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Wii U’s Launch Window Titles At Nintendo’s Wii U Preview Event, the Big N only confirmed New Super Mario Bros. U and Nintendoland to be available launch day, letting studios announce the release dates of their own sets of games at their own leisure. Nintendo did, however, showcase what will be available between the system’s launch on November 18th and March 2013. The list of launch window titles for the Wii U are: New Super Mario Bros. U  Nintendoland  Lego City: Undercover Bayonetta 2 (Wii U Exclusive) The Wonderful 101 (Formerly Project P-100) Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (March 2013) Call of Duty: Black Ops 2  Skylanders: Giants Wipeout 3 007 Legends Transformers Prime: The Game NBA 2K13 Madden ‘13 Mass Effect 3 Rayman Legends Trine 2 Assassin’s Creed III Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Tank! Tank! Tank! Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition ZombiU Disney Epic Mickey 2 Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Wii Fit U Game & Wario Pikmin 3 Ninja Gaiden 3 Darksiders II And many, many others. Some of these titles have already been confirmed by publishers to be day-one titles (Mass Effect 3 and Batman most notably), leaving us a bit open-ended on when exactly in the console’s first four months we can expect these titles. But it can only be a short matter of time before some clarity is set in, as developers will want to promote their titles as quickly as possible.

Wii U’s Launch Window Titles

At Nintendo’s Wii U Preview Event, the Big N only confirmed New Super Mario Bros. U and Nintendoland to be available launch day, letting studios announce the release dates of their own sets of games at their own leisure. Nintendo did, however, showcase what will be available between the system’s launch on November 18th and March 2013. The list of launch window titles for the Wii U are:

  • New Super Mario Bros. U 
  • Nintendoland 
  • Lego City: Undercover
  • Bayonetta 2 (Wii U Exclusive)
  • The Wonderful 101 (Formerly Project P-100)
  • Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (March 2013)
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 
  • Skylanders: Giants
  • Wipeout 3
  • 007 Legends
  • Transformers Prime: The Game
  • NBA 2K13
  • Madden ‘13
  • Mass Effect 3
  • Rayman Legends
  • Trine 2
  • Assassin’s Creed III
  • Tekken Tag Tournament 2
  • Tank! Tank! Tank!
  • Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition
  • ZombiU
  • Disney Epic Mickey 2
  • Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
  • Wii Fit U
  • Game & Wario
  • Pikmin 3
  • Ninja Gaiden 3
  • Darksiders II

And many, many others.

Some of these titles have already been confirmed by publishers to be day-one titles (Mass Effect 3 and Batman most notably), leaving us a bit open-ended on when exactly in the console’s first four months we can expect these titles. But it can only be a short matter of time before some clarity is set in, as developers will want to promote their titles as quickly as possible.

Lifetime Sales Of Skylanders Toys Exceed 30 Million Needless to say, Activision is very pleased that Skylanders toys have sold so well, selling out at retailers and online across the entire country, sometimes within hours of launch. The company has gone on to say that well over 30 million of the toys have sold, and the game itself was the #1 kid’s game in Q1 2012. Activision also stated that, including all accessory packs, toys, and games, that Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure was the 3rd best selling game in dollars across all platformers in Q1 2012. Skylanders Giants, scheduled to come out later this year, is hoped to achieve similar success.

Lifetime Sales Of Skylanders Toys Exceed 30 Million

Needless to say, Activision is very pleased that Skylanders toys have sold so well, selling out at retailers and online across the entire country, sometimes within hours of launch. The company has gone on to say that well over 30 million of the toys have sold, and the game itself was the #1 kid’s game in Q1 2012.

Activision also stated that, including all accessory packs, toys, and games, that Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure was the 3rd best selling game in dollars across all platformers in Q1 2012. Skylanders Giants, scheduled to come out later this year, is hoped to achieve similar success.

Source gameinformer.com