Nintendo Wii U has third party developers lining up

Nintendo touts their third-party publisher line-up for the impending Wii U

Jaco van der WaltJune 5, 2012

Nintendo’s main focus during their E3 2012 conference was to showcase the amount of interest the Wii U received from third party developers.

While Nintendo didn’t reveal any details regarding the launch date or price of their flashy new home console, they seemed determined to reveal as much about the system’s game library as possible.

Some of the titles to look forward to include:

NBA 2K13 (2K Sports)
Ben 10: Omniverse (D3Publisher)
Rise of the Guardians: The Video Game (D3Publisher)
Mass Effect 3 (Electronic Arts)
TANK! TANK! TANK! (NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.)
TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2 (NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.)
LEGO City: Undercover (Nintendo)
New Super Mario Bros. U (Nintendo)
Nintendo Land (Nintendo)
NINJA GAIDEN 3: Razor’s Edge (Nintendo)
Pikmin 3 (Nintendo)
Project P-100 (Nintendo)
Aliens: Colonial Marines (SEGA)
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (SEGA)
Darksiders II (THQ)
Assassin’s Creed III (Ubisoft)
Just Dance 4 (Ubisoft)
Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth (Ubisoft)
Rabbids Land (Ubisoft)
Sports Connection (Ubisoft)
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013 (Ubisoft)
ZombiU (Ubisoft)
Rayman Legends (Ubisoft)
Scribblenauts Unlimited (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)

While specific details regarding the revealed titles remain veiled, the prospect of A-list titles such as Mass Effect 3, Assassin’s Creed III and Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition on a Nintendo console may seem unthinkable to many hardcore gamers.

With no specific launch dates we’re keeping the pin in the previously announced window of in time for the 2012 holiday shopping season.

Below is the list of Nintendo published games currently slated for the Wii U: