Wii's launch lineup confirmed

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32 games due before the end of the year

Nintendo has revealed the official launch lineup for the Wii. Available November 19, the console will be released with a mixture of original titles and ports of existing content from other platforms. Bear in mind that Nintendo's definition of a "launch" game is one that will make it out within the first five weeks of the system's release, so don't expect all of these to be stacked to the ceiling at Wal-Mart on the first day. To make it a little easier to figure out what you want to buy, we've broken up the list into a number of helpful categories.

If you'd like to see how this list stacks up to the last launch list you might have seen - from August - justclick here.

Real Wii games

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Excite Truck
Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Elebits
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
Super Swing Golf
GT Pro Series
Rayman Raving Rabbids (yep, this is really a Wii game - ignore the imitations on other consoles)
Red Steel
Wii Sports

Real games that are also on other consoles

Call of Duty 3
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
Madden NFL '07
Need for Speed: Carbon
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent
Monster 4X4 World Circuit
Far Cry: Vengeance

Budget titles

Rapala Tournament Fishing
World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions
Rampage: Total Destruction

Baby games

Happy Feet
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
The Ant Bully
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Barnyard
Cars
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Creature from the Krusty Krab
Open Season
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown

Why isn't this on Virtual Console?

Metal Slug Anthology

October 31, 2006