Nintendo DS Software Line-Up Revealed

The company's Redmond, Washington HQ today spilled the beans on over 60 titles from all the big publishers. Details inside.

Following the recent unveiling of the final design for Nintendo DS, and also a massive software line-up for Sony's PSP not so long ago, Nintendo's Redmond, Washington office today anounced an impressive line-up of software for western markets, including a few surprises.

Nintendo DS: Impressive line-up revealed today.

The list, which comprises over 60 titles from pretty much every big publisher, reveals a wealth of support for Nintendo's new handheld.

Nintendo's announcement highlighted Madden NFL and Viewtiful Joe as key franchises coming to the platform, along with Rayman and, er, SpongeBob SquarePants.

Nintendo's now instantly recognisable, name-taking Reggie Fils-Aime, said: "Publishers worldwide have taken the unique creative tools of our dual-screened Nintendo DS and used them to invent completely new ways to play."

EA's Steve Chiang revealed, "EA's studio teams are working on a lot of great titles for the Nintendo DS. With the wireless feature, Madden players will be able to battle one another head-to-head like never before on a portable system."

While Activision's Will Kassoy offered, "Our developers dove right in and made the most of the unique features of this revolutionary new system."

And Brian Farrell of THQ said: "THQ will be a big supporter of the hand-held Nintendo DS. The untapped capabilities demonstrate an exciting leap in hand-held video game technology."

Nintendo announced that in total, over 120 Nintendo DS games are currently in development at publishers world-wide.

Here's the full list of titles you can expect to see. Many are working titles and all information subject to change, Nintendo warns...

Atari, Inc

• Atari Classics
  
  Atlus USA
• Caduceus
• Snowboard Kids DS
• Plus three additional titles in development
  
  Bandai Entertainment Inc.
• Meteos
• Mobile Suit Gundam Seed
• Plus one additional title in development
  
  Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
• Mega Man Battle Network
• Viewtiful Joe
• Plus one additional title in development
  
  Electronic Arts
• GoldenEye
• Madden NFL
• Need For Speed Underground
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf
• The URBZ: Sims in the City
  
  Hudson Soft Co., Ltd.
• Bomberman
  
  Koei Co., Ltd.
• Dynasty Warriors (working title)
• Plus two additional titles in development
  
  Konami Digital Entertainment
• Boktai (working title)
• Castlevania (working title)
• Dragon Booster (working title)
• Frogger 2005 (working title)
• Survival Kids (working title)
• World Soccer Winning Eleven series (working title)
• Vandal Hearts (working titles)
• WINX (working title)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour
  
  Majesco
• Moonlight Fables
• Nanostray
• Plus at least three additional titles in development
  
  Namco Hometek Inc.
• New Mr. Driller (working title)
• Pac 'n Roll (working title)
• Pac-Pix (working title)
  
  Orbital Media
• Four titles in development, including the genres of action platformer, strategy role-playing, combat racing and family.
  
  SEGA of America, Inc.
• Project Rub (working title)
• Sonic DS (working title)
  
  Square Enix Co., Ltd.
• A new story of Secret of Mana
• A new story of Slime Morimori Dragon Quest
• Dragon Quest Monsters series
• Egg Monster Heroes
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series
  
  Summitsoft Corporation
• Air Assault 2
• Organizer Plus
  
  Tecmo, Inc.
• Monster Rancher
• Plus one additional title in development
  
  Telegames, Inc.
• Ultimate Brain Games
• Ultimate Card Games
• Ultimate Pocket Games
  
  THQ
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Plus five additional titles in development
  
  Ubisoft Entertainment
• Asphalt GT
• Rayman
• Plus additional titles in development, including a major movie license for early 2005
  
  Vivendi Universal Games
• Robots

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