Nintendo Media Summit announcements

February 24, 2010

Nintendo’s 2010 Media Summit, held Wednesday morning in San Francisco, was packed full of dates and info for the next few months.  Want to know about the launch of Super Mario Galaxy 2, Metroid: Other M or the DSi XL? A full, long list is after the break.

 

  • DSi XL: The big brother of the DSi. March 28. $190. 
  • Super Mario Galaxy 2: This one’s big. May 23.
  • Sin & Punishment: Star Shooter: We’re actually getting this one within a generation of its release! June 7.
  • Metroid: Other M: Team Ninja’s take on Samus. June 27.
  • 100 Classic Books: Public domain books for DS. June 14. $20.
  • Picross 3D: Like Picross. But 3D. We think that’s pretty self-explanatory. May 3.
  • Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands: Includes Prince of Persia (SNES). May 18.
  • Monster Hunter Tri: Free online play. $60 with Classic Controller Pro, $50 without. April 20.
  • Dragon Quest IX: Will be published by Nintendo. Out sometime this summer.
  • Downloadable schedule: 
    • Mega Man 10 (Wii) March 1, Max & The Magic Marker (Wii) March 8, Cave Story (Wii) March 22, Wario Ware: D.I.Y. (DSi) March 28,
    • Super Meat Boy (Wii), Rage of the Gladiator (Wii) and And Yet It Moves (Wii) sometime this summer.
  • Game and Watch Collection 2 (DS), Ultra Hand (WiiWare) coming exclusively to Club Nintendo.