GamersVue: Upcoming Releases: 1/14

Monday, January 15, 2007

Upcoming Releases: 1/14 - 1/27

At long last, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney -- Justice for All [DS] and WarioWare: Smooth Moves [Wii] arrive in North America, only a few scant months after their Japanese release. Normally I'd be a bit worried they'd be overshadowed by Burning Crusade, the first World of Warcraft expansion set, but the pacing of each is just perfect for quick spurts between raids.
On the digitally distributed side of things, Nintendo's got three hitting Virtual Console (Moto Roader, R-Type III: The Third Lightning, Xevious), an enhanced version of PopCap's Heavy Weapon arrives on Xbox Live Arcade, and hey, there's a chance flOw may actually hit the PlayStation Store ...but let's not get our hopes up.
The full list of this week's releases, including a tentative glance at next week, after the jump.
The dates listed below are ship dates. Except in a few notable cases, titles generally arrive in stores the day after they ship. Digitally distributed titles (Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Store, Wii's Virtual Console and Channels, Steam, GameTap) are exempt from this delay and are immediately available for download on the day of their release.
This Week (1/14 - 1/20)
PlayStation 3:
Nothing.
Xbox 360:
Wednesday (1/17)

NCAA March Madness 07, Xbox Live Arcade: Heavy Weapon: Atomic Tank (800 MS Points)
Wii
Monday (1/15)

WarioWare: Smooth Moves, Virtual Console: Moto Roader [TG16] (600 Wii Points), R-Type III: The Third Lightning [SNES] (800 Wii Points), Xevious [NES] (500 Wii Points)
PlayStation 2
Wednesday (1/17)

NCAA March Madness 07
Game Boy Advance
Nothing.
DS
Monday (1/15)

Underground Pool
Tuesday (1/16)

Fossil League: Dino Tournament Championship, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney -- Justice For All
PSP
Keep playing those emulators.
PC
Monday (1/15)

Great Invasions: The Dark Ages "350-1066 AD"
Tuesday (1/16)

Close Quarters Conflict, Hexic Deluxe, The Shield: The Game, World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade, World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Collector's Edition
Notes
1) World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade will be available in stores on Tuesday, January 16th thanks to Blizzard's traditional use of street dates. In fact, some stores are holding midnight launches, but of course, you already knew that.
2) No one knows what's going on with the PlayStation Store, Wii's Virtual Console or Xbox Live Arcade as specific details and dates are practically impossible to pin down until days, sometimes hours, before release. That said, here's a general idea of what's coming in the near future:
PlayStation Store: flOw, Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection
Wii's Virtual Console: ?

Xbox Live Arcade: Alien Hominid HD, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Catan, Street Trace: NYC, Worms
Next Week (1/21 - 1/27) [Tentative]
PlayStation 3
Nothing.
Xbox 360
Nada (that's Spanish for nothing).
Wii
Sigh.
PlayStation 2
Next week's looking pretty barren, huh?
Game Boy Advance
Nothing here either, but the dying platform's final game (Final Fantasy VI Advance) hits 2/5.
DS
Monday (1/22)
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Tuesday (1/23)
InuYasha: Secret of the Divine Jewel
PSP
Monday (1/22)
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Tuesday (1/23)
The Legend of Heroes III: Song of the Ocean
PC
Tuesday (1/23)
Europa Universalis III, The Poppit Show
Thursday (1/25)
Sam & Max Episode 3: The Mole, the Mob, and the Meatball (GameTap)