E3 06: GameCube's 2006 lineup still strong

May 10th, 2006, 00:51 Posted By: wraggster

Via Gamespot

Though Wii and DS got most of the love at Nintendo's pre-E3 press conference today, the GameCube is still a contender. Its replacement, the Wii, won't even arrive until an as-yet-undisclosed date sometime in the fourth quarter of 2006, so there's still plenty of time to rack up more hours on the GameCube. Today, Nintendo released a partial list of games currently in development for its current-gen console, showing a healthy pipeline of new releases that extends right up to--and past--the Wii launch.

See below for an alphabetical list of publishers and their games, as well as planned launch dates where available.

2K Games -MLB 2K6: available this month

Activision -Over the Hedge: available this month -X-Men: The Official Game: available this month

Atari -Backyard Baseball 2007: June 2006 -Backyard Basketball 2007: November 2006

Buena Vista Games -Disney's Meet the Robinsons: March 2007

D3 -Dreamworks' Flushed Away: October 2006

Eidos -Tomb Raider Legend: September 2006 -Bionicle Heroes: October 2006

Electronic Arts -Madden NFL '07: August 2006

LucasArts -Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy: September 2006

Midway Games -The Ant Bully: Q3 2006

Namco Bandai Games -Pac-Man World Rally: July 2006 -One Piece: Grand Adventure (formerly Grand Battle 2): August 2006

Nintendo -Baten Kaitos Origins: September 25, 2006 -DK Bongo Blast: Q4 2006 -Super Paper Mario: Q4 2006 -The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess: Q4 2006. As announced during the Nintendo press conference, Twilight Princess will launch in two versions on the same day: a version for Wii and a version for GameCube.

Sega -Super Monkey Ball Adventure: Summer 2006

THQ -Disney/Pixar Cars: June 2006 -Monster House: July 2006 -Avatar: The Last Airbender: September 2006 -The Barnyard: September 2006 -Bratz Diamondz: October 2006 -Nicktoons Vortex Island: October 2006 -SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab: October 2006

Tomy -Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2: Q3 2006

Ubisoft -Open Season: September 2006 -Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent: September 2006 -Rayman: November 2006

Vivendi Universal Games -The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning: October 2006

When the E3 show floor opens tomorrow, we'll bring you more info on these games and hands-on reports for the ones that are playable on the floor.

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