Animal Crossing Wii Out This Year

Animal Crossing Wii Out This Year
With Smash Bros. and Mario Kart being released this year it's already a good year for Wii but it's set to get even better with the revelation that Animal Crossing is coming to the console in 2008 in Japan.This information was released in a Nintendo Japan financial report and although there's no news of a European release, the mere fact that it's on the way is enough to get us excited for now.After all, Animal Crossing Wii was mentioned when Wii (or Revolution as it was then known) was unveiled in 2005. Since then we have heard precious little information. In the same report, Disaster: Day Of Crisis was given a 2008 release date and Kirby was confirmed for Wii.If only all financial reports were like this!
http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=2997

Wow thats amazing news. In fact its really made my day. Hopefully it will be out in the UK before the end of 2008 too. I can't wait.

Here We Go Again!
So, at last, we can start 'officially' talking about Animal Crossing on the Wii. We've actually been planning our AC Wii cover since we did the AC Wild World cover back in issue 2 (remember that?) so it's great that the hype machine is finally starting up.I personally can't wait. I'll admit that after a while the novelty of the DS version started to wane but in those first few weeks I was hooked. The Wii version has so much potential - it blows my mind just to guess what new features we can look forward to. I think there were some great little ideas in MySims, so I'm hoping that Nintendo paid due attention to EA's little gem. And of course the potential for swapping items through WiiConnect24 and visiting each other's villages is an element of the hardware that is thus far untapped. I believe AC Wii will be the game that really shows off the networking potential of our little box of wonders.I want to see an option for detailed personalisation and creative input. I want to see DS link-up that allows for that extra design precision. I want to see a definitive swapping and trading process. I want to see a little bit of depth that lasts beyond the honeymoon period.But what about you? What do you want to see in Animal Crossing Wii?
http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=3010

Also a Kirby game has been confirmed for Wii.

Kirby Confirmed For Wii
A big Nintendo star will be making his Wii debut in 2008. Yes, according to Nintendo Japan's latest financial report, a new Kirby game will be released on the console in 2008 in Japan.With Mario, Link and Metroid all making their bow in the last year or so, Kirby is one of the biggest names yet to have his own Wii game. Of course he's a challenger in the forthcoming Super Smash Bros. Brawl but it will be good to see him in his own game.Of course Kirby has been a bit of a star on DS in recent years with the brilliant Kirby's Power Painbrush being one of the highlights of the handheld's first year. The last time we saw him on a console was in the unremarkable Air Ride on GameCube yet, given his pedigree in some brilliant SNES platformers, a new Kirby game isn't something to turn your nose up at.We await more details...