Excluding Xenon - Do we have any visibility of big games for 2nd half 2005?

We've got:

Zelda
FFXII (probably)
Black


Besides, your yearly multiplatform games, what's out there? The first half of the year is stacked for PS2 and Xbox (with some sure to be delayed to 2nd half), but we have so little visibility of 2nd half 2005. I can understand for the Xbox, but what about the PS2? Do we have to wait until E3?
 
Kingdom Hearts 2.

I personally didn't think the first one was that great but sales were monstrous for the title. In fact, I expect it to be a bigger game, sales wise, than FFXII in NA. FFXII may not even make it in 2005 NA because of Kingdom Hearts 2.

God of War comes out in March.
 
Final Fantasy XII is probably early 2006.

I don't know anything about Black, its all hype right now and the game could end up being sucky...
 
FFXII
Kingdom Hearts 2
Wanda and The Colossus


Also other titles as Okami,Genji,Castelvania Curse of Darkness could be noteworthy.
 
Oh yeah DQ8. It'll be intersting to see how it sells. This could be the breakout DQ game regarding sales in NA. I'm guessing it'll come out over the summer?

How is Square Enix going to plan their releases in NA this year?

Dragon Quest 8 this summer

Radiata Stories in August/September

Kingdom Hearts 2 October/November

FF12 2006?
 
There are GC games like Kirby, Pokemon, Mario Baseball, that other baseball game, Advance Wars, Fire Emblem, DDR with Mario, Odama, Mario 128 etc. any of which could hit 2nd half, we just don't know which ones will though.
 
Age of Empires 3.
GTA: San Andreas. (Going to XBOX and PC)
F.E.A.R.
Battlefield 2.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Advance Wars DS
Castlevania DS
Animal Crossing DS
Jade Empire
Wanda and The Collosus
FF XII
Kindom Hearts 2
Black
Guild Wars
 
Mrbob said:
Oh yeah DQ8. It'll be intersting to see how it sells. This could be the breakout DQ game regarding sales in NA. I'm guessing it'll come out over the summer?

How is Square Enix going to plan their releases in NA this year?

Dragon Quest 8 this summer

Radiata Stories in August/September

Kingdom Hearts 2 October/November

FF12 2006?

That would be so cool (well, not for my wallet)... only with FFXII being released this year too!
 
Mama Smurf said:
There are GC games like Kirby, Pokemon, Mario Baseball, that other baseball game, Advance Wars, Fire Emblem, DDR with Mario, Odama, Mario 128 etc. any of which could hit 2nd half, we just don't know which ones will though.

right, but we're talking about "big"

really, only Zelda will be "big" on the Cube, if anything.
 
God of War looks hot
I don't know about Black :\ Word has it is being moved to next-gen, but I could be mistaken.
 
For likely notable releases...

PlayStation 2
-Dragon Quest VIII
-Final Fantasy XII
-Kingdom Hearts II
-Radiata Stories
-Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
-Ookami
-Resident Evil 4 (port)
-StellaDues
-Digital Devil Saga II
-Wanderer and the Colossus
-Genji
-Dark Cloud 3
-Ape Escape 3
-Sega Rally 2005
-New Tomb Raider
-Rune Chaser

Xbox
-Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (port)

GameCube
-Legend of Zelda
-Mario Baseball
-Kirby Adventure
-DDR featuring Mario
-Pokemon Coliseum 2
-Fire Emblem
-Odama
-Geist
-New Sonic
-Home Land
-Harvest Moon: Song of Happiness

Game Boy Advance
-Yoshi's Universal Gravitation
-Donkey Kong Country 3
-F-Zero Climax
-Mario Tennis
-MegaMan Zero 4

Multi
-Batman Begins
-The Godfather
-Battlefield: Modern Combat
-Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
-Need for Speed: Most Wanted
-James Bond 007: From Russia With Love
-Black
-Burnout 4
-King Kong
-Rayman 4
-EA Sports line
-2K Sports line
-Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
-Super Monkey Ball 3
-Phantasy Star Universe
-Digimon World IV
-Mobile Suit Gundam Vs Z-Gundam
-StarCraft: Ghost
-Hitman: Blood Money
-Far Cry Instincts
-Ultimate Spider-Man
-X-Men Legends 2
-Fantastic Four
-The Movies
-State of Emergency 2
 
The End said:
right, but we're talking about "big"

really, only Zelda will be "big" on the Cube, if anything.

Please, Zelda's HUGE. A lot of those other games are big, though I suppose you can take out Odama and the baseball games.

The other games though are certainly as big as fricken God of War and Black. Perhaps Black will be huge eventually, but right now there's not much to it for us to say either way.
 
Mama Smurf said:
Please, Zelda's HUGE. A lot of those other games are big, though I suppose you can take out Odama and the baseball games.

The other games though are certainly as big as fricken God of War and Black. Perhaps Black will be huge eventually, but right now there's not much to it for us to say either way.



God of War is going to be huuuuuuge

But yeah, I'm just ripping on Nintendo for their inability to influence Pop Culture.
 
Half the games on this list won't sell anywhere near *BIG*,but its what I have lined up for purchase.

SEGA RALLY 2005
FAR CRY INSTINCTS
DOOM3
STARFOX
SEGA CLASSICS VOLUME 1
ESPN BASEBALL/MVP BASEBALL
Possibly the upcoming Zelda GameCube game.
Death by Degree
Dark Watch
GT4
 
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