20 titles for US Wii launch

Nintendo of America has announced that 20 games will be available at launch, with a total of 33 available by the year end.

The Wii goes on sale in North America on November 20, and today Nintendo has announced that the launch line-up will consist of 20 titles, increasing to 33 games by the year end. In addition, 30 retro titles will also be available to purchase using the system's Virtual Console.

"The most important advance for video games in the last 10 years was the introduction of Super Mario 64, which ushered in the era of true 3-D gaming," says Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime. "Wii will have the same effect on how players connect to their games, and it is made for everyone. Simply said, games have never felt like this before."

Day one releases include The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Excite Truck, Wii Sports (pack-in), and a host of third-party titles listed below:

• Call of Duty 3
• Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
• Marvel Ultimate Alliance
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
• Trauma Center: Second Opinion
• Madden NFL '07
• Rampage: Total Destruction
• Happy Feet
• The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Cars
• SpongeBob SquarePants: The Creature from the Krusty Krab
• Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
• GT Pro Series
• Monster 4X4 World Circuit
• Rayman Raving Rabbids
• Red Steel

In the five week period following launch, a steady stream of titles will also be making their way to stores. These include:

• Rapala Tournament Fishing
• World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions
• Chicken Little: Ace in Action
• Need for Speed: Carbon
• Elebits
• The Ant Bully
• Metal Slug Anthology
• Super Swing Golf
• Barnyard
• Far Cry: Vengeance
• Open Season
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent
• Ice Age 2: The Meltdown

Nintendo will include Wii Sports, a collection of five simple to play sports titles, with the Wii console. Nintendo has also reiterated that it will be shipping four million Wii systems across the world before the year end, although has not announced launch allocation for regions outside of Japan - 400,000 units are confirmed for the Japanese launch.

The Wii goes on sale in North America on November 19, followed on December 2 in Japan, and then in the UK on December 8.