Nintendo touts Wario, Kirby and Mystery Case Files titles (News)

GamePro staff, GamePro (online)

25/06/2008 18:18:45

Nintendo decided to preempt next month's E3 Media & Business Summit Wednesday by announcing some new titles for the Wii and Nintendo DS.

First up is a new title starring Wario, called Wario Land: Shake It! The title will be a classic side-scrolling adventure for the Wii, and launches on September 29. A Nintendo press release said players will hold the Wiimote on its side, like an old school NES controller, with a little current gen motion-sensing thrown in, a la Paper Mario.

On the DS there will be another Kirby title, called Kirby Super Star, that will also launch on the 29th. The game is a "re-imagining" of the classic battle against King Dedede and Meta Knight, complete with fully rendered animated cutscenes and local wireless play, Nintendo said.

Lastly, there's Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir, launching Sept. 8, for the DS. In Case Files, players will "seek out cleverly hidden items in a multitude of painted scenes [and] 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."

The interactive logic puzzles will use both the touch-screen interface and built-in microphone, as well as a multiplayer mode.