Coming Attractions

Nintendo invited NZGamer around for some show and tell and we're back to pass on

Already this year Nintendo have blessed us with a wealth of quality titles but it looks like those crazy dudes just can?t give us enough. If this month doesn't have you bleeding Nintendo from your gaming fingertips then who knows what will!

Pokemon Emerald + Limited Emerald Edition GBA SP

Collecting, trading and battling is what traditional Pokemon games are all about. This game offers players an opportunity to hone their skills and prove their abilities. Pokemon Emerald is an extension of Pokemon Ruby and Pokemon Sapphire, and shares the ultimate goal of stopping the expansion of either the Team Magma or Team Aqua realm. Players must keep balance in the world of Hoenn, where Team Magma or Team Aqua is trying to use Groudon (ground) or Kyogre (water) to try and take over. Rayquaza (sky) will help maintain this balance. Trainers will need to use their best battling strategies ever, because this game offers the most challenging Battle fields presented in a Pokemon game. Pokemon Emerald is the first Hoenn Pokemon adventure to allow players to trade and battle wirelessly.

Available 9th June on GameBoy Advance RRP $79.95 and $219.95 with GBA SP

• A new Pokemon? Battle Frontier that is more advanced and challenging will test the skills of the best Pokemon Trainers.
  
• Players will need to train hard to battle against the new seven Frontier Brain competitors in order to obtain all of the symbols in the Battle Frontier.
  
• Bring full cross-compatibility to this game by connecting to Pokemon? Ruby, Pokemon? Sapphire, Pokemon Colosseum, Pokemon? FireRed and Pokemon? LeafGreen.
  
• Wireless multiplayer trading and battling with up to four players using a wireless adapter.
  
• Limited Edition Emerald GameBoy Advance system is not only stylish and unique but also available only for a short time!
  

Ridge Racer DS

Race into action with Ridge Racer for the Nintendo DS. From the series you know and love, Ridge Racer for the Nintendo DS offers a whole new experience to racing fans with true analog steering through the Nintendo DS touch screen, up to 6-player multiplayer races, various exciting single-player racing modes and more. For the first time a portable system is truly capable of 3D graphics, allowing for the player to become immersed in the detailed realistic environments. Ridge Racer DS offers all the fast-paced action you've come to expect from the Ridge Racer name--now in the palm of your hands on the Nintendo DS.

Available 24th June on Nintendo DS RRP $79.95

• Touch the screen and drive! - Analog steering through the use of the Nintendo DS Touch Screen.
  
• Race your friends! - Supports up to 6-player simultaneous play through the Nintendo DS built in wireless support.
  
• Pick from 20 total exciting racetracks ? A total of 20 racetracks in three different locales including the quintessential Ridge Racer cityscape, a scenic Northwest course from Ridge Racer revolution and the sun-baked desert of the Southwest.
  

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith will deliver the ultimate Jedi action experience as Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi join forces in fierce battles and heroic lightsaber duels until one?s lust for power and the other?s devotion to duty leads to a final confrontation between good and evil.

Available Now on Nintendo DS RRP $79.95

• Play as Anakin Skywalker or Obi-Wan Kenobi. Experience epic duels from the film that test your Lightsaber skills and Force powers. Enhance your Jedi with new combo moves and upgradeable attacks
  
• Battle through 16 interactive levels including never-before-seen locations inspired by the film.
  
• Enhanced GameBoy Advance version where the touch-screen allows for quick special fighting ability changes.
  

Splinter Cell Chaos Theory DS

The year is 2008. Citywide blackouts... stock exchange sabotage... electronic hijacking of national defense systems... this is information warfare. To prevent these attacks, operatives must infiltrate deep into hostile territory and aggressively collect critical intelligence, closer than ever to enemy soldiers. You are Sam Fisher, the NSA's most elite black-ops agent. To achieve your mission you will kill from close range, attack with your combat knife, shoot with the prototype Land Warrior rifle, and use radical suppression techniques such as the inverted neck break. Also take on cooperative multiplayer infiltration missions, where teamwork is the ultimate weapon.

Available 1st July on Nintendo DS RRP $79.95

• Features eight missions, one that's completely original to the handheld version. Players will work through the confined areas using Sam Fisher's arsenal of skills and weaponry, using brute force, firepower and stealth to get through the challenges.
  
• Wireless Multiplayer and Cooperative Mode puts two players in the same mission, offering five different levels for this mode.
  
• Touch screen will come into play by enabling players to easily manage their inventory as well as switch between the three different vision modes on-the-fly.
  

Star Fox: Assault

Several years after disaster was narrowly averted on Dinosaur Planet, Lylat Central Command detects a new threat spreading throughout the galaxy. The Star Fox team is sent in to eradicate this growing menace, but what begins as a standard combat mission quickly takes a dramatic turn. Legendary team members Fox McCloud, Slippy Toad, Peppy Hare and Falco Lombardi join forces to form the most formidable team in the history of this celebrated series: the Star Fox armada!

Available 24th June on Nintendo GameCube RRP $119.95

• Soar through space and gun down an armada of strike fighters in your Arwing, roll over hostile terrain in a heavily-armored Landmaster Tank or bring the hurt to the enemy on foot.
  
• Wage war with your friends in four-player split-screen battles featuring intense vehicle and head-to-head combat. Hop in an Arwing and duel over the skies, punish your opponents with the powerful Landmaster Tank or duke it out on foot with automatic blasters, sniper rifles and shoulder-launched rockets.
  
• Includes the classic NAMCO arcade hit Xevious which is unlocked by collecting silver medals on all of the missions.
  

Five fantastic games and only four weeks in the month, you do the math, this is a super month! Be sure to pre-order these hot titles and score a few bonuses!

Keep it locked to NZGamer as we?ll be covering all these great games in the coming weeks.

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