn't worry about it too much. It was easily the worst of the 'proper' RE games and its (even at the time) archaic control system is something we can all live without in this day and age.

Also shame on you for (presumably) not owning a Gamecube.

CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ May 28th 2008 1:03PM

I kind of liked the idea of switching back and forth between both characters in real time. It added some suspense. The whole train idea was kind of weird though.

Mr.ESC @ May 28th 2008 6:56PM

I was a PC gamer at the time and I thought it was going to be ported eventually.I was too much into Diablo 2.

Fernando Rocker @ May 28th 2008 12:01PM

Wario Land sounds like it's going to be a platformer, from the Land series... Wario has very good platformers games, but only on portables.

Also, Nintendo marked a new Kirby game to be released this year. I love Kirby platformers

http://gonintendo.com/?p=43783

=p

CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ May 28th 2008 12:02PM

Hopefully the Kirby game is a platformer and not some star racing game or whatever that gamecube one was!

Fernando Rocker @ May 28th 2008 12:02PM

And Fire Emblem DS?

Strategy RPG with stylus controls? Yes, please =p

Fernando Rocker @ May 28th 2008 12:13PM

I found this two details for Wario Land Wii game:

- Hand drawn backgrounds
- Toon-shaded characters

*Via gonintendo.com

CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ May 28th 2008 12:17PM

Sounds like a 2d platformer then, should be good.

Noshino @ May 28th 2008 12:36PM

if it keeps the same kind of difficulty and awkwardness as previous installment (I loved WL3) then awesome!

As for Fire Emblem DS, they really need to go back to basic mechanics, dont add all the crap that previous installments have had that make the game so easy.

The only serious improvement needed on FE is on the multiplayer area, there is no multiplayer mode, no the arena sucked. That's only thing that I loved about Advance Wars

shivr @ May 28th 2008 1:38PM

yeah I don't think stylus controls will add much to the FE series... It certainatly didn't do much for advanced wars :p That said, it's the only game I'm excited about on that list :D The glorius return of 2-D battle animations after the boring GC/Wii ones, horray!

Gun Barrier (=Gamer Tag) SSBB: 3952-6696-7009 @ May 28th 2008 2:26PM

wtf
y is fernando being downvoted on a nintendo post? He's not trolling or even mentioning the other consoles. I guess people hate seeing his avatar...

Fatass of Sarcasmness @ May 28th 2008 2:28PM

Why is Fernando being downvoted? Seriously, I may not agree with the guy on everything he says but following him around like a lost puppy and downvoting everything he posts seems a little lame to say the least.

Damn, this site is filled to the brim with tools

Gun Barrier (=Gamer Tag) SSBB: 3952-6696-7009 @ May 28th 2008 2:41PM

wanna brawl fernando?

Mr Khan @ May 28th 2008 2:46PM

I would agree that Path of Radiance had incredibly awkward battle animations, but Radiant Dawn mostly alleviated that. It's very hard to get back to the glory of the 2-D days, but Radiant Dawn brought the characters to life at least, with most of the flourishes intact

Shadow El @ May 28th 2008 12:01PM

I'm looking forward for all of these games (except RE0, since that's probably just another REmake.) when they hit the US. Sadly, Rhythm Tengoku Gold probably won't. But I'll just wait for EBA 2.

Shadow El @ May 28th 2008 12:02PM

Apparently, the Wii-make of RE0 isn't going to the US anyway. My bad.

Edog Lost @ May 28th 2008 12:02PM

At first glance I thought this was the Zero Punc for today.

ComradeTrotskii @ May 28th 2008 12:53PM

It is actually up if you're interested:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/67-The-World-Ends-with-You

Blue_Falcon @ May 28th 2008 12:02PM

Rhythm Tengoku, Band Brothers...I wonder if we'll get either of these games this time around.

samfish @ May 28th 2008 12:03PM

I'll be all over Wario Land when it comes here, probably. Rhythm Tengoku is great news for a lot of people, too.

But why is RE0 up there? All the rest of those games are, if I'm not mistaken, being at least published by Nintendo. RE0 is Capcom...

LeadBoxx @ May 28th 2008 12:04PM

NINTENDO DS GUITAR HERO. This makes me want to never play Guitar Hero ever again? Who are the add wizards who came up with this ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpWBexXtyQ8

CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ May 28th 2008 12:06PM

"This makes me want to never play Guitar Hero ever again?"

Welcome to 2007 where we all played Guitar Hero 3. Also, how is that a question?

LeadBoxx @ May 28th 2008 12:11PM

Oops sorry I messed up. Thanks for pointing that out jerk.

CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ May 28th 2008 12:16PM

Your welcome.

LeadBoxx @ May 28th 2008 12:19PM

Since we are so worried about proper grammar, it's "you're" as in "You are welcome." Not your. So now you are even a bigger A-hole. I win.

CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ May 28th 2008 12:24PM

Oops sorry I messed up. Thanks for pointing that out jerk.

CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ May 28th 2008 12:32PM

"it's "you're" as in "You are welcome." Not your."

Since we are so worried about proper grammar, you wrongly capitalized the "N" in "not". So now you are even a bigger A-hole. I win.

Noshino @ May 28th 2008 12:38PM

Give it up, you lost.

LeadBoxx @ May 28th 2008 12:42PM

Thanks Noshino, I just wanted you guys to see that video I posted. He is still wrong again because it is a new sentence so it should be capitalized, the period to end the sentence is inside the quotes. I am done.

CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ May 28th 2008 12:52PM

I think he is saying you lost LeadBoxx...My higher ratings show that I am the clear winner.

CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ May 28th 2008 12:57PM

And actually just so everyone learns something about grammar today, this is how the sentence should have been written

Since we are so worried about proper grammar, it's "you're" as in "You are welcome." Not your.

Does anyone see a problem here? Here is the correct grammar of the sentence.

Since we are so worried about proper grammar, it's "you're" as in "You are welcome", not your.

We take out the capital "N" as well as the period in the quotes because "not your" ends the sentence. Ending the sentence before "not your" and having a sentence that is simply "Not your." doesn't make any sense because "Not your." is not a complete sentence.