North American gamers have been wondering when they would be able to properly take their Wiis online for some head-to-head action against other Wii owners. Today, Nintendo answered that question.

　　Pokémon Battle Revolution, which was previously released in Japan, is headed for the US and will use the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, Nintendo's online gaming service. Pikachu's debut on the Wii is set for June 25.

　　The game also marks the first US Wii game to incorporate connectivity with its handheld cousin, the Nintendo DS. Gamers will be able to import characters from their DS copies of Pokémon Diamond or Pokémon Pearl (both of which will release April 25), and even use their DSs as controllers for the Wii version.

　　Nintendo also announced the release dates for several other Wii and DS games through this summer. Among the noteworthy release dates are Super Paper Mario on April 9, Mario Party 8 on May 29, Big Brain Academy (Wii) on June 11, and the Nintendo DS Web Browser on June 4. A full list is below.

　　Wii

　　April 9 / Super Paper Mario

　　April / Prince of Persia Rival Swords

　　April / Bust-A-Move Bash

　　April / Bioncle Heroes

　　May 15 / Mortal Kombat: Armageddon

　　May 29 / Mario Party 8

　　May / Tamagotchi Party On

　　May / Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean at World's End

　　May / Escape from Bug Island

　　May / Spider-Man The Movie 3

　　June 11 / Big Brain Academy

　　June 25 / Pokémon Battle Revolution

　　June / Cosmic Family

　　Spring / Heatseeker

　　Q2 / Legend of the Dragon

　　Summer / Shrek the Third

　　Summer / Transformers the Game

　　Nintendo DS

　　April 22 / Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl

　　May / Pirates of the Caribbean 3

　　May / Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu

　　May / Pony Friends

　　May / Diner Dash

　　May / Touch the Dead

　　June 4 / Nintendo DS browser

　　June 4 / Planet Puzzle League

　　June 11 / Touchmaster DS

　　June / Zendoku

　　Spring / Naruto Ninja Council 3

　　Spring / Time Ace

　　Spring / Death Jr. and the Science Fair of Doom

　　Q2 / Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon

　　Summer / Shrek the Third

　　Summer / Transformers: Autobots

　　Summer / Transformers: Decepticons

　　Game Boy Advance

　　Summer / Shrek the Third