62 Games in Wii Launch Window

Nintendo has announced an unprecedented 62 games that will be available for the Nintendo Wii within the five-week launch window following the console's release on November 19th (meaning we'll get these from December 7th onwards).

There will be 32 Nintendo Wii games and 30 Virtual Console games to purchase and download. The list of games is as follows:

The Wii Games
Activision
Call of Duty 3
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Rapala Tournament Fishing
Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions

Atari
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
Atlus Trauma Center: Second Opinion
EA Madden NFL '07
Need for Speed: Carbon

Konami
Elebits
Midway Happy Feet
Rampage: Total Destruction
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, The Ant Bully

Sega
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz

SNK
Metal Slug Anthology

Tecmo
Super Swing Golf

THQ
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Barnyard
Cars
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Creature from the Krusty Krab

Ubisoft
Far Cry: Vengeance
GT Pro Series
Monster 4X4 World Circuit
Open Season
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Red Steel
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent

Vivendi
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown

The Virtual Console
The Virtual Console will allow users to purchase and download NES, Super NES, Nintendo 64, Sega Genesis, and TurboGrafx16 games for Wii Points, similar to the Xbox 360's Microsoft Points. NES games start at 500 Wii Points, Super NES games start at 800 Wii Points, and Nintendo 64 games start at 1,000 Wii Points. Sega Genesis games start at 800 Wii Points and TurboGrafx16 games start at 600 Wii Points. Wii Points can be purchased online or at retail outlets, currently $20 (USD) for 2,000 Wii Points.

For a full list of Virtual Console launch titles check out our coverage from earlier today.

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