Nintendo this week revealed more details on Pokémon Battle Revolution, the first game to fully support Wi-Fi play on the Wii.
For the first time players can compete with one another near and far with Pokémon Battle Revolution, a game that is first Wii game to include Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection play and the first game to to link Wii and the hand-held Nintendo DSby allowing the game that to be controlled using the Nintendo DS.
When Wii and Nintendo DS are linked, players can use their Nintendo DS units as controllers or import characters from the upcoming Nintendo DS games Pokémon Diamond Version or Pokémon Pearl Version. Pokémon Battle Revolution launches on June 25 exclusively for Wii and brings a new chapter to the Pokémon franchise, which has sold more than 155 million units worldwide. Pokémon Battle Revolution also serves as one of the standouts in Nintendo's second-quarter launch lineup, which the company revealed today in conjunction with the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
Pokémon Battle Revolution will be joined by Super Paper Mario, the first Mario game for Wii; Mario Party 8, a multiplayer party game; and Big Brain Academy, a brain-training game that builds on the success of the Nintendo DS brain games. These will add to the ever-growing library of Wii games, which will total more than 50 by the end of June. Nintendo DS fans will see the arrival of Pokémon Diamond Version and Pokémon Pearl Version as well. The list of games for April, May and June includes the following:
Wii
April 9 Super Paper Mario
April Prince of Persia Rival Swords
April Bust-A-Move Bash
April Bioncle Heroes
May 15 Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
May 29 Mario Party 8
May Tamagotchi Party On
May Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean at World's End
May Escape from Bug Island
May Spider-Man The Movie 3
June 11 Big Brain Academy
June 25 Pokémon Battle Revolution
June Cosmic Family
Spring Heatseeker
Q2 Legend of the Dragon
Summer Shrek the Third
Summer Transformers the Game
Nintendo DS
April 22 Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl
May Pirates of the Caribbean 3
May Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu
May Pony Friends
May Diner Dash
May Touch the Dead
June 4 Nintendo DS browser
June 4 Planet Puzzle League
June 11 Touchmaster DS
June Zendoku
Spring Naruto Ninja Council 3
Spring Time Ace
Spring Death Jr. and the Science Fair of Doom
Q2 Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon
Summer Shrek the Third
Summer Transformers: Autobots
Summer Transformers: Decepticons
Game Boy Advance
Summer Shrek the Third Activision
The company is showing off select titles in its line-up at GDC this week including Big Brain Academy, Mario Strikers Charged, Super Paper Mario, and Pokémon Battle Revolution for the Wii; and two DS titles - Pokémon Diamond / Pearl and Zelda: Phantom Hourglass.