Seemingly paying no heed to the imminent onset of Christmas, Nintendo is already looking ahead to next year by announcing European release dates for a number of third and first party releases for its current generation of hardware.
The list suggests there's no rest for a certain plucky plumber who, fresh off tearing up the track in Mario Kart 7 and stomping Goombas in Super Mario 3D Land, will be back on 3DS with both Mario Tennis during 2012 and again with his new best friend Sonic the Hedgehog for Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games in March.
Resident Evil Revelations is due out alongside the 3DS Circle Pad Pro accessory on January 27, whilst the latest in the long-running Mario Party series will launch on Wii in March.
Expect Luigi's Mansion 2 on 3DS at some point in 2012 and, as previously announced, the Wii-exclusive RPG The Last will hit February 24.
The full list released today is as follows.
Nintendo 3DS
Resident Evil™ Revelations (Capcom) 27th January 2012
Nintendo 3DS Circle Pad Pro 27th January 2012
CRUSH™ 3D (SEGA) January 2012
3D Game Collection (Mastertronic) January 2012
VVVVVV (Nicalis) January 2012
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games™ (SEGA) February 2012
One Piece Unlimited Cruise Special (NAMCO BANDAI Games S.A.S.) 10th February 2012
SpeedThru: Potzol's Puzzle (Nintendo)** February 2012
Kid Icarus™: Uprising (Nintendo) March 2012
Landwirtschafts-Simulator 2012 (astragon Software GmbH) 31st March 2012 (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
Metal Gear Solid?: Snake Eater 3D (KONAMI) Winter
PAC-MAN™ Party 3D (NAMCO BANDAI Games S.A.S.) Q1 2012
BEN 10™ Galactic Racing (NAMCO BANDAI Games S.A.S.) Q1 2012
TEKKEN™ 3D Prime Edition (NAMCO BANDAI Games S.A.S.) Q1 2012
Crash Time 4 (PQube) Q1 2012
3D Classics: Kid Icarus™ (Nintendo)** Q1 2012
Colors! 3D (Collecting Smiles)** Q1 2012
Dillon's Rolling Western™ (Nintendo)** Q1 2012
Fun! Fun! Minigolf TOUCH! (Shin'en Multimedia)** Q1 2012
Mutant Mudds™ (Renegade Kid)** Q1 2012
Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure™ (SEGA) Early 2012
Mario Tennis™* (Nintendo) 2012
Luigi's Mansion™ 2* (Nintendo) 2012
Professor Layton 5* (Nintendo) 2012
Nintendo DS family of consoles
Antipole (Saturnine Games)*** 5th January 2012
Doodle Fit (Gamelion Studios)*** January 2012
Hidden Object Show (Intenium Console GmbH) January 2012 (Benelux)
Inazuma Eleven ? 2 Firestorm * (Nintendo) Q1 2012
Inazuma Eleven ? 2 Blizzard * (Nintendo) Q1 2012
Amoebattle (Grab)*** Q1 2012
Flip the Core™ (Engine Software)*** Q1 2012
VICTORIOUS™ : Hollywood Arts Debut (NAMCO BANDAI Games S.A.S.)*** Q1 2012
Wii
Boom Street™ (Nintendo/Square Enix) 6th January 2012 (Spain, Germany, Portugal, Italy - 23rd December 2011)
The Last Story ™ (Nintendo) 24th February 2012
Mario Party™ 9 (Nintendo) March 2012
Pok?Park™ 2: Wonders Beyond (Nintendo) March 2012
Winter Sports 2012 (PQube) Q1 2012
We Sing Pop (Nordic Games Publishing AB) Q1 2012
We Sing 80's (Nordic Games Publishing AB) Q2 2012
La-Mulana (Nicalis)**** Q1 2012
Pandora's Tower ™ (Nintendo) Q2 2012
Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise™ (Nintendo) 2012
** Available to download from the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
*** Available to download from the Nintendo DSi Shop on Nintendo DSi and from the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS
**** Available to download from the Wii Shop Channel.
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