Nintendo's done as it often does and issued a list of release dates for all its major first quarter 2006 releases in one fell swoop.
The list, which notably lacks The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for GameCube, pins dates to the likes of Phoenix Wright, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time and Animal Crossing, all for DS, and gives us an idea of when to expect the likes of Trauma Centre and Harvest Moon (DS and Cube).
It also features an entry for Brain Training (working title), which has done sterling business for Nintendo on the DS in Japan - prior to unveiling the Revolution controller during his Tokyo Game Show address, Satoru Iwata used the game as an example of how small development outlays can still reap massive rewards for the company under its current philosophy.
Here's a list of all the major exclusives and first or second party titles:
Nintendo DS:
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time - 27th January
Rainbow Island Revolution - February
Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble - February
Brain Training - March
Trauma Centre: Under The Knife - March
Harvest Moon - March
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - 10th March
Tamagotchi - 17th March
Worms - 17th March
Animal Crossing: Wild World - 31st March
GBA:
Top Spin - January
Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Arcade Collection - Jan/Feb
Wario Ware Twisted! - 24th February
Final Fantasy 4 Advance - early 2006
Tales of Phantasia - 31st March
Cube:
Mario Party 7 - 27th January
Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble - February
Harvest Moon Magical Melody - March
Odama - 31st March