Last September, Nintendo pegged the 3DS remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time as a spring 2011 release. Today, the game giant finally dated the title, which will make the spring launch window--barely. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time will be launched in North America on Sunday, June 19, two days before summer officially begins. The game is a portable, reworked version of the 1998 classic for the Nintendo 64.
Wii Play: Motion will bring 12 new minigames.
Six days before Ocarina of Time sounds off on Nintendo's new handheld, the company will release a sequel to its wildly successful Wii Play controller-and-minigame bundle. Called Wii Play: Motion, the new bundle will sport a black Wii Remote Plus and an all-new compilation of 12 minigames. Among the minigames described are an umbrella-based gliding game and a whack-a-mole-type garden-pest control title involving a virtual mallet.
Ocarina's dating and Wii Play: Motion's announcement were part of Nintendo's unveiling of its entire spring slate. On the Wii, highlights include The Conduit 2 (April 19), Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game (May), Thor: God of Thunder (May 3), and Mystery Case Files: Dust to Dust (June 27). The DS suite of systems will get Duke Nukem: Critical Mass (Q2), Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters (June 7), and Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots and Decepticons (June 14). Last but not least, the 3DS will see the release of Dead or Alive Dimensions (May), BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II, (May 24), Cave Story 3D (June 28), and Transformers: Dark of the Moon Stealth Force Edition 3D (June 14).
WII
Activision
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Stealth Force Edition – June 14
Deep Silver, Inc.
Get Fit with Mel B – Spring
Disney Interactive Studios
Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game - May
Disney/Pixar
Cars 2: The Video Game – Summer
Graffiti Entertainment, Inc.
Reader Rabbit Preschool – April
Reader Rabbit Kindergarten – April
Reader Rabbit 1st Grade – April
Reader Rabbit 2nd Grade – April
Konami Digital Entertainment
Karaoke Revolution Glee: Volume 2 – Spring
Namco Bandai Games America Inc.
ExerBeat – April 26
Nintendo
Wii Play: Motion – June 13
Mystery Case Files: Dust to Dust – June 27
SEGA
Thor: God of Thunder – May 3
The Conduit 2 – April 12
THQ Inc.
Rio – April 12
SpongeBob SquigglePants – April 12
Kung Fu Panda 2 – May 24
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters – June 7
NINTENDO DS FAMILY
Activision
Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots – June 14
Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Decepticons – June 14
Squinkies – April 12
Bergsala Lightweight LLC
Loving Life with Hello Kitty and Friends – May 10
Deep Silver, Inc.
Duke Nukem: Critical Mass – Q2
Disney Interactive Studios
Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game - May
Disney/Pixar
Cars 2: The Video Game – Summer
Easy Interactive
Hollywood Files – June 14
Picture Puzzle Collection – May 17
Match 3 Madness – May 3
Konami Digital Entertainment
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2011 – May 10
Majesco Entertainment
Cake Mania Main Street – May
Sega
Thor: God of Thunder – May 3
THQ Inc.
Rio – April 12
Paws & Claws Pampered Pets 2 – April 12
Kung Fu Panda 2 – May 24
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Lego Battles: Ninjago – Spring
Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters – June 7
NINTENDO 3DS
Activision
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Stealth Force Edition 3D – June 14
Aksys Games Localization, Inc.
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II – May 24
Crave Games
Cartoon Network Punch Time Explosion – May 24
D3 Publisher
Dream Trigger 3D - April
Disney Interactive Studios
Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game - May
Namco Bandai Games America Inc.
DualPenSports – May
Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions – June
Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – June 19
NIS America, Inc.
Cave Story 3D - June 28
Tecmo Koei
Dead or Alive Dimensions – May
THQ Inc.
SpongeBob SquigglePants – May 17
Ubisoft Entertainment
Driver Renegade – Spring
Rabbids Travel in Time – April 10
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 3D – April 10
James Noir's Hollywood Crimes – June 7
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters – June 7