Nintendo Dates Metroid Prime 3 for US

While Europe prepares to take delivery of Mario's football game for the Wii.

Nintendo has been doing a bang-up job of reaching out to casual gamers and even those who wouldn't think of playing games with the Wii, but what of the hardcore set?

There has not been much in the way of in-house Nintendo games for longtime fans since Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess launched alongside the console last autumn. Nintendo is now working on a plan to fix that.

Intergalactic butt-kicker Samus Aran continues her first-person shooter adventures in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, which leads Nintendo's American Wii line-up for the summer. The game will be in stores on 20 August.

Wii owners in Europe will likely need to be patient a while longer. Nintendo could not confirm today when the game would be out over here.

Closer to home, this week sees the release of Mario Strikers Charged - the online-enabled Wii Mario-themed football game.

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The celebrate the launch of the game, Nintendo and High Street retailer GAME are teaming up for a launch event on Friday, 25 May, at the company's flagship store on London's Oxford Street.

England star Ian Wright will be at GAME for the launch. To join him, you'll need to register at the store during this week to secure one of 150 places reserved for the day.

Alex Wollenschlaeger
Editor, Kikizo