New Animal Crossing for Wii Elicits Squeals

In case you were wondering what that high pitched squeal was you just heard, it came from this guy and this guy. Apparently, in a recent financial report to investors, Nintendo revealed a few unannounced release titles slated for 2008 release (in Japan - - I know, I know.) Among them, new Animal Crossing and Kirby titles, as well the "available first quarter of 2008" Wii Mariokart; in fairness to Nintendo, their definition of "first quarter" starts in April.

If the idea of living in a village with a bunch of talking animals doesn't sound like an enticing one, you can look forward to standing up and swinging away in Super Mario Stadium Family Baseball. We all knew there were Mario sports titles in the pipeline, it's just nice to hear they may actually see light of day within the next 12 months (though probably not stateside unfortunately.)

Also listed were Wii Music and Disaster: Day of Crisis - - the latter of which this writer thought to be vaporware at this point. Now that we have actual real confirmation of these titles for 2008 (just like that other game), we should start placing bets on losing horses. My bet goes with Kirby. Hell, Nintendo already told us the title doesn't exist. Which is your pony?