Nintendo announced today four new titles and their upcoming release dates. Players can expect two new titles for Wii by the end of the summer as well as two new titles for DS in the same time frame.

Already announced in Japan, Wario Land: Shake It! is now officially due out in America on September 29. Mario’s rotten doppleganger is on yet another side-scrolling adventure to collect more treasure. Players will hold the Wii Remote sideways to play the game and will perform a shaking action to attack enemies, empty bags of treasure, and cause earthquakes. Each of the game's stages will provide multiple missions and will keep track of times and scores for added replay value.

Nintendo also revealed the release date of their upcoming Mario Super Sluggers title, sequel to the Gamecube’s Mario Superstar Baseball. The game will feature over 30 playable Nintendo characters from the Mario universe, as well as building on the intuitive motion controls featured in Wii Sports Baseball. Mario Super Sluggers will be available for Wii on August 25.

For the DS, Nintendo revealed the US release date of the previously announced Japanese title Kirby Super Star Ultra. The title is an updated release of the SNES classic Kirby Super Star. The game will feature updated graphics and fully rendered animated cut scenes as well as new modes such as Revenge of the King and Meta Knight Ultra. Players will also be treated to three touch screen mini games that can be played with up to three friends via the DS' Download and Play Mode. Players will even be able to use a local wireless connection to play through the adventure mode with a friend. Kirby Super Star Ultra is due out on September 29.

Finally, Nintendo revealed an all new title due out for the DS titled Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir. The title will take use of the DS touch screen to expand the play featured in the popular series from Big Fish Games. Players will seek out hidden items and point them out by simply touching them on the screen. Through the seeking puzzles, players will find the rightful heir of a left over million-dollar fortune. Mystery Case Files will also feature a first for the puzzle series: multiplayer gameplay as well as microphone support. Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir will be available on store shelves, September 8.

Nintendo’s Wario, Kirby Bring the Fun; Sleuths Get a New Mystery Case Files Game
New Experiences on the Way for Wii and Nintendo DS

REDMOND, Wash.—(BUSINESS WIRE)— While the game world awaits the E3 Media & Business Summit in Los Angeles next month, Nintendo isn’t waiting to announce new titles for its mushrooming libraries for the Wii™ console and Nintendo DS™. Classic Nintendo characters like bad-boy Wario™ and pink powerhouse Kirby® will star in their own platform games. A new Mystery Case Files™ game brings the best-selling Big Fish Games franchise to Nintendo DS for the first time. These games join the recently announced Mario™ Super Sluggers baseball game for the Wii console.

"Nintendo's game libraries continue to grow at a rapid pace," said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "Wario stars in a great new platformer, Kirby enthusiasts get an updated version of a fan favorite, there’s a new mystery for Mystery Case Files aficionados and baseball gets a few new Mario-style twists."

Wario Land™: Shake It!, a classic side-scroller for the Wii console launching Sept. 29, stars Wario, the smelly, bad-mannered alter ego of Mario™. With the Wii Remote™ controller turned sideways like an old-school controller, veterans and newcomers alike can run, jump and smash their way through hectic side-scrolling stages. Players shake the Wii Remote to help Wario take down his enemies, empty bags of treasure or cause earthquakes. Best of all, there are numerous stages each offering multiple missions to keep players coming back again and again to unlock everything, collect more coins or just improve their best times.

Kirby Super Star™ Ultra for Nintendo DS, launching Sept. 29, re-imagines one of the most beloved Kirby games of all time. Kirby Super Star Ultra features new graphics and fully rendered animated cut scenes. With so many adventures waiting to be unlocked, there will never be a dull moment as Kirby runs, floats, copies enemies and uses Helpers to fight King Dedede and Meta Knight. New modes like Revenge of the King and Meta Knight Ultra await, along with classics like The Great Cave Offensive and Milky Way Wishes. On top of the main modes, there are also three new touch-screen-controlled mini-games that can be played with up to three friends via DS Download Play. Not only that, but players can go on Kirby adventures with a friend via local wireless as well.

Mystery Case Files™: MillionHeir™, launching Sept. 8, uses the unique Nintendo DS interface to expand upon the seek-and-solve game play of the popular series from Big Fish Games. Players seek out cleverly hidden items in a multitude of painted scenes. Players progress through an interactive detective story investigating a cast of characters and uncovering new evidence to find the rightful heir to a million-dollar fortune. This new portable installment is available only for Nintendo DS. With interactive logic puzzles that use both the touch-screen interface and built-in microphone and include the first ever multiplayer mode for a Mystery Case Files game, Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir presents a new generation of seek-and-solve games for casual gamers and franchise fans.

Mario™ Super Sluggers, launching Aug. 25 for the Wii console, stars the ever-lovable Mario and his crew of friends. It builds on the social-gaming fun and movements people learned in Wii Sports™ and turns them into a full-fledged baseball game that can be played by every member of the household. Players make a throwing motion with the Wii Remote controller to pitch the baseball and make a swinging motion to swing at the pitch. The game boasts more than 30 playable Nintendo characters and all the madness of a Mario sports game. Just like Mario Kart® Wii, it bridges the gap between experienced players and those new to the Wii console, with fun challenges and beautiful graphics.